Work Smarter, Not Harder

Have you thought about the types of data you need to collect that will help you monitor the effectiveness of the program you coordinate? A member of the Equity Affairs team, Dr. MariaRosa Rangel, shares her data story. In doing so, she discusses how her data help her improve the quality of the support she offers through her Family Academy and measure the progress and attainment of her program goals.

“Why are we doing this?” It is easy enough to pick a program and implement it but if you really want to make an impact, determining needs and systematically examining problems is a much better way to go about it! We speak with Velinda Prince about her process of using data to determine what to do to help students and staff and why. Velinda's experience in using data in the Special Education department is extensive and we're excited to share the chat we had with her with all of you. Enjoy!

Are you an educator who is involved in monitoring your own efforts or are rolling out a new educational initiative? Do you need a planning tool that would save you time and effort? If so, this episode is for you! We invited a talented educator and a successful program coordinator Sherri Miller to share her experience creating and using Logic Models when coordinating educational programs. Enjoy!

In this episode, we asked our guest, an experienced educator Granvel Johnson, to share his first experience with the self-monitoring process. As a long-time program coordinator but as a first-time participant in the self-monitoring process, he had to coordinate his program and monitor his efforts simultaneously. If you are interested in how it feels to balance the two challenges and want to know why monitoring your efforts is important, we invite you to listen to this podcast, The Why.

This is an introduction to the Work Smarter Not Harder Podcast Series. This podcast is brought to you by the Program Accountability Team in Wake County Public School System's Data, Research and Accountability Department. Podcast Music by: Stella Paeplow Resources: Monitoring the Success of Your Efforts Learning Central Course (WCPSS staff)