Full course description
Dive into our engaging virtual professional development (VPD) micro-credentials that are tailored to deliver targeted strategies to empower administrators, school leaders, and teachers to enhance and turnaround schools. Accessible anytime, anywhere, our modules discuss best practices and provide opportunities to enhance your leadership abilities and drive positive change within your school community. These micro-credentials are developed by the Texas A&M Educational Leadership Research Center (ELRC), with funding provided through a grant from Education Innovation and Research (EIR), the U.S. Department of Education.
Module 1: Data-Driven Instruction
- Define data-driven decision-making and data-driven instruction.
- Examine four types of data collected by educators and campus leaders.
- Explore how principals and teachers implement data-driven instruction in their schools.
Module 2: Strategic Planning with Data Analysis
- Define strategic planning.
- Identify the purposes of strategic planning.
- Understand how to use and incorporate data in strategic planning.
Module 3: Components of an Effective Data Meeting
- Evaluate different data that needs to be evaluated at the campus level.
- Identify key components of an effective data meeting.
Module 4: Using Data to Make Decisions
- Learn the most effective ways to analyze data.
- Use data to make impactful decisions for the campus.
- Gain a better understanding of what individualized data-based learning is.
- Align data and decisions to the campus mission, vision, and goals.
- Monitor the effectiveness and impact of decisions through gathering data.
This is a four module micro-credential that awards a certificate worth four continuing professional development units/hours (CPUs) upon completion.