Data-Driven Decision-Making for School Leaders
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Introduction to Data-Driven Decision-Making in Education
Finding Patterns Without Overcomplicating It
This week shows you how to turn raw data into clear insight. You will learn simple routines for trend checks, subgroup scans, and triangulation. You will finish with a short pattern scan that leads to a practical next step.
From Patterns to Causes
This week helps you move from “what we see” to “why it might be happening”. You will practise simple diagnosis tools that reduce guesswork. You will finish with a cause map and three testable hypotheses.
Correlation is Not Causation, and Why Leaders Get Caught
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Root Cause Tools That Work in Schools
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Leading and Lagging Indicators: What to Watch First
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How much evidence is enough to act
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Assignment: Cause Map and Three Testable Hypotheses
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Week 3 Quiz
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Week 3 Quiz
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Week 3 Quiz
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Choosing Actions That Match the Evidence
This week helps you select actions that fit the problem you have diagnosed. You will learn a simple way to choose an intervention, set success criteria, and plan implementation. You will finish with a one-page action logic model that can be shared with your team.
Interventions Fail When They Do Not Match the Problem
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Choosing Actions: The Decision Checklist
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Success Criteria and Decision Rules
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Implementation Basics Leaders Must Protect
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Assignment: One-page Action Logic Model
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Week 4 Quiz
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Week 4 Quiz
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Week 4 Quiz
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Leading a Sustainable Data-to-Action Culture
This week focuses on sustainability. You will learn how to build routines, roles, and meeting protocols that make data use normal, not seasonal. You will finish the course with a complete school data decision plan.
Roles and Routines That Make Data Use Normal
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A Meeting Protocol for Data Conversations That Build Trust
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Reporting for Boards and Families Without Losing Meaning
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The Continuous Improvement Cycle Leaders Should Embed
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Capstone: School Data Decision Plan
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Week 5 Quiz
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Create your Own Dashboard
A one-page dashboard that:
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Uses 6 to 10 indicators only.
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Mixes outcomes and leading indicators.
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Links each indicator to a clear decision.
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Names who reviews it and how often.
Suggested Structure
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2–3 learning indicators
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2 engagement indicators
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1 wellbeing indicator
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1–3 practice or culture indicators
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