An Analysis on Adult Learners’ Satisfaction in Online Education ProgrammesHuey Zher Ng
These slides are my presentation slide for the conference
i-CITE2018 (INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CREATIVE AND INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION) 2018
Date: 24-25 JULY 2018
This document discusses a county and school strategic plan. It notes that the county plan is based on a shared vision statement and includes 5 common points that are then tailored for each individual school. The points focus on developing globally competitive students, 21st century professionals, healthy responsible students, leadership for innovation, and 21st century systems. The document provides details on programming, hardware, goals and expectations around student achievement, technology use, safety, and parental involvement. It compares consistency and differences between the county and school plans.
This document summarizes the 2018 Summer Scholars program in Fort Worth, which aimed to help 800+ students in grades K-3 avoid summer learning loss through literacy programs at 21 sites. While 292 students were assessed, 181 completed pre- and post-tests, showing an average gain in reading levels. Continuous improvements for 2019 include increasing family engagement, ensuring at least 20 days of attendance, starting planning earlier, and addressing technical needs at program sites. The collaborative also aims to scale up efforts to reach its goal of 100% third grade reading proficiency by 2025.
The document summarizes a professional development day agenda for the AMA Educational Service District. The agenda includes:
1. Table introductions for staff to get to know each other and their roles.
2. A review of current initiatives like the District Improvement Team, Unique Learning System curriculum, and the Getting Explicit About Reading program.
3. An introduction of new initiatives like the Criteria for Success template to evaluate programs and the Community Forums to promote community partnerships.
This poster presentation summarizes a research project conducted by an academic library team to assess the impact of information literacy (IL) instruction on student critical thinking skills. The team used pre- and post-tests as well as a rubric to analyze student work. They found that IL instruction led to significant gains in students' abilities to develop topics, evaluate sources and information, with over 85% of students improving on these skills. The presentation concludes that embedding IL instruction across disciplines could further benefit student learning and success.
Shedding Light on District Efficiency: Survey Results from Tech & Learning Ma...itslearning, inc.
How many logins are teachers, parents, and students using every day? What tools and processes are in place for developing and managing curriculum? How effectively are pedagogical principles like UDL and Personalized Learning being implemented? What is the teacher turnover rate? Answers to these questions and more from the Tech & Learning survey on district efficiency.
The document discusses considerations for establishing an e-learning program at Forest City School District. It identifies reasons for distance learning like flexibility and preparing students for further education. When choosing a program, it recommends ensuring it is accredited, aligned to standards, and taught by certified instructors. It outlines steps to create the program, including hiring teachers, developing curriculum, and student support services. The document discusses policies around academics, technology, students, and other areas. It identifies critical success factors and roles for the distance education coordinator. Potential barriers to online learning are also presented.
An Analysis on Adult Learners’ Satisfaction in Online Education ProgrammesHuey Zher Ng
These slides are my presentation slide for the conference
i-CITE2018 (INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CREATIVE AND INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION) 2018
Date: 24-25 JULY 2018
This document discusses a county and school strategic plan. It notes that the county plan is based on a shared vision statement and includes 5 common points that are then tailored for each individual school. The points focus on developing globally competitive students, 21st century professionals, healthy responsible students, leadership for innovation, and 21st century systems. The document provides details on programming, hardware, goals and expectations around student achievement, technology use, safety, and parental involvement. It compares consistency and differences between the county and school plans.
This document summarizes the 2018 Summer Scholars program in Fort Worth, which aimed to help 800+ students in grades K-3 avoid summer learning loss through literacy programs at 21 sites. While 292 students were assessed, 181 completed pre- and post-tests, showing an average gain in reading levels. Continuous improvements for 2019 include increasing family engagement, ensuring at least 20 days of attendance, starting planning earlier, and addressing technical needs at program sites. The collaborative also aims to scale up efforts to reach its goal of 100% third grade reading proficiency by 2025.
The document summarizes a professional development day agenda for the AMA Educational Service District. The agenda includes:
1. Table introductions for staff to get to know each other and their roles.
2. A review of current initiatives like the District Improvement Team, Unique Learning System curriculum, and the Getting Explicit About Reading program.
3. An introduction of new initiatives like the Criteria for Success template to evaluate programs and the Community Forums to promote community partnerships.
This poster presentation summarizes a research project conducted by an academic library team to assess the impact of information literacy (IL) instruction on student critical thinking skills. The team used pre- and post-tests as well as a rubric to analyze student work. They found that IL instruction led to significant gains in students' abilities to develop topics, evaluate sources and information, with over 85% of students improving on these skills. The presentation concludes that embedding IL instruction across disciplines could further benefit student learning and success.
Shedding Light on District Efficiency: Survey Results from Tech & Learning Ma...itslearning, inc.
