Data Learning Research Network
Taft City School District
Innovation Idea
Utilize trainings and promote collaboration to create a standardized process for schools to support student goal-setting, encourage student ownership, and improve student outcomes
Goals
Support teacher practice in providing timely English Language Arts interventions, using a comprehensive MTSS data framework to accelerate student learning
Establish a system to engage students in academic goal-setting, including setting individualized academic goals and tracking their progress
Strategies
Provide professional development for Teachers on Special Assignment (TOSAs) and teachers in identifying interventions, creating a student identification process, and supporting student goal-setting
Partner with TOSAs to develop resources and provide professional development to support teachers in the student goal-setting process, including the facilitation of weekly Data Chats
Create an intervention data framework that incorporates teacher and administrator feedback to support the entry/exit of students who are receiving interventions
Resources
Teacher Survey – Taft City created and administered a teacher survey on Google Forms with the following questions to better understand teacher experiences with MTSS strategies as well as their perspectives on the student academic growth seen during SY 2022-2023.
LEA Team:
Lori Slaven, Superintendent
Melissa Taylor, Director of Educational Services
Stephanie McDaniel, Principal of Roosevelt Elementary School