by Dr. Deborah Wahlstrom
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New Ground-Breaking Tool for Conducting a Comprehensive Needs AssessmentOrdering Information
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"I love the OneNote format. It's so colorful. I can easily look at the toolbook from my desktop or my phone."
-Principal, Virginia "I like the different templates." -Principal, Virginia "For me, it is the Innovation Map. I never really understood those before." Data Coach, PA |
GET THE TRAINING:
Going Comprehensive You know how important professional development is in the area of using data to make good decisions about what will work for students. In Going Comprehensive, I'll work with your staff to teach them how to work through the CNA process as never before. They will love the process and the tool. Our work together can be completed in a couple of days via scenario-based training, or a facilitated process during the school year with the school using its own data. This service can also be provided to those who coach support others in the Comprehensive Needs Assessment process. Please note: This does not change the process a school team uses; the knowledge and skills are the same. It bumps everything up, and requires a higher level of rigor from staff, but it also provides a high level of support. During training and coaching experiences, you'll learn how to:
Remember, the CNA is a process, not something you sit and complete in an afternoon. It's too important for that! |
Notes:
Do you need customized training for the CNA tool as it connects to your school improvement model? No problem! Do you have a data system or tool you love to use? We can work that in as well. The goal is to support the good things you are already doing. Do you want the Toolbook customized for your district or state? Let's talk! CONTACT DEB [email protected] 757.539.6513 Most school teams do this when improvement planning. And they shouldn't.They rush from data to solutions. They don't mean to. But, when questions for data and thoughts about what impacted the data are introduced together, it supports rushing to solutions, rather than slowing it down. So, for ever Data Display, I provide two types of questions: (1) Data Analysis Questions and (2) Factors to Analyze. They are used at different times of the Comprehensive Needs Assessment process to make sure there's no rush. With two completely different types of question sets, teams do a better job analyzing data and figuring out how to resolve issues. Learning for AllAre you really living this in your school or is it just a phrase on a wall?
Would someone see evidence of this phrase throughout your Comprehensive Needs Assessment process? Would it be easy to tell that you're working to close achievement gaps? Would someone see that you're working to close opportunity gaps? Would your data show that you're working on disproportionality, even if you never used the term? Is it all talk or does it reflect in what you do? |