How many logins are teachers, parents, and students using every day? What tools and processes are in place for developing and managing curriculum? How effectively are pedagogical principles like UDL and Personalized Learning being implemented? What is the teacher turnover rate? Answers to these questions and more from the Tech & Learning survey on district efficiency.
The document discusses considerations for establishing an e-learning program at Forest City School District. It identifies reasons for distance learning like flexibility and preparing students for further education. When choosing a program, it recommends ensuring it is accredited, aligned to standards, and taught by certified instructors. It outlines steps to create the program, including hiring teachers, developing curriculum, and student support services. The document discusses policies around academics, technology, students, and other areas. It identifies critical success factors and roles for the distance education coordinator. Potential barriers to online learning are also presented.
3.27.14.adult learner satisfaction and success in higher education online lea...FernKayHarris
This study aims to explore the relationships between higher order learning best practices and student satisfaction and success for adult learners in online higher education. It will examine how factors like faculty contact, student interactions, active learning, feedback, time on task, expectations, diversity, and technology usage impact satisfaction and success. A survey will be administered to undergraduate online students at a Midwestern university to determine the correlations between these independent and dependent variables. The results could help administrators, faculty, and instructional designers improve the quality of online education for adult learners.
Professional Learning Communities Findingstessagray
The document discusses the extent to which clusters of schools operate as active and supportive professional learning communities that share resources within and between schools, as well as between clusters and the wider network. It notes that a major focus needs to be on creating a sharing culture where people feel supported in leading change within their schools and cross-cluster sharing is encouraged. Rubrics are provided on levels of positive relationships, sharing effective practices, and developing learning communities within schools.
LEARNING ANALYTICS IN SCHOOLS
https://latte-analytics.sydney.edu.au/school/ for updates.
Date: Monday 5 March, 2018
Time: 8.30am—3.15pm
Venue: SMC Conference & Function Centre, 66 Goulburn Street, Sydney NSW 2000
In association with the 8th International Conference on Learning Analytics & Knowledge, Society for Learning Analytics Research
Briefing papers: https://latte-analytics.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/k12_papers-1.pdf
You are warmly invited to join this inaugural event!
The data and analytics revolutions are disrupting and already transforming many sectors in society: finance, health, shopping, politics. Data is not new to education, but for many, it is still challenging to articulate the connection between the potential of using data to support decision making, and the every day-to-day operations occurring in learning environments.
School leaders, teachers, data analysts, academics, policy makers and all other interested parties are invited to join a professional learning and development day focused on the practical applications of Learning Analytics in school (K-12) education.
Drawing on national and international expertise, speakers include innovative school leaders and teachers, school data analysts, university researchers, government and software companies. Whether you already know a bit about Learning Analytics, are brand new to it, or already use it in the classroom, there will be insightful sessions with pertinent applications for all levels of knowledge and understanding.
You will leave with a deeper understanding of:
The diverse forms that Learning Analytics can take, and especially how technology extends this far beyond conventional school data to create better feedback
How such data is being used by school leaders to support strategic reflection
How new kinds of data are being used by teachers to support their practice
The practicalities of initiating such work in your own school
This is the first event of its kind in Australia, and a new initiative for the international LAK conference, so you will make many professional connections as we forge this new network.
An app idea to facilitate feedback and improve student learningEldon Prince
This is an app idea I came up with to improve student learning.
What is the motivation for this app?
Students, who are the customers of education, have little input. Teachers, who heavily influence student learning, lack the data to improve teaching. Administrators, who can promote change, have little information.
The auris app is designed to facilitate feedback and serve as a powerful tool to empower students, enable teachers, and inform administrators.
What do you think?
1. Melissa Ford created an action research plan to evaluate the effect of America's Choice Math Navigator on student growth in SSI and Special Education classes.
2. The goal is to improve math performance from year to year by decreasing gaps in learning for these student groups.
3. Teachers will be trained on Math Navigator, identify gaps from previous data, implement the program, administer assessments, and evaluate student growth every nine weeks and at the end of the year.
To create an online school newspaper, the teacher needs to identify student skills, survey student interests in different newspaper sections, and seek permission from administrators. They also need to review technology standards, create mini lessons on wiki skills, collaborate with other teachers, and establish procedures for writing, editing, and publishing articles. Progress will be evaluated through surveys and celebrations will recognize milestones.
This document summarizes research on effective professional development for K-12 online teachers. It discusses findings from previous studies that professional development is dependent on context, online, ongoing, and focused on skills. A survey of over 500 online teachers found their top needs were in using communication technologies, time management, and addressing academic dishonesty. Case studies of two online programs found their teacher training programs improved student outcomes like test scores and satisfaction. However, measuring the effectiveness of professional development remains a challenge that requires identifying common data sets and evaluating impact on teaching practice and student results.
