Before I began this course, I had not worked with data in this manner before nor had I spent a lot of time analyzing data. I was a bit concerned about this when I began the course as I felt a bit off my game. I also had a hard time because the end product was not clear at the beginning of the class. However, once I began working with my team and we continued to add more and more materials to our process the end result of the data project became a bit clearer.
The other part of this project that at times was difficult was working with a subject matter that I do not teach. Math was never one of my favorite subjects as a kid in school, it always resorted to a lot of frustration and tears. 🙂 So, when we decided as a team to work with math as our subject I was a little leary as I wasn’t sure I would be able to contribute a lot. Although, I soon discovered that my knowledgeable math teammate was very easy to work with and I did not need my lacking math skills. I was able to help my team in other ways.
I enjoyed the end of the data project more than anything as it was helpful to see what was lacking and what needed to be added to the action plan in order to ensure student success. I also feel that I will use my new data skills this next year in school by learning to make adjustments to lessons, assignments, unit plans and more.
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