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Some approaches to using data focus only on data collection and analysis. Others focus only on building school culture. The Using Data Process combines both. Data Coaches learn how to lead Data Teams to collect and analyze data using a tool called Data-Driven Dialogue (Wellman & Lipton, 2004). They establish group norms and attend to the group process as well as to the tasks and products. Data Teams learn not just how to look at data; they learn how to talk about them together.

In addition, Data Coaches do more than facilitate data use and dialogue; they play a role in influencing school culture and strengthening relationships of trust and shared commitments. Data Teams build a foundation for a strong collaborative culture in the early tasks by anchoring the Data Team’s work in shared values, vision, and a goal of creating a high-performing, data-using school culture. The Data Coach guides the team to keep the values and vision alive and to periodically assess the team’s progress in achieving their larger goal of creating a data culture. In addition, the Data Team and Coach continually strategize about how to reach out to other initiatives in the school and/or district, engage the faculty and community in Data-Driven Dialogue, and broaden the impact of the Data Team on the entire school.