The document summarizes the information literacy program in the Oregon School District. It highlights how the program aims to develop 21st century skills in students through core subjects, thinking/learning skills, information/technology literacy, and life skills. A strong program includes elements like learning/teaching, information access, and administration. It impacts student achievement by improving test scores and empowering self-sustained learning. Statistics show higher test scores and time spent with students/teachers in districts with full-time librarians. The Oregon district program focuses on skills, collaboration, leadership, and technology integration to help students bloom toward their future.
The document discusses how teachers can use learning analytics and data to improve teaching and learning. It defines learning analytics as measuring, collecting, analyzing, and reporting data about learners and learning environments to understand and optimize the learning process. It provides examples of how teachers can use grade book data, anonymous student surveys, outcome mapping, individualized learning tools, and assessment item analysis to gain insights and make improvements.
Teacher evaluations-and-local-flexibilityDavid Black
School Improvement Network conducted study of 50 state department of education officials who are responsible for implementing teacher evaluation policy to better understand state teacher evaluation policy and how much flexibility districts have at the local level to implement state requirements. The goal was to inform ourselves, school districts and local schools how much freedom and flexibility, or lack thereof, they have to innovate on behalf of their own teachers and students particularly when it comes to using technology to achieve their professional development needs.
This report summarizes the results of a survey of 231 members of the Discovery Educator Network Leadership Council about their use of Discovery Educator Network resources and services. It finds that respondents were highly active users of all DEN has to offer, especially social media and the Weekly Update. It also finds that DEN had a major positive impact on respondents' professional growth and technology use. However, some resources like certain webinars had lower participation. The report provides recommendations for how DEN can improve engagement with all its offerings.
This document outlines a developmental evaluation approach used by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's Community Partnerships Portfolio to understand system change in the postsecondary field. It describes the current state of the postsecondary system and the goals and outcomes of the initiative. A developmental evaluation was used because the initiative was complex, innovative and untested. Key lessons included that developmental evaluation looks different than other types of evaluation by engaging partners, developing tools for multiple uses, and refining tools over time. The evaluation aimed to develop understanding of what the system change model might look like through a reflective process.
Council of Chief Librarians Survey Results & Executive SummaryScott Lee
This document provides a summary and analysis of surveys administered to California community college librarians on information literacy. The surveys had 26 and 29 participants respectively and covered topics like how libraries identify learning objectives, use of student learning outcomes, and assessment practices. Key findings included that most libraries used ACRL standards and outcomes to develop objectives, over half used workshops for professional development, and the most common assessment was student surveys. Recommendations included training on the new ACRL Framework and further examining assessment practices.
The Barkstall Faculty Meeting Agenda focuses on student learning with the goals of creating a culture of literacy, reviewing progress in rigor and relevance, and identifying next steps. The meeting will discuss AIMSweb student progress data in different curriculum areas and grade levels, as well as how progress monitoring is currently done and which students fall into tiers 2 and 3 for math and reading. The agenda also includes discussing fluency research and the effectiveness of repeated reading in building fluency. Progress monitoring is defined as regularly assessing academic and behavioral performance to determine if students are making appropriate progress and to build more effective intervention programs for those not progressing adequately. Schools use progress monitoring data to make decisions about intervention levels and adjust instructional strategies to better
The document summarizes two studies: a comparative study and a non-comparative study.
The comparative study evaluated learner satisfaction and outcomes between online and face-to-face courses. It found that while both groups were generally satisfied, face-to-face students had more positive views of interaction and support.
The non-comparative study examined the relationships between motivational components, self-regulated learning components, and academic performance for science and English students. It found correlations between the motivational, cognitive, and performance variables measured by questionnaires.
The document discusses best practices for organizing e-learning programs based on research. It defines distance education and compares teaching approaches for face-to-face vs distance delivered instruction. Key indicators of quality for mission, curriculum, faculty support, students, sustainability, and evaluation are outlined. Rules of thumb are provided for designing distance courses based on an equivalency theory for achieving similar learning outcomes for distant and local learners.
Community indicators play an important role in measuring our progress toward achieving our goal of 80% third grade reading proficiency by 2025. Share your feedback on our ideas about what to measure to track our progress from birth to third grade over the next nine years.
Council of Chief Librarians Survey PresentationScott Lee
The document summarizes the results of surveys conducted by CCL on information literacy programs. Major themes identified included student learning outcomes, learning objectives, use of standards, and professional development. For student learning outcomes, the most common areas addressed were accessing information and evaluating sources. Learning objectives were most often based on student and college guidelines. Student equity funds were used for reserves, staffing, and other purposes. Over half of librarians attended workshops for professional development. No clear trends emerged for professional development needs or hot topics.
The strategic plan for the Richland School District outlines their strategic planning process and stakeholder involvement. They conducted focus groups with staff, students, parents and community members to gather input. Data on student achievement, perceptions and demographics was also analyzed. From this, they drafted a mission statement, commitments and 4 goals for teaching/learning, system improvement, parent/community involvement, and leadership. The plan will be implemented over the next 3 years.
