2) How will this data driven culture be useful for the school community?

3) What are the current data that the school already has? Are they being used effectively?

4) With these data on hand, how can we make improvement to the school?

5) How will these data impact school decisions and subsequently school practices?

6) Maybe we should brainstorm, based on our own department, what data will be useful for us to improve on certain structures and analysis?

What data do we have?

What do you mean by data driven culture ?

Would it be better if we can identify areas to use data as feedback?

How do we ensure that we are not data-fatigue? ( is there such word? :()

Reduce - errors, wasted time

Reuse - 1 idea, 1 data many uses

Recycle - familiar and similar friendly process to teachers

Do something that really makes life better for our colleagues in school :-)

share readings.

think about vision.

The article outlines 5 common approaches

1. "We’re here to help" – Data teams are hired without clear direction, resulting in low impact due to lack of alignment with business needs.

2. "Boil the ocean" – Overambitious plans to transform the entire company at once lead to diluted efforts and minimal results.

3. "Let a thousand flowers bloom" – Business units independently apply analytics, yielding mixed success and fragmentation.

4. "Three years and $10 million from now" – Long-term plans with unclear outcomes lose momentum due to slow, process-heavy implementation.

5. "Start with high-leverage business problems" – The most effective approach: identify specific, impactful problems and apply analytics to solve them quickly and visibly.

#5 Best approach; in the same way, we can identify high leverage business problems. apply analytics to solve problems.

The article emphasizes that schools and districts can make more effective decisions by systematically using student data. Many schools underutilize data, missing opportunities to evaluate program impact or ensure equity. A data-driven culturerequires intentional effort and coordination, where data informs decisions about curriculum, instruction, and resource allocation.

Application: One powerful way is to show how a department can use data to effect changes. (eg. social connectogram)

To promote a culture where data is used purposefully to strengthen leadership, enhance teaching and support the holistic development of every student.

Vision:

A school where data empowers informed decisions, drives continuous improvement and ensures that every learner thrives.

1) The reading makes me reflect about our vision: Learners of Character and Leaders in Action.

Are there KPIs that show we are progressing towards this? Such indicators would help us assess if we are growing in this direction.

• Demographics

• Perceptions

• Student Learning

• School Processes

  
  

The model encourages schools to look at how these data sets intersect, giving deeper insights into why certain results occur.

- Clarify purpose (mission, vision, values)

- Use multiple data sources (demographics, perceptions, learning, processes)

- Identify root causes of gaps

- Develop targeted improvement plans

- Monitor progress and adjust strategies