The Team Member Uses Data to Make Informed Decisions

The Team Member Uses Data to Make Informed Decisions

When principals use data to make decisions, it maintains consistency across the school, and allows success to be replicated and anomalies to be resolved. 

The principal: 

• collects and tracks school or classroom data daily depending on role in school 
• has accurate and timely data that can be analysed and actioned in the same week 
• regularly examines data paying attention to patterns of success and difficulty 
• uses data to inform decisions about instruction, professional learning and school improvement 

• uses data to immediately respond to team members’ needs 
• can reflect on how their professional learning impacts student learning and work out which techniques and practices they need to improve to increase student growth. 

The principal or instruction coach: 

• examines the data to identify patterns of success and difficulty having to do with professional practices 
• uses data to inform decisions about professional learning 
• responds immediately to team members’ professional learning needs 
• reflects on how their professional learning impacts student learning and what they need to improve to increase student growth.