This document discusses using data to improve schools and student outcomes. It provides:
1) Nine characteristics of high-performing schools that focus on clear goals, high expectations, leadership, collaboration, aligned curriculum and frequent monitoring.
2) An eight-step process called "Data Wise" for using data to identify problems, examine instruction, develop plans and assess progress.
3) The importance of considering multiple data sources, such as demographics, perceptions, programs and student learning to understand different student experiences.
3.27.14.adult learner satisfaction and success in higher education online lea...FernKayHarris
This study aims to explore the relationships between higher order learning best practices and student satisfaction and success for adult learners in online higher education. It will examine how factors like faculty contact, student interactions, active learning, feedback, time on task, expectations, diversity, and technology usage impact satisfaction and success. A survey will be administered to undergraduate online students at a Midwestern university to determine the correlations between these independent and dependent variables. The results could help administrators, faculty, and instructional designers improve the quality of online education for adult learners.
Professional Learning Communities Findingstessagray
The document discusses the extent to which clusters of schools operate as active and supportive professional learning communities that share resources within and between schools, as well as between clusters and the wider network. It notes that a major focus needs to be on creating a sharing culture where people feel supported in leading change within their schools and cross-cluster sharing is encouraged. Rubrics are provided on levels of positive relationships, sharing effective practices, and developing learning communities within schools.
LEARNING ANALYTICS IN SCHOOLS
https://latte-analytics.sydney.edu.au/school/ for updates.
Date: Monday 5 March, 2018
Time: 8.30am—3.15pm
Venue: SMC Conference & Function Centre, 66 Goulburn Street, Sydney NSW 2000
In association with the 8th International Conference on Learning Analytics & Knowledge, Society for Learning Analytics Research
Briefing papers: https://latte-analytics.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/k12_papers-1.pdf
You are warmly invited to join this inaugural event!
The data and analytics revolutions are disrupting and already transforming many sectors in society: finance, health, shopping, politics. Data is not new to education, but for many, it is still challenging to articulate the connection between the potential of using data to support decision making, and the every day-to-day operations occurring in learning environments.
School leaders, teachers, data analysts, academics, policy makers and all other interested parties are invited to join a professional learning and development day focused on the practical applications of Learning Analytics in school (K-12) education.
Drawing on national and international expertise, speakers include innovative school leaders and teachers, school data analysts, university researchers, government and software companies. Whether you already know a bit about Learning Analytics, are brand new to it, or already use it in the classroom, there will be insightful sessions with pertinent applications for all levels of knowledge and understanding.
You will leave with a deeper understanding of:
The diverse forms that Learning Analytics can take, and especially how technology extends this far beyond conventional school data to create better feedback
How such data is being used by school leaders to support strategic reflection
How new kinds of data are being used by teachers to support their practice
The practicalities of initiating such work in your own school
This is the first event of its kind in Australia, and a new initiative for the international LAK conference, so you will make many professional connections as we forge this new network.
An app idea to facilitate feedback and improve student learningEldon Prince
This is an app idea I came up with to improve student learning.
What is the motivation for this app?
Students, who are the customers of education, have little input. Teachers, who heavily influence student learning, lack the data to improve teaching. Administrators, who can promote change, have little information.
The auris app is designed to facilitate feedback and serve as a powerful tool to empower students, enable teachers, and inform administrators.
What do you think?
1. Melissa Ford created an action research plan to evaluate the effect of America's Choice Math Navigator on student growth in SSI and Special Education classes.
2. The goal is to improve math performance from year to year by decreasing gaps in learning for these student groups.
3. Teachers will be trained on Math Navigator, identify gaps from previous data, implement the program, administer assessments, and evaluate student growth every nine weeks and at the end of the year.
To create an online school newspaper, the teacher needs to identify student skills, survey student interests in different newspaper sections, and seek permission from administrators. They also need to review technology standards, create mini lessons on wiki skills, collaborate with other teachers, and establish procedures for writing, editing, and publishing articles. Progress will be evaluated through surveys and celebrations will recognize milestones.
This document summarizes research on effective professional development for K-12 online teachers. It discusses findings from previous studies that professional development is dependent on context, online, ongoing, and focused on skills. A survey of over 500 online teachers found their top needs were in using communication technologies, time management, and addressing academic dishonesty. Case studies of two online programs found their teacher training programs improved student outcomes like test scores and satisfaction. However, measuring the effectiveness of professional development remains a challenge that requires identifying common data sets and evaluating impact on teaching practice and student results.
The document summarizes the information literacy program in the Oregon School District. It highlights how the program aims to develop 21st century skills in students through core subjects, thinking/learning skills, information/technology literacy, and life skills. A strong program includes elements like learning/teaching, information access, and administration. It impacts student achievement by improving test scores and empowering self-sustained learning. Statistics show higher test scores and time spent with students/teachers in districts with full-time librarians. The Oregon district program focuses on skills, collaboration, leadership, and technology integration to help students bloom toward their future.
