| 1. | 4/8/2008 12:31:00 AM | With WKCE, ACT and our district assessment data all being good data sources for our department and building to consider, the easier it is to use, the more we actually will use it. Again, time needs to be given to have these data discussions for departments as well as the building as a whole. |
| 2. | 4/8/2008 1:36:00 PM | Keep working on Just 5 Clicks or find a new method. This program has been difficult to tailor to our needs. |
| 3. | 4/8/2008 1:03:00 PM | alweays a useful tool |
| 4. | 4/8/2008 3:02:00 PM | I don't think this helps we folks in the trenches very much. |
| 5. | 4/8/2008 5:08:00 PM | We need to get all the assessments and objectives organized before we can put this together. |
| 6. | 4/8/2008 4:59:00 PM | You'l need to explain this before I can comment on it. Right now the utilization of "data" has little to do with the collection, storage, and reporting. It has more to do with [time consuming] analyzation, interpretation, and intervention. |
| 7. | 4/8/2008 8:52:00 PM | Again, this is an administrative goal. As sad as it is to say, teachers want to be told what they will be doing, not covering the rationale for why we should do something, only to have it take two years or more to implement something. The reason for trends in education is because people resist what is deemed important, because with enough resistance (or seeing that someone has a personal or political agenda), we know it will be dropped or replaced. Example--all the research done by an old assessment committee showing the documentation of why block scheduling is conducive to improved student performance. People resisted, got heated, caused confrontation, and it was dropped. As a result, professional people's time was wasted (being given the message that teachers who think of their professional educational community, their input into a composite is deemed marginal), and students are missing out on improved academic retention and advancement. [Note: I wasn't on this committee.] |
| 8. | 4/8/2008 7:58:00 PM | Please don't place the task of data collection on the teachers or pupil services staff. They should be insulated from this aspect with the exception of what the data tells us and its implications on instruction. Extreme caution is needed when seeking software programs as they are often very expensive and fail to produce what is promised. |
| 9. | 4/10/2008 1:16:00 PM | Once in place, this will take on a life of its own. But, as a teacher, this is not my priority. It is something I would access if available, but its not something I would drop on the plate of the majority of the professional staff. This seems like a behind-the-scenes project that could be worked out, and then unveiled to staff once all of the kinks have been worked out. |
| 10. | 4/10/2008 6:13:00 PM | As long as the data is not used to track individual teachers' performances in relation to other teachers. |