Culture of Quality Data Symposium
Building Your Quality Data Team
LCC West, Lansing


Handouts from January 10, 2008




8:45 am – 9:00 am
Opening Session – Why are we here? Presenter: Dan Pappas, Executive Director of MIEM and Associate Executive Director of MASA.

9:00 am – 9:50 am 

Define culture of quality data, determine the importance, and identify the components of a culture of quality data.
Presenter: Meg Ropp, Director of Center for Educational Performance & Information (CEPI)

9:50 am – 10:30 am    

This session will provide an overview of the CEPI data submissions, examples of reports generated from the data submitted, and guidance to identifying your Quality Data Team.  (Group Activity – Action Plan) – Share stories and experiences. Presenter:  Vicki Bott, The Center for Charters – CMU, and Karen Eisinger, Shiawassee RESD, and Kristina Martin, Macomb ISD

Action Plan: Building Your Quality Data Team
Data Application Descriptions
CEPI Reports by SRSD Fields
CEPI Database, MI Education Information System Chart

10:45 am – noon

Determine the status of data quality in your school district, begin to plan to improve your schools’ data quality. Also identify the factors that are affecting data quality. (Group activity) – Share stories and experiences. Presenters:  Jan Cameron, Warren Consolidated Schools, Mark Deschaine, Albion Public Schools, Jan Dodge, Holt Public Schools and Kristina Martin, Macomb ISD

Assessing Data Quality: At Building & District Level
Quality Data: The Role of the Principal
Quality Data Self-Assessment Survey (School)
Planning for Quality Data: Chart

12:45 pm – 2:30 pm

Security and Confidentiality of data and how it relates to the collection of data – Review of FERPA and HIPAA.  Identify general practices of data security (Group activity) – Share stories and experiences. Presenters:   Roy Henley, Thrun Law Firm, P.C., Kristina Martin, Macomb ISD, and David Schulte, Shiawassee RESD

2:45 pm – 3:30 pm

How do we get the right people collecting quality data? – Overview of data steward/coordinator responsibilities. Share stories and experiences. Presenters:  Margy Dewey, Kathy Miller, and David Schulte, Shiawassee RESD

3:30 pm – 4:00 pm

Where do we go from here?
Presenters:  Dan Pappas, Executive Director of MIEM and Associate Executive Director of MASA and Meg Ropp, Director of CEPI


This program was used for MSBO Certification Credit – either six hours of elective or renewal hours