The document discusses how teachers can use learning analytics and data to improve teaching and learning. It defines learning analytics as measuring, collecting, analyzing, and reporting data about learners and learning environments to understand and optimize the learning process. It provides examples of how teachers can use grade book data, anonymous student surveys, outcome mapping, individualized learning tools, and assessment item analysis to gain insights and make improvements.
Teacher evaluations-and-local-flexibilityDavid Black
School Improvement Network conducted study of 50 state department of education officials who are responsible for implementing teacher evaluation policy to better understand state teacher evaluation policy and how much flexibility districts have at the local level to implement state requirements. The goal was to inform ourselves, school districts and local schools how much freedom and flexibility, or lack thereof, they have to innovate on behalf of their own teachers and students particularly when it comes to using technology to achieve their professional development needs.
This report summarizes the results of a survey of 231 members of the Discovery Educator Network Leadership Council about their use of Discovery Educator Network resources and services. It finds that respondents were highly active users of all DEN has to offer, especially social media and the Weekly Update. It also finds that DEN had a major positive impact on respondents' professional growth and technology use. However, some resources like certain webinars had lower participation. The report provides recommendations for how DEN can improve engagement with all its offerings.
This document outlines a developmental evaluation approach used by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's Community Partnerships Portfolio to understand system change in the postsecondary field. It describes the current state of the postsecondary system and the goals and outcomes of the initiative. A developmental evaluation was used because the initiative was complex, innovative and untested. Key lessons included that developmental evaluation looks different than other types of evaluation by engaging partners, developing tools for multiple uses, and refining tools over time. The evaluation aimed to develop understanding of what the system change model might look like through a reflective process.
Council of Chief Librarians Survey Results & Executive SummaryScott Lee
This document provides a summary and analysis of surveys administered to California community college librarians on information literacy. The surveys had 26 and 29 participants respectively and covered topics like how libraries identify learning objectives, use of student learning outcomes, and assessment practices. Key findings included that most libraries used ACRL standards and outcomes to develop objectives, over half used workshops for professional development, and the most common assessment was student surveys. Recommendations included training on the new ACRL Framework and further examining assessment practices.
The Barkstall Faculty Meeting Agenda focuses on student learning with the goals of creating a culture of literacy, reviewing progress in rigor and relevance, and identifying next steps. The meeting will discuss AIMSweb student progress data in different curriculum areas and grade levels, as well as how progress monitoring is currently done and which students fall into tiers 2 and 3 for math and reading. The agenda also includes discussing fluency research and the effectiveness of repeated reading in building fluency. Progress monitoring is defined as regularly assessing academic and behavioral performance to determine if students are making appropriate progress and to build more effective intervention programs for those not progressing adequately. Schools use progress monitoring data to make decisions about intervention levels and adjust instructional strategies to better
The document summarizes two studies: a comparative study and a non-comparative study.
The comparative study evaluated learner satisfaction and outcomes between online and face-to-face courses. It found that while both groups were generally satisfied, face-to-face students had more positive views of interaction and support.
The non-comparative study examined the relationships between motivational components, self-regulated learning components, and academic performance for science and English students. It found correlations between the motivational, cognitive, and performance variables measured by questionnaires.
The document discusses best practices for organizing e-learning programs based on research. It defines distance education and compares teaching approaches for face-to-face vs distance delivered instruction. Key indicators of quality for mission, curriculum, faculty support, students, sustainability, and evaluation are outlined. Rules of thumb are provided for designing distance courses based on an equivalency theory for achieving similar learning outcomes for distant and local learners.
Community indicators play an important role in measuring our progress toward achieving our goal of 80% third grade reading proficiency by 2025. Share your feedback on our ideas about what to measure to track our progress from birth to third grade over the next nine years.
Council of Chief Librarians Survey PresentationScott Lee
The document summarizes the results of surveys conducted by CCL on information literacy programs. Major themes identified included student learning outcomes, learning objectives, use of standards, and professional development. For student learning outcomes, the most common areas addressed were accessing information and evaluating sources. Learning objectives were most often based on student and college guidelines. Student equity funds were used for reserves, staffing, and other purposes. Over half of librarians attended workshops for professional development. No clear trends emerged for professional development needs or hot topics.
The strategic plan for the Richland School District outlines their strategic planning process and stakeholder involvement. They conducted focus groups with staff, students, parents and community members to gather input. Data on student achievement, perceptions and demographics was also analyzed. From this, they drafted a mission statement, commitments and 4 goals for teaching/learning, system improvement, parent/community involvement, and leadership. The plan will be implemented over the next 3 years.
This document discusses using data to improve schools and student outcomes. It provides:
1) Nine characteristics of high-performing schools that focus on clear goals, high expectations, leadership, collaboration, aligned curriculum and frequent monitoring.
