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e-Learning for Educators - Data-Based School Reform for Administrators

This course is offered as a part of the e-Learning for Educators project, a partnership between LEARN NC, The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation at North Carolina State University College of Education, UNC-TV, DPI, and the North Carolina Virtual Public School. This material is based upon work supported by the U.S. Department of Education under Grant No. U286A050018.

This course is part of LEARN NC's catalog of online courses for teachers and administrators. Please see the current offerings at the bottom of this page for information about when it may next be taught.

About this course

Disability Statement

If you have a learning or other disability and you want to request special accommodations to ensure equal access to education through LEARN NC, then please contact your instructor. The information that you provide will be kept confidential.

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This course is available to the public schools of North Carolina and may be offered locally or statewide. Learn more

Research indicates that effective school improvement plans should be based on careful analysis of school data. This workshop provides an introduction to the process of using data to guide school reform. Workshop participants will review current data-driven decision-making theory; use technology to identify, gather, and analyze data for patterns and trends; examine the role of data in equity reform; and develop action plans in support of their school-based data.

This course will help administrators design and implement collaborative processes to collect and analyze data about the school’s progress for the periodic review and revision of the school’s vision, mission, and strategic goals. It will facilitate understanding of the importance of providing opportunities for teachers to assume leadership and decision-making roles within the school. By incorporating the NC Teacher Working Conditions Survey and other data sources to develop the framework for the School Improvement Plan, participants will learn to systematically collect, analyze, and use data regarding the school’s progress toward attaining strategic goals and objectives.

Participants will also grow by understanding the importance of developing effective professional learning communities, results-oriented professional development, and continued personal learning and professional development.

Course goals

  • Recognize the importance of using data to guide school reform
  • Engage staff in a data reform effort through the use of professional learning communities
  • Utilize processes, tools and skills for identifying, collecting, and disaggregating data
  • Recognize how to use these processes, tools, and skills to analyze data for patterns and trends
  • Employ the use of disaggregated data to complete the data picture
  • Evaluate progress and avoid mistakes in implementing a reform plan

Audience

This course is appropriate for school administrators and school leaders.

Standards Alignment

This course addresses the following North Carolina evaluation process standards:

  • Strategic Leadership: School Vision, Mission and Strategic Goals
  • Strategic Leadership: Distributive Leadership
  • Understands the importance of providing opportunities for teachers to assume leadership and decision-making roles within the school
  • Strategic Leadership: School Improvement Plan
  • Human Resource Leadership: Professional Development/Learning Communities

This course also addresses the following state board of education priorities:

  • Goal 5: North Carolina public schools will be governed and supported by 21st Century systems.

Time commitment

Approximately 2-5 hours per week

Prerequisites

Please note that you must be a school administrator or school leader to take this course.

Current offerings

Begins February 17.

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