It’s human nature to rehash past events in order to determine what worked for us, what went wrong, and how we can do better moving forward. At the most basic level, this is simply a survival instinct — but of course, we apply it to all kinds of situations to improve our relationships, skillsets, performance, and more.
At the education management level, review is an essential step in creating new goals and strategically planning and organizing to reach those goals. The right educational tools, including the Inno™ app, help to collate essential information, facilitate collaboration, and support data-driven decision-making.
From there, it’s up to you to conduct a thorough review and look ahead to setting goals for the new school year.
How Did You Do?
The first thing you need to do is review your progress toward set goals. Did you meet or exceed goals? Did you fail to achieve certain goals?
You should also consider what metrics you’re using to track progress and whether they’re ideally suited to helping you determine current and future successes. Innovare data management for schools puts all of the information you need at your fingertips so that you can track, analyze, and strategize effectively.
Use Education Tools to Understand What Worked and What Didn’t
Understanding challenges and successes is easier when you create a driver diagram framework at the beginning of the year — as well as rapid PDSA cycles that let you monitor real-time impacts. This allows you to plan clear pathways to achieve goals, making it easy to review progress and spot areas where changes could improve outcomes in the future.
Maximize Student Gains
Administrators may not have extensive contact with the student body they’re responsible for managing, but their primary concern is still student progress, both at the collective and individual levels. There are various measures of student gains, including:
- Student performance
- School environment metrics
- Effective resource allocation
- Satisfaction of staff, students, families, and the community at large
The review process is a vital component in determining overall successes, pinpointing areas of failure, and ensuring maximum student gains moving forward.
The Role of Effective Education Tools
The best tools for education management provide a unifying platform for data integration, communication, and collaboration, empowering administrators and leaders to effectively set and reach goals. With Inno, you have the best opportunity to review critical performance and progress information and make data-driven decisions.
This can help you to set suitable goals that positively impact students, staff, and the community as you move into a new school year. Sign up for our newsletter to learn more about successfully wrapping up your school year and looking ahead, too.