2) An eight-step process called "Data Wise" for using data to identify problems, examine instruction, develop plans and assess progress.
3) The importance of considering multiple data sources, such as demographics, perceptions, programs and student learning to understand different student experiences.
This presentation was prepared for the Learning Media National Seminar for facilitators (April 2010). It explores the guidelines for reporting progress and achievement in relation to the national standards. It also looks at processes and practices to support effective reporting.
Building Data Literacy Among Middle School Administrators and Teachers
Data literacy is an essential trait for middle school administrators and teachers to possess. In this session, the Research and Accountability Team from Durham Public Schools will discuss how it has expanded its focus on Data-to-Action to building data literacy amongst its middle school administrators and teachers during 2013-14.
J. Brent Cooper, Terri Mozingo & Karin Beckett Durham Public Schools - Durham, NC
From theory to practice blending the math classroom and creating a data cultu...DreamBox Learning
This document discusses strategies for creating a data-driven culture in schools. It emphasizes the importance of leadership, collecting and analyzing various types of student and school data, and using data to make instructional decisions. Key steps include developing a leadership team, gathering and reviewing data patterns, generating hypotheses, setting goals, designing strategies, and evaluating outcomes. Barriers to effective data use include lack of training and clear priorities, as well as outdated technology. The document provides examples of integrating technology and data through programs, applications, and blended learning models.
Using Data for Continuos School Improvementlindamtz88
This document discusses using different types of data for continuous school improvement, including perceptual data, student learning data, school process data, and demographic data. It outlines a statewide system in Nebraska to provide professional development training to analyze data at all levels, from school staff to statewide cadres. Key aspects of the data training include the four Nebraska Data Literacies: what do the data show, why might this be, how should we respond, and did our response produce results. The document also provides resources for perceptual data surveys available through the Nebraska Department of Education.
2017 MassCUE Presentation: Evaluating Your 1:1 Learning Program: One District...Dave Quinn
This document outlines the goals and process of an evaluation conducted by the Mendon-Upton Regional School District (MURSD) of their 1-to-1 iPad program. The goals were to provide a structure for evaluating 1-to-1 learning programs, identify core values, and design evaluation questions. MURSD worked with external evaluators who used surveys, observations, and focus groups to assess how iPads were being used for communication, collaboration, and innovation. The evaluation found benefits but also recommended enriching pedagogy and focusing professional development on curriculum. It emphasized being transparent about program goals and using evaluation to improve instruction.
The document discusses the importance of using data to guide instruction. It outlines key findings from research showing that formative assessment and involving students in their own learning can significantly improve student achievement. However, several inhibiting factors are also identified, such as teachers focusing more on work quantity than quality of learning. The document advocates using frequent, in-depth data analysis to inform instruction and differentiate based on student needs.
1. Meet with the teacher to discuss their mistake rather than involving the entire staff.
2. Gather data on student progress, benchmarks, grades and assessments to monitor the effectiveness of the basic skills program and determine any revisions needed.
3. Work with the new Assistant Principal to determine their responsibilities and characteristics needed for their mentor. The mentor's role should be supportive rather than evaluative.
4. Have the new Assistant Principal introduce themselves to all stakeholders through a faculty meeting.
1. Prairie Rose School Division is using summative assessment data to set goals for enhancing student learning and engagement through classroom assessment, and to gather information about achievement levels in literacy, numeracy, and engagement for parents, schools, and education departments.
2. Teachers are analyzing MYA data to improve achievement in key areas for all learners, provide a focus for school plans and professional development, and address issues of equity and closing achievement gaps.
3. When looking at MYA and other assessment data, teachers identify strengths and needs, prioritize ideas for improvement as goals, and consider factors like student demographics that provide context for the results.
This document outlines an action research process conducted by a teacher to improve the use of benchmark assessments in their school. The teacher identified that benchmark data was not being used effectively to inform instruction. Their research questions examined the relationship between teacher understanding of data-driven decision making and attitudes toward benchmarks. The intervention involved targeted professional development on analyzing benchmark reports and expanding the definition of data. Data was collected through teacher and student surveys, analysis of benchmark discussion guides in PLCs, and comparing student performance on benchmarks. The goal was to increase the usefulness of benchmark data and student buy-in.
Moe powerpoint presentation all day 1 presentation 1 (1)Justine Brock
The document discusses the Programmes for Students (PfS) initiative in New Zealand, specifically the Accelerating Literacy Learning (ALL) component. ALL uses school expertise to evaluate literacy practices and closely monitor a 15-week literacy intervention for small groups of students in their first year of school. Key aspects of ALL include using data to inform decisions, selecting priority students based on data, designing iterative interventions grounded in evidence, and fostering teacher inquiry to accelerate student progress. The goal is to shift students to a faster learning trajectory through culturally-responsive, supplementary programs that catch students up to expected literacy levels.
