Chapter 3

Culture, Data, and Celebrating

Success

Mary Bridgers, Sandra Byrd, Andrea Dagnalan, Kat

Gawsyszawski, Magnus Hemans
 Culture: Values, Beliefs, & Attitude
Values + Beliefs + Attitudes = School Culture

Attitudes are
how leaders
feel about
Beliefs are what things.
Values are those ideals
the leaders hold near
leaders hold to be
and dear. true.
 Barriers to the Use of Data

Barriers Steps to Break Them Down

Lack of training in involving Building Leadership and Data

others in decision making Teams

Lack of time Killing the Myth/Building

Dissatisfaction (low
Not enough or too much data expectations for certain groups
of students)
Fear of evaluation
Creating a Culture of Inquiry
Fear of exposure
Creating a Vision and Plan for
Confusing a technical problem Your School
with a cultural problem
 Data Types

Disaggregated-subgroups(grade, race, SES)

Longitudinal-year to year, measured over time

Perception-inform about perceptions, could yield

areas needing improvement

Qualitative-based on information from interviews,

focus groups, etc.

Quantitative-hard numbers
 Assessments
Formative - Learning is measured at several points during
teaching/learning. Primary intentions is to obtained
information to guide further teaching. Ex. questioning and
pretests

Summative assessment- Assessment at the end of a period

of education or training. Ex. Benchmark Tests and EOG

Opportunities for Growth and Development - One size fits

all, does not work. Professional development must be
standard aligned, assessment driven, and accountability
focused
Celebrating Success
Effective organizations celebrate success;

Leadership in celebrating success manifests itself in any

number of ways (performing out-of-character acts);

Celebrating success can also be private (handwritten

notes and verbal compliment);

Through Awards, assemblies, bulletin boards, newsletter

references, covering a class, etc.

Results to integration of vision, planning and budgeting

Celebration should be an all-inclusive process.