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7/30/2015 Continuous Improvement: Our Foundation for Success Tesha A. Ruley | Daniel P. Butler @TeshaAnneRuley | @danpbutler tesha.ruley@wdbqschools.org | dan.butler@wdbqschools.org Intended Outcome Leaders will understand how data centers, assessment walls, and social media have been utilized to increase student achievement, enhance family engagement, while fostering a culture of improvement. Our Foundation Focus on improvement | Preschool-12th grade alignment 1

7/30/2015 Classroom Data Centers SMART goals Progress data Strategic plans Data Folders Students track individual progress Individual goals set (aligned to classroom goals) (which are aligned to building goals) Building Data Center 2

7/30/2015 Assessment Wall: A Culture of C.I. Joseph Grenny’s 6 Sources of Influence: ❖ Love what they hate ❖ Help them do what they can’t ❖ Provide Encouragement ❖ Provide Assistance ❖ Change their economy ❖ Change their environment Assessment Wall Process Who : Classroom teachers, instructional coach, interventionists, administrator What : Triangulation & discussion of student needs...what next! When : Following benchmarks & monthly move opportunities Where : In front of the assessment wall and around a table Why : Support--students & teachers How : Data sheets to inform discussion Assessment Wall Process 3

7/30/2015 Assessment Wall Process Assessment Wall Process Interactive Activity ● Use your student data sheet to determine a placement on the wall for your student. Mark this category on your student card. Below Basic--BB Basic--B Proficient--P Advanced--A OR Met--M Not Yet--NY ● Now look at the code on the back. What next for this student? Is extra support needed? If so, is it already in place? If not, what is your plan? 4

7/30/2015 Engaging Beyond Our 4 Walls EES/FES Websites | Facebook | Remind | Storify Twitter (small following | big mistake) Why Connect? Take 2 minutes to reflect on your own or talk to someone about: ● Benefits of connecting your school or classroom ● Challenges of connecting your school or classroom ● Questions/other thoughts Our Purpose ● Celebrate the good | Control the message ● Family engagement ● Increase student achievement ● Tell the story of our schools 5

7/30/2015 Maximize Your Impact ● Define your purpose ● Meet your people where they are ● Foster a growth mindset toward connectivity/improvement Continuous Improvement: A Partnership with Families Academic Family Nights Purposes: ❖ Build and enhance relationships ❖ Share information ❖ Bring families into the school beyond conferences ❖ Teach strategies ❖ Tell our story Continuous Improvement: A Partnership with Families Reaching out to Families Make the connection: ❖ Letter ❖ Remind text ❖ Personal phone call ❖ Handwritten letter ❖ Facebook posts Create a purpose! 6

7/30/2015 Continuous Improvement: A Partnership with Families Growing skills Breaking down the four walls Partnering in vision Creating understanding Celebrate (Iowa accomplishments- Assessments) performances Connecting families with families Building home libraries Instructional Coaching ● Teacher Leadership and Compensation ● Teacher choice and voice ● “When you insist, they will resist” ● Personalized Professional Learning ● Session Examples Personalized Professional Learning 1. WCEDD 1. Voxer 1. Twitter (#Hashtags) 7

7/30/2015 Voxer Mobile phone app (walkie talkie app for smartphones) Voice messaging w/ voice clips, text, and pictures How is this used | What are the benefits? ● Live example ● Teacher | Principal Voxer ● Easy, quick communication w/ individuals and groups ● Seamless collaboration ● Book studies, scenario-based podcasts ● Walkthrough Feedback o Walkthrough 1 o Walkthrough 2 #Hashtags ● Think of hashtags as television channels such as ESPN, CNN, etc. ● Different channels provide different information; similar w/ hashtag ● Popular hashtags to follow: #iaedchat o #edchat o #tlap o #satchat o #saiconf15 o 8

7/30/2015 Accessing #Hashtags ● Tweetdeck ● Hootsuite ● Web based applications to allow easy access and ability to utilize multiple hashtags at once ● Official Twitter Chat List Archiving #Hashtags Storify ● Tool to archive tweets and posts from multiple social media platforms How can this work for you? ● Archived Twitter chats ● A Week/Month/Year in Tweets Resources Intro to Tweetdeck (video) Storify Tutorial (video) Formatting Google Forms (video) Voxer 101 (video) | Voxer 101 Part 2 (video) via @joe_mazza Farley Elementary: We Are Amazing (video) Social Media 3.0 Beyond Twitter and Facebook (article) Official Twitter Chat List | #eduVoxers Directory 9

7/30/2015 Thank You dan TeshaAnneRuley | danpbutler tesha.ruley@wdbqschools.org dan.butler@wdbqschools.org truley404 danpbutler danpbutler.com 10