Live workshop · Tuesday, October 13
Does Your Data Know About Your Plan?
A live working session for school and district leaders, with Jessica Lane, author of Data-Informed, People-Driven. Bring your improvement plan. Leave with a data system that actually serves it.
7:00 to 8:15pm ET · Zoom · 40 seats · replay included
Pre-launch price: $39 with code LAUNCH through October 6.
Your improvement plan has goals. Your data doesn't know that.
Most schools write a plan, then keep collecting everything they collected before. Benchmarks, walkthroughs, logs, trackers, the district's spreadsheet. None of it clearly tied to the goals. So you wait on spring scores to find out if anything worked, and teachers log data that never comes back to them.
A metric that doesn't serve your plan is noise, no matter how interesting it looks.
Leaders don't need formulas. They need a vision.
Data-Informed, People-Driven lays out what school leaders actually need from data. It's called Strategic Fluency, and it comes down to four moves. This session walks you through all four, on your real plan.
1
Shift from technical to strategic
Stop drowning in formulas you'll never use.
2
Interpret big-picture trends
Focus on the patterns that move school-wide priorities.
3
Align data with goals
Connect what you collect to your improvement plan and your resources.
4
Create conditions for success
Protected time, the right tools, and a culture of trust.
How the 75 minutes go.
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0:00
Technical to strategic: what leaders actually need from data
Ch. 7 -
0:10
Your North Star: your plan's goals on one page
Ch. 2 -
0:20
The data audit: everything you collect, one question: does this help us decide what to do next?
Ch. 10 -
0:35
Signal vs. noise: build your cut list
Ch. 2 -
0:45
The three data streams: for each goal, one student signal and one implementation signal. Leading, not lagging.
Ch. 2 + 10 -
1:00
Conditions for success, and your 30-Day Clarity Challenge
Ch. 2 + 7
You walk out with
Your North Star, on one page
A cut list: the noise you're done collecting
3 to 5 leading indicators tied to your plan, across all three streams
Your 30-Day Clarity Challenge, ready to run
Who it's for
Principals, APs, district data leaders, MTSS coordinators, SPED directors, instructional coaches. Anyone responsible for how data gets used in a building.
You don't need to have read the book. Bring your plan.
Before you come
Bring your school improvement plan or strategic plan. The goals page is enough.
List every assessment, report, log, and form your staff fills out. Rough is fine.
Questions
Do I need to read the book first?
Nope. Bring your plan and you're set. The book goes deeper if you want it after.
Can I bring my leadership team?
Yes, each person grabs a seat. Want a private session for just your team instead? Email jessica@symplifyed.com.
Our plan is a mess / we're rewriting it this year. Should I still come?
Yes. Honestly that's the best time. You'll leave knowing what data the new version actually needs.
What if I can't make it live?
Everyone registered gets the replay.
Is this the same as the launch Q&A in the Tiny Data Kit?
No. The Q&A is the story behind the book. This is the work.
Can I get a receipt for PD funds?
Yes. Stripe emails one right after you register.
Jessica Lane is a former teacher, school leader, and district data coordinator, co-founder of Symplifyed, and author of Data-Informed, People-Driven. She builds small, honest data systems that actually help students.
40 seats. Then it's closed.
$39 with code LAUNCH through October 6.
Want this with your whole team instead? Book a private session →