FOCUSING ON AREAS OF STRENGTH

On the Overview page in your dashboard, note that resources are indicated by the black bars. Demands are indicated by the light green bars. Review the conditions that sort to the top as areas of strength. How many are resources and how many are demands? What might this imply about the balance in your district or school?

Record the condition listed first on the table. This is your top area of strength.

Go to the page that has your district’s top area of strength. This is listed in either the “Resources” or “Demands” section of your report.

In Worksheet 4, list the survey items from your top area of strength.

With your team, discuss the following and capture notes in Worksheet 4:

1. What district practices may have contributed to strength for each of the items?

2. What district policies may have contributed to strength for each of the items?

For each column (Contributing Practices and Contributing Policies), highlight words or phrases that show connections among items using different colors for different connections.

Team discussion protocol:

1. Create role-alike groups and discuss the following questions, capturing notes on chart paper:

   1. What patterns do we see in the items from our condition with the greatest strength?

   2. What patterns do we see in the highlighting of practices and/or policies?

   3. How might item(s) in the areas of strength be leveraged to address opportunities for improvement?

   4. To what degree might the practices and policies associated with the item(s) be leveraged to address opportunities for improvement?

2. Each role-alike group shares the notes they captured with the whole group. As role-alike groups share, the rest of the team is listening for commonalities across roles.

3. Hold a whole group debrief: Across role-alike groups, what are some commonalities in ideas for leveraging areas of strength?

4. Use Worksheet 4 to enter notes on the compiled conclusions and insights.