AP+Leadership+Discussions+Questions

Group 1 Questions and Answers


 * 1) What does the data tell you? WCH is considerably lower than other higher schools in the district
 * 2) What does the data NOT tell you? The number of new teachers. The method of delivery of instruction regardlessoff teacher knowledge. The evaluation data includes non- EOC teachers.
 * 3) What overall conclusions can you make about the data? The data doesn't show clear correlation.
 * 4) What surprised you or your team about the data? nothing
 * 5) If you were the new Superintendent of Craven County Schools, how would you respond to this data? I would look at each school on a case by case basis and analyze like we do our students

Discussion Group 2
 * 1) What does the data tell you? Performance on assessment does not always correlate with teacher ratings
 * 2) What does the data NOT tell you? number of years of teaching, change in evaluators and skills level in understanding the instrument
 * 3) What overall conclusions can you make about the data? not always strong correlation between the school performance and teacher performance ratings
 * 4) What surprised you or your team about the data? range across the district
 * 5) If you were the new Superintendent of Craven County Schools, how would you respond to this data? asking a lot of questions, training to close the gap on subjectivity of data

Discussion group 3


 * 1) What does the data tell you? <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">//Most of the western schools rated had a low percentage of teachers distingished on standard 3. The link between teacher// //effectiveness and student success//
 * 2) <span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">What does the data NOT tell you? <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">//What teachers are included in the data/ middle and high wonder about the teachers of non-tested areas. Questions about: Attendance, discipline issues, amount of parental support, the "human" element, consitency among administartor evaluation process.//
 * 3) <span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">What overall conclusions can you make about the data? <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">//Not always a correlation bet//w//eeen// //student performance and teacher evaluations.//
 * 4) <span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">What surprised you or your team about the data? <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">//All the things the data does not tell us.//
 * 5) <span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">If you were the new Superintendent of Craven County Schools, how would you respond to this data? <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">//To ensure there is consistency in training for those that evaluate so there is a common understanding of the standards.//

Discussion group 4


 * 1) <span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22px;">What does the data tell you? <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">//School's composite scores versus growth.//
 * 2) <span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22px;">What does the data NOT tell you? <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">//Different perspectives on the understanding of the ratings. New teachers, career teachers.//
 * 3) <span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22px;">What overall conclusions can you make about the data? <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">//Teacher adjustments need to be made. Schools need to carefully explain teacher ratings as compared to student outcomes.//
 * 4) <span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22px;">What surprised you or your team about the data? <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">//Some schools will have high ratings for teachers but the student data doesn't reflect it.//
 * 5) <span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22px;">If you were the new Superintendent of Craven County Schools, how would you respond to this data? <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">//Standardized the training for administrators and teachers//.

Discussion group 5


 * 1) <span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">What does the data tell you? <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 23px;"> Some schools that met expected or high growth show high performance on evauluations, others reflected the opposite.
 * 2) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 34px;">What does the data NOT tell you? <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 23px;">How many observations were done on paper and not entered into McRel. Were the people evaluated in tested areas?
 * 3) <span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">What overall conclusions can you make about the data? <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 23px;">It will be more powerful this year since all teachers data will be entered.
 * 4) <span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">What surprised you or your team about the data? <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">The number of observations at the different schools.
 * 5) <span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">If you were the new Superintendent of Craven County Schools, how would you respond to this data? <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">We would sit and watch since we only have one year of data and that data is incomplete.