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New Jersey Professional Development Initiative for School Leaders

STEP TWO: Assessing District/School/Department Needs: Linking Professional Development to Improvement Goals
This step supports the discovery of the school, district and community priorities.

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DATA RESOURCES
* NJDOE data
* NJ Quality Single Accountability Continuum (NJQSAC)
* District Project Planning Tools for School Facilities
* NJ Report Card
* NCLB Accountability Workbook

Examples of surveys:
* Cary Academy [PDF], NC (a long survey)
* Columbia Schools, MI (a short monthly online survey)
* Focus Group Blueprint, KY (a toolkit for research)

These surveys are examples of differing formats and processes.

Building Blocks (with blueprints) from Mass Insight Education, MA.

A methodical way to build reform - a set of blueprints for effective standards-based reform. It is planned to eventually have more than 100 strategies in the database.

NCES (National Center for Education Statistics) Data Sources, and Survey & Program Areas.

Data from across the nation and time.