Effective Use of Data and your

Professional Development Plan

Ingrid N. Mitchell
Previewed by teachers at Graceland Elem.
Week of October 16-20, 2006

Multiple sources for data

AYP
Formative Assessment
Blue Ribbon
School Climate

Data is Key!
Provides insight and focus for goals
Reveal patterns of strengths and
challenges
Impact of strategies/programs
implemented
Provides direction for decision making
Make changes
Maintain
Next steps

Data Driven Decision Making

Focused goals based on data
Staff development used an improvement
strategy to address documented problems/
needs
Budget allocations are based on data informed
needs
Staff meetings are focused more on strategies
and issues raised by data
Team meetings are focused on measured
progress toward data-based school
improvement goals

Professional Development Plan

Is NOT a carbon copy of your SIP
Driven by your School Improvement Plan
Goals address Teachers Learning

Sample PD Goals
Increase teachers expertise in literacy
instruction through the transformation of our
faculty into a community of learners.
Help students develop the motivation, tools, and
strategic practices required to become engaged,
fluent and competent readers.
Improve home-school connections through
mathematics and literacy based activities.

PD Plan Content
What is it you want your teachers to know
and be able to do?
What will they learn?
Pedagogy
Instructional strategies
Parental involvement skills

PD Content Example
The content of our PD plan addresses the
needs of students, faculty, and parents.
Teachers will learn to use the 9 effective
instructional strategies as presented in
Marzanos Handbook for Classroom
Instruction that Works. These strategies
will be implemented using Literature
Circles and Student Led Conferences.

PD Plan Process
How will teachers be taught?
School based Professional Learning
Community (PLC)
Action Research
In-house staff development
Jigsaw
Ongoing workshops
Book studies
Consultant

Sample PD Process
The Training Model will be used to provide
initial information to faculty members.
The faculty will use the Study Group approach
to becoming a community of learners and
develop a deeper understanding of academic
skills and instructional strategies.

Coaching will be used as a follow-up strategy to

ensure appropriate application of professional
development context.

PD Context
What will be the conditions for learning?
Job embedded
Data driven
Results focused
Collaborative

Sample PD Context
Our learning environment is characterized
by the following principles:
Results focused the professional
learning activities included in this plan
have been proven to improve teaching and
learning. We will keep higher academic
achievement as the focus of our plan
implementation.

Sample PD Context (contd)

Job-embedded Many of the
professional learning opportunities will be
folded into the work day. Faculty
members will meet in study groups twice
monthly, instead of faculty meetings.
Technology will be used to communicate
much of the information usually
disseminated in faculty meetings.

Sample PD Context (contd)

Collaboration Faculty members will use
many opportunities to collaborate. The
major collaborative strategies include
study groups, mentoring, and coaching.

PD Plan Overview
SIP goals
High Priority Schools mandatory 10% of
Title I budget

Plan to spend all of your money

throughout the year

Questions