The document discusses updates to several elementary school programs including the Universal Prekindergarten Program, English Language Arts, Social Studies, and the elementary report card. It provides details on grants for expanding UPK, a balanced literacy approach for ELA, using big ideas in social studies, and revising the report card to better align with standards and provide more specific feedback to students and parents. Professional learning communities for teachers are emphasized to continuously improve instruction.
The Measure of Academic Progress (MAP) test is an adaptive assessment that provides individualized questions for students based on their responses. It measures student growth over time in reading, math, language usage, and science. MAP results include RIT scores that pinpoint student achievement levels and indicate concepts that require more instruction. These scores along with subtest performance are used by teachers to target instruction and by students and parents to understand strengths and areas for growth. While MAP provides useful information, teachers emphasize that classroom performance and work provide the fullest picture of a student's learning.
This document provides an overview of teacher-level value-added reporting in Ohio. It discusses key aspects of the reporting including linkage, rollout schedules, accessing reports online, subjects available, and what reports will contain. It also covers implications and cautions of the reports, keys to teacher improvement, and addressing cultural impacts. Scenarios are provided to illustrate different perspectives and prompt discussion from viewpoints of superintendents, principals, teachers, and union leaders.
Social Emotional Learning in K-12 Schools: What You Need to KnowMDR
Teaching students how to successfully navigate complex emotional and social situations is at the heart of Social Emotional Learning (SEL). Noting the successes of existing SEL programs, school districts are committing more time, money, and resources into integrating SEL into classroom curriculum and the school environment.
Wsu District Capacity Of Well Crafted District Wide System Of SupportWSU Cougars
The document discusses the importance of leadership and data in building an effective district-wide system of support for student and staff success. It provides several key components of an effective district system including leadership focused on instructional improvement, aligning policies to support improvement goals, providing teacher learning resources, and using data to drive decisions. The "Data Wise" process of using data to improve teaching and learning is described. Districts should set up data systems, create incentives, support new skills, and find time to model data-driven work. High-performing schools frequently monitor learning, have high standards, collaborate, align curriculum and assessments, and involve families and communities. Multiple measures should be used to understand student performance.
This document discusses curriculum assessment and the different types of assessments: intended curriculum, implemented curriculum, and achieved curriculum. The intended curriculum refers to the objectives set at the beginning, while the implemented curriculum involves the learning activities. The achieved curriculum assesses learning outcomes based on the first two. The goals of the Philippines' Basic Education Curriculum (BEC) are to raise quality and decongest the curriculum. It was implemented through innovative teaching approaches and integrating subjects. The BEC has achieved increased student motivation and performance, as well as teacher development and stakeholder involvement.
This document provides guidance for teachers on continuous professional development. It discusses reflecting on teaching practice and planning goals for improvement in using new learning delivery modalities. The document includes a self-assessment questionnaire, templates for setting goals and an individual development plan. It emphasizes aligning professional development with the Philippine Professional Standards for Teachers across domains like content knowledge, learning environment, diversity of learners and more. Teachers are guided to identify priorities, choose relevant training programs and discuss topics at their School Learning Action Cell meetings to strengthen practice.
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This document discusses how standards relate to curriculum and information literacy. It summarizes that standards define what students should know and be able to do, while curriculum translates the standards into specific lessons, activities, and courses. It also notes that the Common Core emphasizes research, media skills, and integrating technology throughout the curriculum rather than in separate sections. These skills are blended into the writing process through teaching information literacy.
This document provides information about an upcoming webinar from the ISTE SIGMS group and opportunities to get involved with the SIGMS community. It discusses the roles and responsibilities of various SIGMS leadership positions. It encourages attendees to take a survey to indicate how they can contribute to SIGMS activities like webinars, the newsletter, conference volunteering, and committee work. The goal is to help members play, learn and network while supporting the profession.
C:\Documents And Settings\Anderb04\My Documents\Trainings\February\Item Analy...Brenda Anderson
The document discusses item analysis and its use for advocacy and student achievement. Item analysis examines the skills required to correctly answer standardized test questions. This allows teachers to connect the skills tested to information literacy instruction. Item analysis can be used as an advocacy tool by showing administrators how library programs build foundations for student success on high-stakes tests. An example item analysis form is provided to categorize questions by format, skills, content, and connections to standards.
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Chapter wise All Notes of First year Basic Civil Engineering.pptxDenish Jangid
Chapter wise All Notes of First year Basic Civil Engineering
Syllabus
Chapter-1
Introduction to objective, scope and outcome the subject
Chapter 2
Introduction: Scope and Specialization of Civil Engineering, Role of civil Engineer in Society, Impact of infrastructural development on economy of country.
Chapter 3
Surveying: Object Principles & Types of Surveying; Site Plans, Plans & Maps; Scales & Unit of different Measurements.
