Got Data? Now What?: Creating and Leading Cultures of Inquiry - Softcover

Lipton, Laura; Wellman, Bruce

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1936765039 ISBN 13: 9781936765034

Publisher: Solution Tree, 2012

Synopsis

Explore three defining challenges that school teams face when gathering, interpreting, and utilizing school data. Complete with survey questions for efficient data collection, group work structures, strategies, and tools--along with essential definitions and descriptions of data types--this compelling guide will help you confront data obstacles and turn struggling committees into powerful communities of learners.

About this title

Review

"In Got Data? Now What?, Bruce and Laura have created a how-to book that allows teachers to take data off the shelf and put that information back in the classroom to create meaningful changes in practice. The protocols and frames in the book allow teachers to shift through the plethora of data available to them and identify a meaningful course of action. PLC leaders everywhere should be using this book as a guide to improving classroom teaching and learning." -- Ron McDermed "Superintendent, Cedar Springs Public Schools, Cedar Springs, Michigan"

About the Author

Laura Lipton is codirector of MiraVia, LLC, a publishing and development firm in Sherman, CT. Lipton is an international consultant whose writing, research, and seminars focus on effective and innovative instructional practices and building professional and organizational capacities for enhanced learning. She engages with schools and school districts, designing and conducting workshops on organizational development, learning-focused instruction, literacy development, and strategies to support beginning teachers. Lipton applies her extensive experience with adult learners to workshops and seminars conducted throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand on such topics as learning-focused relationships, data-driven dialogue, teacher leadership, action research, and learning-focused mentoring. She is theauthor and coauthor of numerous publications related to organizational and professional development, learning-focused schools, and literacy development.

Bruce Wellman is codirector of MiraVia. He consults with school systems, professional groups, and organizations throughout North America, and he presents on the patterns and practices of learning-focused classrooms, learning-focused conversations, effective presentation skills, and facilitation and development of collaborative groups.

Bruce is an award-winning writer whose work has been honored by the Education Writers Association and Learning Forward. He is the author and coauthor of numerous publications related to organizational and professional development, mentoring, quality teaching, and improving professional cultures.

His selected publications include Groups at Work: Strategies and Structures for Professional Learning, Data-Driven Dialogue: A Facilitator's Guide to Collaborative Inquiry, Learning-Focused Mentoring: A Professional Development Resource Kit, Data-Driven Dialogue: A Facilitator's Guide to Collaborative Inquiry, Mentoring Matters: A Practical Guide to Learning-Focused Relationships, Pathways to Understanding: Patterns and Practices in the Learning-Focused Classroom, The Adaptive School: A Sourcebook for Developing Collaborative Groups, and How to Make Presentations That Teach and Transform.

Bruce has served as a classroom teacher, curriculum coordinator, and staff developer in Oberlin, Ohio, and Concord, Massachusetts, public schools. He holds a bachelor's degree from Antioch College and a master's of education from Lesley College.

Edition details

• Publisher: Solution Tree
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1936765039
• ISBN 13: 9781936765034
• Binding: Perfect Paperback
• Number of pages: 144