Data! Dialogue! Decisions!

Brian M. Pete, co-founder of Robin Fogarty & Associates, comes from a family of educators-college professors, school superintendents, teachers and teachers of teachers. He has a rich background in professional development. Brian has worked with the adult learner in districts and educational agencies throughout the United States, Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand and the GCC in the Middle East.  He has an eye for the “teachable moment” and the words to describe what he sees as skillful teaching. He delivers dynamic, humor-filled sessions that energize the audiences with engaging strategies that transfer into immediate and practical on site applications. Comments from school leaders often say that it is the best PD the staff  has ever had.?Brian is co-author of: How to Teach Students to Think Within the Common Core, School Leaders Guide to Common Core Achieving Results,Supporting Differentiated Instruction: A PLC Approach, From Staff Room to Classroom: A Guide to Planning and Coaching Professional Learning, From Staff Room to Classroom II: The One-Minute PD Planner and  The Right to Be Literate: 6 Literacy Strategies for the 21st Century. His works in progress include two pieces, one on inquiry learning with a focus on Problem-based Learning and the other on how to explicitly teach thinking skills in IB International Schools.Catherine Sambo is vice president of Kinney and Associates where she supervises site-based and field-based staff, provides a leadership role in all sales/marketing presentations, and designs and implements workshops relating to the relationships between curriculum, standards-based assessments, and student achievement. With more than a decade of educational consulting experience in over 300 schools Sambo offers her expertise in the collection and use of data for improving classroom instruction and student performance. She received a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Loras College and a master’s degree in educational administration from Governors State University.

• PrefaceIntroductionWhat′s It All About?What′s the History of Results-Driven Change?How to Use This Book1. The Data! Dialogue! Decisions! ProcessSchmoker′s Model of Results-Driven ChangeIntroduction to the Data! Dialogue! Decisions! Process2. Data!A Sign of the TimesWhat Kinds of Data Exist?What Kinds of Data Are Available?How Are Data Collected?How Are Data Used?3. Dialogue!Teaming to Ask and Answer the QuestionsThe Four Questions in BriefThe Four Questions in FullAction PlanConclusionThe Coaches′ Meeting Revisited4. Decisions!SMART GoalsInstructional Decisions5. TroubleshootingData! IssuesDialogue! IssuesDecision! IssuesGeneral IssuesProfessional Development IssuesAppendix A: Data! Dialogue! Decisions! General FormatAppendix B: State Standards in Reading ExampleAppendix C: A Tale of Two City Schools: Making the Difference With DataAppendix D: People SearchBibliography