This one-day Data Teams seminar is for all educators who want to implement or refine their practice of professional collaboration. Data Teams are a model for collaborative action that empowers professionals to improve teaching, learning, and leadership. The seminar is focused on the Data Teams process that is used with teacher-based teams. Schools that currently have Professional Learning Communities can use this seminar to help add power to those collaborative meetings. If your school is new to the process of professional collaboration, this seminar will help you implement the model in your school.

Participants will learn:

• Research that supports the Data Teams process
• The foundational components of the Data Teams process: standards, assessment, and data
• The Data Teams meeting process
• How to implement the Data Teams process
• The connection between the Decision Making for Results process and Data Teams

What are the learning objectives of this seminar?

As a result of attending the seminar, participants will be able to:

• Replicate the Data Teams process
• Implement the Data Teams process
• Sustain their efforts in professional collaboration by using a solutions-based approach specific to the needs of their school