Coming Next School Year: Facilitate Meaningful Data Conversations

Description

Do your data conversations leave people feeling excited for the next steps of teaching and learning?

We have more data than ever before swirling around our desks and minds.

• • How do we tap the power of data analysis when everyone feels overwhelmed?

  • Is it possible to have a data conversation that is energizing?

  • Why do we keep falling into the trap of seeing the deficits instead of the potential in the data?

Our Mid-Year Reconnect sessions are designed for leadership teams or individuals to collaborate around a high-need issue and have a practical plan to generate momentum to make positive change. In the 2024-2025 school year, we are focused on strengthening our data conversations.

Scheduling for the 2024-2025 School Year
One-Day Workshop
Multiple Dates and Locations

What to Expect

This session is data-agnostic, meaning it’s not about the assessments you use. The focus is on developing the skills to facilitate meaningful data analysis. Here are four things you can expect:

• A tool to help drive the conversation to extending data stories
• A pathway to move extend data analysis from a deficit approach to include:
  • Academic Wins…What strengths does the data reveal? What academic wins do we expect in the future?
  • Agency for students, teachers, and families…What potential does the data reveal?
  • Behavior Supports…How do known traumas affect the data? Does the data suggest a need for behavior supports?
  • Relationships…Using the data, what relationships could be strengthened for the learner?
• Strategies to establish positive attitudes and helpful mindsets for data conversations in your school.
• Time to analyze your own data in creative ways and plan how to shift data analysis in your school.

Meet Ruth Ayres

Ruth Ayres is the editor in chief of the Choice Literacy site, the director of The Lead Learners Consortium in northern Indiana, and works with schools throughout the United States. She provides professional learning experiences that lead participants to feel understood, equipped, and energized. Her topics resonate with teachers and school leaders because despite their complexity, they are approached with authenticity. She has written Enticing Hard-to-Reach Writers (Stenhouse, 2017) and many other books. Ruth and her husband, Andy, have four children. When not writing professionally, Ruth collects stories of adoption, faith, and whimsy. You can follow her on LinkedIn.

Special Notes

• After you register, you will receive a confirmation email. If you do not receive this email, check your spam. If you still do not have it, please reach out to Ruth Ayres via the Contact Form.
• You may register one person at a time. Please use the participant’s email address when registering. This ensures that each attendee receives direct emails with workshop information. (Accounts payable should be entered in the notes section.)
• If you are from a school district who is a member of The Lead Learners, please use the coupon code: TLLfree for free registration.
• If your school district is a member of an Indiana Educational Service Center, please use the coupon code: ESCdiscount for a discounted price.
• If there are multiple registrations from the same district and you select “Invoice Payment,” all registrations will be included on one invoice. In the notes, please include the email address of the person who should receive the invoice.
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