The Southeast DSAC Data Coach Network is an opportunity for school-based data coaches to participate in a regional professional learning community focused on building structures of collaborative inquiry. Network sessions will focus on sharing best practices and building upon skills and knowledge gained in the Data Coaching course from Research for Better Teaching.
The Network is intended for participants from Level 3 districts and "legacy" Level 3 districts who have taken the Data Coaching course from RBT. These districts were provided with a previous opportunity to register, and we have determined that there are openings for a few additional participants. The first meeting is scheduled for this Friday, December 2, from 12:30 pm to 3:00 pm in Plymouth, MA.
The highlighted topic for this Friday's meeting will be "Using the Data-Driven Dialogue Process to Explore Student Growth Data." The RBT course highlights a process of drilling down to strand/item/student work, but did not touch on exploring Student Growth Data. This measure will be a piece of the new Educator Evaluation Framework from ESE (where applicable) so reflective conversations about this measure now will certainly benefit schools in the long term. We will also take some time to explore selected resources from the Data Coach materials that we did not spend time on during the course this summer and plan for future network meetings.
I apologize for the last-minute announcement of openings, but would be happy to hear from additional district or school-based data coaches (or those that serve in a data coach role) that would be interested in participating. You may register at this link: https://docs.google.com/a/dsacma.org/spreadsheet/viewform?hl=en_US&formkey=dGs4TDZWOVhDckprQ3JhQTRDQXZqSWc6MA#gid=0
If you or others in your district have taken the RBT Data Coaching course, but are not able to attend this first meeting, please don't hesitate to contact me to share your interest. (laura.tilton@dsacma.org)
