110 likes | 362 Views
SAI Summary Report (Standards Assessment Inventory) December 15, 2010 SAI Developed by Learning Forward (formerly NSDC). Overview. Who was involved? What is the SAI? Who participated in the survey, focus group, and interviews? What do the data reveal through analysis and interpretation?
E N D
SAI Summary Report (Standards Assessment Inventory) December 15, 2010 SAI Developed by Learning Forward (formerly NSDC)
Overview • Who was involved? • What is the SAI? • Who participated in the survey, focus group, and interviews? • What do the data reveal through analysis and interpretation? • What are the next steps towards identifying preliminary goals?
Who was involved? • Learning Forward created the SAI. • The Greece Central School District administered the SAI on October 8, 2010. • The process was coordinated by Marguerite Dimgba, Director of the GCSD Professional Learning Center and Juliet Correll with MyLearningPlan. • Participants included: • School-based instructional staff across all 21 schools • “Floating” instructional staff • Building leaders • Measures used were: • SAI survey • Focus group of teachers • Individual Principal interviews
What is the SAI? • A reliable and valid survey tool to measure alignment of professional learning (PL) initiatives to the LearningForward Standards for Staff Development • Supports the development of a common language to enhance PL • Helps to answer the following questions: • What are the strengths and areas for growth regarding PL in each school? • Where should we focus attention to improve the quality of PL? • How can we measure our district’s progress towards our goal of providing effective professional development experiences to all educators? • 60 questions regarding how often a school follows a standards-based PL practice • All questions have the same multiple-choice answers with numerical values: • Always (4), Frequently (3), Sometimes (2), Seldom (1), Never (0) • SAI was administered at GCSD during a district-wide PL Day. All schools participated then, except one school, which completed it two weeks later.
Who participated? • SAI: • 927 GCSD users registered on the SAI web site • Total responses to the survey: N = 874 • 21 buildings participated • 4 people participated from the Central Office • Teacher Focus Group: • Mix of mentor teachers and classroom teachers • Individual Principals Interviews: • 3 elementary principals • 1 middle school principal • 1 high school principal
What do the data reveal? • Overall standard averages graph for GCSD. Identify our areas of strength and areas of improvement as a district. (5 Minutes)
What do the data reveal? • District Level Analysis: Of the 12 professional development standards, • Highest rated standards were: • Leadership and Equity. • Data-Driven was also high. • Lowest rated standards were: • Evaluation, Learning Communities, and Family Involvement. • Additional potential growth areas are Learning and Resources.
What do the data reveal? • Learning Activity • Each school received one folder with their specific school data. Compare the districtwide results to your school data. • Identify next steps or possible action items. Note: The Professional Development Policy Board met last week to review the districtwide results. They brainstormed a list of possible next steps. Feel free to modify and/or add to this list.
What are the next steps? • Possible Action Items:
What do the data reveal? • School Level Analysis (Given to Leadership Team on 12/15/10): • Register/Log in to SAI site: http://www.sai-nsdc.org/ • Enter District Level Report Token: VDHIA • Review selected school level data online in “Standard Averages by School” report. • Select and add one school level report token from the “Token Spreadsheet.” • Review selected school level data online in “Standard and Question Averages” and “Frequency Counts by Question.” • Consider possible Action Items on next slide.