Transcript Data Users Groups - Riverside Publishing

Data Users Groups
Starting and Running a Successful Group
Glenn Williams, Ed.D., Instructional Consultant, Tulare County Office of Education
Got Data! Pretty Data!
Good vs. Evil
For the Good, continue on with the presentation.
About Groups
 With eyes wide open
 What is a users group?
 Why have a users group?
 Who are your participants
 Getting a group started
Define Group
 Ownership
 Top down vs. grass
roots
 Group goals
 Why you?
 Meeting length, dates,
locations
Establishing a Culture
This is the most important thing you will do.
 Set norms
 Who owns the group
 Collective intelligence
 Sharing is caring
 Involve everyone
Breaking down the
barriers to
collaboration
Moderating in Moderation
 Plan the meeting
 Prime the pump
 Solicit support
 Share successes
 Share issues
 Sock puppets
Chaos Theory
 Abandon your plan
 Guide/explore
 Off topic is good
 Pace
 Breaks are where it
happens
Use Themes
A tool for Guiding Discussions
Single Meeting
Theme
Whose job is it?
How to’s
Creative use of data
Alternatives to multiple
Yearlong Themes
 Developing benchmarks
 Implementation
 Monitoring
choice
 Alternatives to multiple choice
Prediction
 Putting data to work
Planning for next year
Developing Leaders
 Encourage people to
present
 Let people know they are
experts
 Send people back with a
mission
 Leaders at all levels
 Pilfer from other districts
Evolution of a Users Group
Through Creative Intelligence
1. The Group comes alive
2. Group members evolve (with encouragement)
3. Groups spring up locally
4. Users Groups become something else
The Missing Piece
Create the test, administer the test, evaluate the data
YouTube Videos
There eleven YouTube videos that focus on analyzing
data after the reports are run. The charts and graphs are
from DataDirector but the concepts can be used for any
student data product. Once you open the first video, the
others will be available on the right hand column.
DDDM Benchmark Exam Reports Pt 1.mp4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SovBRkjMBg&feature=related
You can also search with the key words, student, data,
analysis, Glenn
Moodle Resources
Over the past seven years, we have created and collected
resources. Many of the resources are not specific to any
one data program.
 moodle.tcoe.org (no www)
 Click on Consultant
 Under Courses, click on Edusoft Users Group
 Click on login as a guest