I recently attended an excellent two part workshop at the Mass Library System presented by Kelley Jo Woodside and Michelle Eberle about the increasing impact on community engagement. I found that what I learned is very useful for our school in various ways. I wanted to share with you some information. I will be sharing ways for us to: Act, Plan, Do, Study, Act, Plan, Do, Study and so on.
In 2002 Donald Rumsfeld who was serving at the time as Secretary of State stated the following:
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When you are working on planning a lesson or assessing your students, consider answering the following questions to yourself:
Known Knowns: What data do we successfully collect and leverage for insight?
Known Unknowns: What data do we know we need to collect? or What data have we already collected that we know we do not need?
Unknown Knowns: What data do we have but do not leverage?
Unknown Unknowns: What data is not being thought about (except maybe you)?
Known Knowns: What data do we successfully collect and leverage for insight?
Known Unknowns: What data do we know we need to collect? or What data have we already collected that we know we do not need?
Unknown Knowns: What data do we have but do not leverage?
Unknown Unknowns: What data is not being thought about (except maybe you)?
PDSA- a cycle that when successfully implemented is unending:
Consider the following:
Plan:
Consider the following:
Plan:
- Which need will you focus on? Why?
- Identify Specific, Measurable, Action- Oriented, Realistic, Timed outcomes. What change (s) do you hope to produce?
- Identify inputs.
- Identify assessment methods.
- What is the timeline for implementation/observation, and who is responsible?
- Which outputs are you tracking, and where is this data stored?
- Describe the outcomes you observe. Where is the information stored?
- Who (if anyone) is assisting with data analysis? How will they access your data?
- What did you learn? To what extent did you achieve your outcomes?
- What new questions do you have?
- With whom will you share your results? How? Why?
- What story does your data tell? How can you use this information to advocate for you and your students?
- What adjustments will you make in the next cycle based upon what you’ve learned? Have you gained new resources?