Motivating Students with Data!

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Motivating Studentswith Data!

• Becky Martin
• Continuous Improvement Facilitator
• Cedar Rapids, Iowa

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Quick Facts

• 121 square miles
• 2,805 employees
• 17,840 students
• 21 Minority enrollment
• 38 Free/Reduced
• 33 attendance sites
• 179 million budget
• 35 formal school/business partnerships
• Iowas second largest school district

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Cedar Rapids Flood 2008

• Educational Service Center Main Bldg
• Educational Service Center Annex
• Carpenter/Paint Shop
• Transportation
• Warehouse

• Taylor Elementary
• Harrison Elementary
• Roosevelt Transition Center

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• If You Care About Learning, These Findings Are
  Chilling -Mike Schmoker

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Research Results (Schmoker Results Now)

• Learning objective
• Higher-order thinking
• Writing or using rubrics
• Fewer than ½ paying attention
• Using worksheets
• Noninstructional activities

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Research Results (Schmoker Results Now)

• Learning objective 4
• Higher-order thinking 3
• Writing or using rubrics 0
• Fewer than ½ paying attention 84
• Using worksheets 52
• Noninstructional activities 35

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Goal Alignmentusing PDSA process
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Classroom Data Center
Math Computation During the 2006-2007 school
year, the percentage of students scoring in the
high and intermediate math total proficiency
levels will increase by 5 as measured by the
district math assessments and ITBS.
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Why SMART Goals?

• Clear Understandable Vision of the Target
• Learning Targets as SMART goals.
• SMART goals direct our focus
• SMART goals help define exactly what the future
  state looks like and how it will be measured.

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What Are SMART GOALS?
S pecific, strategic M easurable A
ttainable R esults-oriented T ime-bound
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Goal Process
Classroom Student

• School Goal
• Identify the Learning Expectation/Benchmark
• Deconstruct it to enabling targets
• Transform to student friendly version
• Create accurate classroom assessments
• Use w/students to chart growth
• Data center
• Data folder

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Classroom SMART Goals
Set short term targets that step up to long term
goal!

• Long term (What do I need to Know)
• Short Term (How will I get there)
• Steps..target
• Build confidence - I can learn this!
• Track progress in classroom data center
• Students set track goals in data folder
• How close am I to the target?
• I can see my progress

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SMART Goal - SIP to Classroom

• Original During the 2007-08 school year, SAMPLE
  school will increase students proficiency in
  math estimation skills in the non-proficient
  student subgroups as measured by the ITBS
  estimation sub-test assessment

• Student Friendly This year, the 7th grade class

will improve their understanding of estimation
strategies as measured by accurately answering
the questions on the biweekly check tests.
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SMART Goal - SIP to Classroom

• Student Friendly This year, the 7th grade class

will improve their understanding of estimation
strategies as measured by accurately answering
the questions on the biweekly check tests.

• Student Goal (in data folder) This year, I will
  focus on getting better using estimation
  strategies. I will measure how Im doing by
  keeping track of the number and types of errors I
  have on the biweekly check tests. My goal is to
  consistently score 77 correct the first
  trimester.

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Goals - Empower Students

• Common focus
• Target for achievement
• Communicate what is important
• Build community engagement
• Motivation

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What Are The Goals of

• the school district?
• your school?
• your classroom?
• your students?

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Classroom focus?
Learning OR Assignment Completion

• Is this a Paradigm Shift?

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Data Center
Graphical Representation of student achievement

• Displays district, building, team alignment
• Demonstrates progress toward goals
• Includes Charts Graphs
• Plots class and team progress
• Displays comparative data
• Compare performance for classroom goals with
  current and past performance

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What Gets Measured Gets Done

• When you measure progress,
• have a powerful influence on student achievement
• you stay on track,
• reach your target dates,
• experience the excitement of achievement . . .
• . . .which spurs you on to continued effort
  required to reach your goals.

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Data Center

• How is it used?
• Goal Setting
• Tracks In-process/Formative measures
• Data driven decisions
• Continual assessment of progress
• Guide mid-course adjustment
• Adjust classroom instruction

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When students know what they are learning, their
performance, on average, has been shown to be 27
percentile points higher than students who do
not know what they are learning.
What are the learning targets?
Robert J. Marzano
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Data Tools

• Bar Line graphs
• Radar Charts
• Run Charts
• Flow Charts
• Consensogram
• Check Sheets
• Pareto Diagram
• Fishbone Diagram

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Designing A Data Center!

• District Plan on a Page
• Ground Rules
• Mission
• Quality Work
• PDSA
• SMART Goals
• Charts Graphs
• Feedback Forms
• Action Plans

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We did it!
Fractions to Percents
Fractions to Decimals
Improper to Mixed
Identifies Equivalent Fractions
Fraction - Part of a whole
Hoover Elementary School
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• The best part of CI is that it tracks progress
  and tells us what we have to work on. I
  recommend it to
  teachers because
  its easy to do
  and helpful
  for the
  teachers and kids.
• Student

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In my Classroom System

• Question What will I do to establish and
  communicate learning goals, track student
  progress and celebrate success?
• Are the learning targets clear?

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Classroom ? Student
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Data Folders

• Tool used by students to track their learning
  progress

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Overview

• A tool used by students to keep track of their
  progress
• Build a sense of responsibility for own learning
• Incorporates Goal-Setting Data Collection
• Enhances student-led conferences

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Use

• Goal Setting
• In-Process/Formative Measures
• Daily/Weekly data measures
• Periodic Evaluation of Progress (trimester
  quarter - monthly)
• Adjust or Reset Goals as needed
• Adjust classroom instruction strategies based on
  data

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Data Folder
Evidence of student achievementFormative
Assessment

• Aligned with class/curricular goals
• Student focus
• 1) What is my goal?
• 2) What is my action plan?
• 3) When will I monitor my progress?
• 4) What tool will I use?

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Artifacts Included

• Mission Statements
• Ground Rules
• SMART Goals
• Student Goals
• Action Plan to Achieve Goals
• Formative Assessment Measures
• Quality Work

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Parent Expectation Form

• I expect my child to______________________________
  _________________
• __________________________________________________
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• __________________________________________________
  ____________.
• I expect my childs teacher to____________________
  ___________________
• __________________________________________________
  ____________
• __________________________________________________
  ____________.
• As a parent I will _______________________________
  _________________
• __________________________________________________
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I can count to 100.
Students Name _______________________
(to be kept in the student's data
folder)
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http//quality.cr.k12.ia.us/
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Pretest 2/12 (48)
Quiz 2/15 (60)
Quiz 2/19(60)
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Data Folders Engage Students
As Rick Stiggins states The PRIME motivator
for self monitoring is to build success and
confidence.

• Graphical representation of individual goal
  achievement
• Build responsibility for own learning
• Foster a sense of accomplishment motivation
• Create self-efficacy

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Planning For Data Folders!

• Brainstorm ideas about data folders
• How will they be organized?
• What data points will students collect?
• What will you put in them?

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District Goal
SIP Goal
Classroom / Curriculum Goal
Learning/ Scaffold Target
Success.
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Reading Plan on a Page Teacher View
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Reading Plan on a Page Student View
I can!
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THE TASKS THAT STUDENTS ARE ASKED TO DO DETERMINE
WHAT THEY LEARN (Richard Elmore, 2006)
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Web Site Support
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Questions?
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Contact Information

• Becky Martin- Continuous Improvement Facilitator
• rmartin_at_cr.k12.ia.us
• Cedar Rapids Community School District Web Site
• http//quality.cr.k12.ia.us