Create a 5 to 8-page paper (not including title and references pages) in a Word document for your response.
Use APA format for the paper, title page, references page, and in-text citations.
Develop an introduction and conclusion for your paper.
Follow the directions to submit your final Word document.
Locate and summarize three peer-reviewed articles on data-informed decision-making related to professional learning and collaborative work in an educational organization.
Relate the information to the professional learning experience you planned in Modules 1-3. Explain how data guided and informed your decision making and how the articles supported your approach. Describe other strategies/activities in the articles that you could have used to make the professional learning experience more collaborative and meaningful for the target audience
Requirements: 5 pages
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I covered most of the three articles’ strategies; however, there is one strategy proposed by Prenger (2018), which I believe, when adopted, will make the professional learning experience more collaborative and meaningful. Prenger (2018) argues that psychological factors such as an educator’s attitude, subjective norms, perceived control, self-efficacy, collective efficacy, and behavioral intention can determine whether an educator embraces data-based decision-making. When proposing an in-service training session to address the issue of lack of collaboration within the science department, I failed to acknowledge the importance of such factors, especially how it affects the instructors’ ability to comprehend and internalize what they learn. In order to address this shortcoming, the in-service training session should also focus on helping educators overcome such psychological limitations that might hamper them from engaging in peer collaboration and learning.
