Well I feel somewhat embarrassed after looking at the MB school planning document. I feel that I have been planning well and that our school has accomplished many things over the past few years, but there are some steps from the document that I am not sure have been done well. I think sometimes there are directives from both the provincial and local bodies that have driven our plan and other years there has been a specific need in the school that has directed where we were headed. Data and its collection and use is a real struggle for me. What to collect, how to collect it, and then what to do with it is something I could use a course on. I also think restructuring the school planning committee to encompass more staff would help as then there are several people to assist in areas as opposed to being to sole person engaging in collecting, compiling etc.
This leads into this weeks reflective activity, time and where does it go. I am so going to do this activity again when I am back at work, because a day disappears and often it feels that nothing has been accomplished but a lot has been done that is important. So far at home it feels the same, but looking back at the chart it is amazing how much you really do in a day. I guess the reality is that sometimes the things we doing isn't exactly what we had set out to do that day. Too often throughout a day things come our way that we have no control over but have to be addressed. This then pushes other things off and then we don't feel like we have enough time. I liked a suggestion about emails from our course the other night, the three d's (delegate, deal with it or delete). Going to try this as well.
Until next time....
Hi Krista,in terms of school data collection, I have a document that I give my staff to use for student behaviour that allows me to collect data all year. I then process the info and create charts and graphs that allow us to examine areas that we need to focus on or to find things we are doing well. I can forward you that information and some sample data if you like. Let me know.
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Krista,
ReplyDeleteRather than being embarrassed, I think we need to give ourselves credit because we DO get better and better at school planning and at using data. I'm almost sure that, if you look over the course of your career that you will be able to see that 'we'(and you) have made significant progress. Just keep moving forward. That's all you can do.
Jackie
P.S. I see that I am following your blog with two different profiles now. Ooops.