CW Magazine-Winter Edition | Page 12

Collaborative Data Teams Foundation Collaborative Data Teams Why Collaborate? “Quality teaching is not an individual accomplishment, it is a result of a collaborative culture that empowers teachers to team up to improve student learning beyond what any one of them can achieve alone.” (Carroll, 2009, p. 13) “…the most significant result was an increase in teacher morale and (Hord, 2008) motivation.” The Research Collaborative Data Teams set the stage for data inquiry; without it teams tend to focus on… 10% High functioning Collaborative Data Teams use data to address these 3 questions:  What is it we want students to learn?  How will we know when each student has learned it?  How can we improve on cu