04647nam 2200661 450 991079730270332120230721042533.01-4522-9722-3(CKB)3710000000456850(EBL)1655808(OCoLC)915344337(SSID)ssj0001531172(PQKBManifestationID)12652481(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001531172(PQKBWorkID)11533221(PQKB)11200905(MiAaPQ)EBC1994092(EXLCZ)99371000000045685020150818h20092009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe principal as data-driven leader /Ontario Principals' Council ; indexer, Marta Sosnowski ; cover designer, Lisa RileyThousand Oaks, California :Corwin Press :Ontario Principals' Council,2009.©20091 online resource (160 p.)Leading Student Achievement SeriesDescription based upon print version of record.1-4129-6304-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.""Front""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1 - School Improvement Planning""; ""The International Drive for Accountability in Education""; ""The Pillars of Government Education Policy""; ""Improving Student Achievement""; ""School Improvement Planning for Student Achievement""; ""Keeping School Planning on Track""; ""Sorting Through the Available Data""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 2 - The Dimensions of the Principal as Data-Driven Leader""; ""The Principal as Leader""; ""Understanding and Implementing the Process""; ""Aligning Great Teams""""Assessing the Ongoing Progress""""Assigning Staff to Support the School Plan""; ""The Principal as Professional Developer""; ""Analyzing the Data""; ""Supporting the School Plan""; ""The Principalâ€?s Role as Communicator""; ""Informing Stakeholders about the Process""; ""Communicating How to Use Data in the Context of School Planning""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 3 - Introducing Data-Based School Improvement""; ""Convincing School Staff""; ""Introducing the Concepts""; ""Using the Three Dimensions of the Principal in Convincing Staff""; ""Working with Leadership Teams""""How Are Leadership Teams Effective?""""Making Data Use Explicit""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 4 - Finding Reliable, Valid, and Comprehensive Data""; ""Types of Data""; ""Outcome Data""; ""Demographic Data""; ""Process Data""; ""Perceptual Data""; ""Intersecting Data""; ""Defining Data Types with Your Staff""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 5 - The Data-Driven School Improvement Planning Cycle""; ""The School Improvement Planning Cycle""; ""1. Predict""; ""2. Check Assumptions""; ""3. Observe the Data""; ""4. Interpret the Data""; ""5. Plan""; ""6. Gather Further Data""; ""7. Repeat the Cycle""""In-School Application and Practice""""The Practice Activity""; ""Ensuring That Evidence is Valid and Complete""; ""Complete""; ""Consistent""; ""Comparable""; ""Concealing""; ""Next Steps""; ""Triangulation""; ""The Problem Solution Frame""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 6 - Embedding the Cycle in the Schoolâ€?s Culture""; ""Facilitating Success""; ""Poor or Incomplete Data""; ""Analysis or Interpretation is Flawed by False Assumptions""; ""Lack of Appropriate Strategies""; ""The Difficulty of Change""; ""Adding to the Toolkit""; ""Root Causes""; ""Using the Process to Build SMART Goals""""Summary""""Educator Toolkit""; ""Suggested Additional Readings""; ""Glossary""; ""References""; ""Index""This concise guide helps principals introduce a data-driven school improvement planning cycle, create a team to gather relevant data, and embed data practices into a school's culture.Leading student achievement.School improvement programsPlanningSchool improvement programsData processingSchool principalsEducational leadershipSchool improvement programsPlanning.School improvement programsData processing.School principals.Educational leadership.371.2/07Sosnowski MartaRiley LisaOntario Principals' Council.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910797302703321The principal as data-driven leader3724241UNINA