Linear Measurements: Instruments used. Linear Measurement by Tape, Ranging out Survey Lines and overcoming Obstructions; Measurements on sloping ground; Tape corrections, conventional symbols. Angular Measurements: Instruments used; Introduction to Compass Surveying, Bearings and Longitude & Latitude of a Line, Introduction to total station.
Levelling: Instrument used Object of levelling, Methods of levelling in brief, and Contour maps.
Chapter 4
Buildings: Selection of site for Buildings, Layout of Building Plan, Types of buildings, Plinth area, carpet area, floor space index, Introduction to building byelaws, concept of sun light & ventilation. Components of Buildings & their functions, Basic concept of R.C.C., Introduction to types of foundation
Chapter 5
Transportation: Introduction to Transportation Engineering; Traffic and Road Safety: Types and Characteristics of Various Modes of Transportation; Various Road Traffic Signs, Causes of Accidents and Road Safety Measures.
Chapter 6
Environmental Engineering: Environmental Pollution, Environmental Acts and Regulations, Functional Concepts of Ecology, Basics of Species, Biodiversity, Ecosystem, Hydrological Cycle; Chemical Cycles: Carbon, Nitrogen & Phosphorus; Energy Flow in Ecosystems.
Water Pollution: Water Quality standards, Introduction to Treatment & Disposal of Waste Water. Reuse and Saving of Water, Rain Water Harvesting. Solid Waste Management: Classification of Solid Waste, Collection, Transportation and Disposal of Solid. Recycling of Solid Waste: Energy Recovery, Sanitary Landfill, On-Site Sanitation. Air & Noise Pollution: Primary and Secondary air pollutants, Harmful effects of Air Pollution, Control of Air Pollution. . Noise Pollution Harmful Effects of noise pollution, control of noise pollution, Global warming & Climate Change, Ozone depletion, Greenhouse effect
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1. Palancharmy, Basic Civil Engineering, McGraw Hill publishers.
2. Satheesh Gopi, Basic Civil Engineering, Pearson Publishers.
3. Ketki Rangwala Dalal, Essentials of Civil Engineering, Charotar Publishing House.
4. BCP, Surveying volume 1
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All our schools have different levels and forms of collaboration. We all may be a different stages of collaboratively looking at student work. As media specialists we need to understand this culture in our schools and work towards being partners in looking at student work. First, we must acknowledge where we fit into our school’s culture.
Think about the culture in your school and answer the questions on top part of the light green sheet from your packet of handouts. You’ll have about 5 minutes to think about this. If need you can discuss ideas at your table, but answer for your individual school. How do you know what the teams are teaching at each grade level? How/when does your school look at student work and share next steps? What is your role in your school’s instructional program? How do you know what the teams are teaching at each grade level?
Here’s time for some movement. Show of hands first to see if tables are already divided by high and low levels of collaboration. Please get up and stand on this side of the room if you said that your school has high level of collaboration. Move here is low level. Now let’s group with tables having a mixture of high and low levels of collaboration. Please continue to fill out the green form by discussing the questions at the bottom on the paper. You will have 10 minutes to complete this part. You will use this information in awhile to set a goal for yourself this year.
So what have we added to the guide to support your looking at student progress towards learning goals? What’s new in the guide is the purple handout in your packet.
A copy of this rubric is in the packet. It is blue. Please note that each level starts by stating either stating library media specialist or library media specialist and classroom teacher. Please note that we have removed value judgments. Note that we (SLMP) are aware that your level of collaboration depends on the culture and your role in the school. What we would like you to understand is that you are responsible for assessing and communicating student learning that is taking place in the media center. SLMP’s performance measure for the MCPS budget book is no longer using levels of collaboration. We will be monitoring the departments performance by the number of assessments that we write to support the integration of IL skills with the content curriculum. So at the school level we might want to start collecting data on how we are assessing student learning.
Patricia Warnock-Safford went through the curriculum charts and the grading and reporting guides for grades 1, 2, 3 and matched data points with connections that appear on our curriculum charts. This is just one way that you can support the monitoring of student progress towards the learning goals. Also were social studies and science connections.
Patricia also wrote a new first grade social studies lesson. Added instructional data point ideas to some of the existing lessons.
These two additions are in your packet white paper. Please take some time to study these additions. Great tools for supporting our integration whatever your level of collaboration might be.
Counting the number of lessons – each time you teach a lesson to students even if it is the same lesson, you count as one. If that lesson has multiple skills you count all skills taught. For example in one lessons you might teach keywords and asking questions. It’s not counting the number of times we do something. It’s monitoring student progress to achieve goals. Need proficiency levels defined for the different skills to truly monitor student progress. Until we do this, we really are just counting the number of times we do something. We have listened and will do second quarter (make graph). There were comments that other parts of your programs are not being acknowledged, so let us know what you would like to have acknowledged an we will put it in. We will put a reminder