Education Enterprise Steering Committee
A partnership between the Governor's Office, ODE, OUS, K-12 and OAESD
A partnership between the Governor's Office, ODE, OUS, K-12 and OAESD
Join COSA at the only leadership event dedicated specifically to assistant principals and aspiring administrators! The Assistant Principals and Aspiring Administrators Leadership Conference will be held March 15, 2010, at Northwest Regional ESD, Hillsboro, and March 17, 2010, at Seven Feathers Conference Center, Canyonville. Featured speakers are Principal John O'Neill, Detective Micah Smith, and Assistant Principal Robert Daugherty.
---> Please click here to register for the March 15, 2010, at Northwest Regional ESD, Hillsboro.
---> Please click here to register for the March 17, 2010 at Seven Feathers, Canyonville.
The content, date and time of the conference is based on last year's conference evaluations.
Conference sessions include:
Updated Oct. 26
Updated Nov. 2
Oregon educators don't have the time, money, or resources to experiment with what might work. They need to know what has worked in education, and why. The "What Works Clearinghouse" is a great way for educators, policymakers and the public to get that information. The clearinghouse is a central and trusted source of scientific evidence of what works in education. It provides reviews and reports on existing studies of interventions in topic areas that range from adolescent literacy to character development to middle school math. The site provides a set of standards that follow scientifically valid criteria for determining the effectiveness of these interventions. That saves time, money, and helps avoid the risks of experimentation. Check out this valuable resource at www.whatworks.ed.gov.
COSA and EESC will be partnering this summer, 2010, to provide teams of administrators and lead teachers an opportunity to “Focus on Assessment.”
August 11-12, 2010 • Eugene Hilton
Key strands of this two-day institute will address assessment requirements and use of data, data warehouses, the Data Project, high school diploma/graduation requirements, and important system-wide frameworks.
Teams attending will develop a practical assessment planning document to be used to navigate assessment demands for their schools and districts in the upcoming year.
The two days will feature learning opportunities provided by key staff from ODE, Ed Northwest, and Oregon ESD's and school districts. More details and registration will follow in the next few weeks.
Support to attend this event is available for districts participating in the Oregon DATA Project “Sustainability” effort. Contact your local ESD for more information.
Education Week has published an article discussing the progress states have made in building data systems that track student progress over time.
“The education sector is on the cusp of becoming an information-based enterprise,” the report says. “But reaching this goal depends on states taking actions that change the historically entrenched culture of using data for compliance reporting into one that values analysis of data and prioritizes constant communication to all stakeholders of the education system.”
EESC's Director of School Improvement, Mickey Garrison, was interviewed as part of this article.
Washington, DC — Mickey Garrison, Director of School Improvement, Oregon Education Enterprise Steering Committee, is the 2009 State Data Director of the Year. Garrison was given the award today by the Data Quality Campaign (DQC) during its Annual Meeting & Progress Report. The DQC, a national partnership to improve the quality, accessibility and use of data in education, recognized Garrison and winners in two other categories for their critical leadership role in changing the culture around data use for continuous improvement. The DQC also released the results of its first survey of all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico on progress toward implementing the DQC 10 Actions to Ensure Effective Use of Data.
The DQC accepted nominations from across the country for leaders in the field of longitudinal data systems at the local and state levels.
As the School Improvement Director, Mickey Garrison is guiding the multitude of stakeholder groups in the Oregon education system to collaboratively implement a statewide plan for school improvement. At the heart of her reform efforts is the Oregon DATA Project, for which she serves as training director. “Garrison is the driving force behind Oregon’s efforts to successfully build a sustainable statewide framework that gives all educators the capacity to use data to improve teaching and learning,” said DQC Executive Director Aimee Rogstad Guidera.
The professional development program is designed around three strands and has already been implemented statewide, reaching a total of 122 districts and 842 educators between 2008 and May 2009.
The three strands are:
- Creating a Culture of Data Quality, which was provided to 25 districts and 105 participants;
- Using Data to Improve Learning in Districts and Schools, which was presented at nine regional workshops with 342 participants from 81 districts; and
- Using Data to Improve Learning in the Classroom, which reached 524 participants in 87 districts.
In addition to the comprehensive professional development program targeting the district, building, and classroom levels, Garrison has developed strong partnerships with the Oregon School Boards Association and the Oregon Education Association to further integrate the training around the effective use of data through all levels of the profession. Most recently, she helped secure a $3.6 million Institute of Education Sciences Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems grant to work with the state’s seven institutions of higher education to incorporate the data-use training modules into courses offered as part of each institution's teacher-training program. Topics include: Formative Evaluation; Evaluation Statistics and Growth Models; Large Scale Database Analytics; and e-Learning and Differentiated Instruction. Garrison has also ensured that all of this work is continuously informed by a rigorous evaluation plan.
Additionally, the DQC recognized exemplary state leaders who are changing the culture around data use. Four Illinois policymakers received the DQC Policymaker of the Year award: Judy Erwin, Executive Director of the Illinois Board of Higher Education, State Superintendent Christopher Koch, Geoffrey Obrzut, President of the Illinois Community College Board, and State Senator Heather Steans worked collaboratively to pass a law requiring the state to collect student records and integrate the data with instructional management tools that will improve instruction and enhance educational decision-making.
Peter Gorman, Superintendent, Charlotte-Mecklenburg School District, was recognized as the District Data Leader of the Year.To learn more about the award winners or to nominate a state or local leader for a 2010 DQC Leadership Award, please visit our website at www.DataQualityCampaign.org.
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