5333+Leadership+for+Accountability

Leadership for Accountability was a very interesting class, after finishing it I understood the accountabilities of schools more. Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) and Academic Excellence Indicator System (AEIS) were not something that was important to me, because I did not know how to read them or understand the importance of them. “Traditionally, data collection and analysis has been the purview of one or two people in a school or a district and has consisted mainly of examining standardized assessment data and reporting results” (Parsely, Dean, & Miller, 2006, p. 38). I found this to be true, I had only seen these reports a few times in the last 20 years of my teaching experience. I had to find our AYP and our AEIS, and then examine our districts reports. I discussed this with some of my co-workers and principal and they helped me read them which gave me a better understanding of the AYP and AEIS. When I charted them out, the results were easier to see. But now that I know how to read them, I believe that everyone should be able to read them and review. “Data-driven instruction does not require teacher buy-in – it creates it” (Bambrick-Santoyo, 2008). Knowing the data and the weak areas of our district, the district and have a starting place to improve learning.
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Bambrick-Santoyo, P. (2008). Data in the Driver's Seat. //Association for Supervision and Curriculum Developement//, 43-46. Parsely, D., Dean, C., & Miller, K. (2006). Selecting the Right Data. //Principal Leadership//, 38-42.
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