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//Through data observations, we will. . .// || **What We Hope to Achieve at the Data Retreat Workshop** ||
 * **Data Retreat Goal**
 * 1. **Collaborate as leadership team members**--to observe, listen, and collaborate as participating team members toward collective discovery, learning, and leadership. || * Understand where everyone (teachers) is at in the process
 * Discussion so that everyone is on the same page
 * "School Improvement Team" is the team everyone wants to be on (aspiration); everyone wants to take a turn
 * Clear direction and accomplishment ||
 * 2. **Understand the achievement of all students**--to gain a thorough understanding of the achievement of all students in core academic areas currently and longitudinally. || * Looking at ACS as a system
 * Some students are not making the same strides as other students - implications for instruction
 * Reading data is ample; need to be looking at overall achievement - MAP
 * Looking at and promoting all the things that we do well; recognizing students who go beyond expectation
 * Let students know that it's OK to do well, to achieve, to make growth ||
 * 3. **Know our students**--to gain a clear picture of the patterns of diversity, enrollment, attendance, and behavior. || * gathering data and putting it all in one location
 * high school access to PLAN test
 * MAP test - expand high school grades (add 9th grade)
 * make MAP testing a priority and schedule around it
 * add preschool data ||
 * 4. **Understand student perceptions**--to gain insight into the attitudes and satisfaction of all students. || * look at attitudes and perceptions of all students
 * keeping students well-rounded; it's not all about academic performance
 * helping students to see themselves as learners (as opposed to 'students')
 * balance academics with life, i.e. middle school
 * helping students to focus on personal growth, rather than competition with others ||
 * 5. **Understand the professional practices of teachers**--to gain an understanding of the patterns of professional development, perceptions, and qualifications of all teaching staff. || * teacher attitude, i.e. 'reading mastery', and impact on student performance
 * what is the teacher actually doing - making sure that what we are teaching matches what is specified in the curriculum
 * development and usage of common assessments
 * curriculum work ||
 * 6. **Understand the effectiveness of programs and structures**--to gain an understanding of the parameters and effectiveness of all student programs and organizational structures. || * if we are implementing new programs, we need to do so with **fidelity**, with a way to check for fidelity of implementation ||
 * 7. **Observe Parent Involvement and Perceptions**--to observe the patterns of parental involvement and satisfaction in their children's learning. || * pre-school does a good job; how can more parents be made to feel a part of the process ||
 * 8. **Observe Community Involvement and Perceptions**--to observe the patterns of community involvement and satisfaction in the school and/or district. || * connecting students with the community
 * share community-school projects via media ||
 * 9. **Pose reasonable hypotheses**--to pose reasonable theories and explanations for observed data patterns. ||  ||
 * 10. **Develop improvement goals**--to develop measurable goals for school improvement that are student-centered. ||  ||
 * 11. **Design sound improvement strategies**--to design strategies that are "best-practice" - based, with detailed timelines, assignments, and evaluation measures that will lead to goal attainment. ||  ||