DATA COLLECTION: You want to know if a new morning greeting routine is reducing late arrivals. Which data plan is BEST?
Compare late arrivals 4 weeks before/after the new routine
Count total absences
Ask 3 teachers for opinions
Ask parents in a meeting
DATA COLLECTION: You survey teachers about a new digital attendance system. Which question gives the best data?
“Do you like using this technology?”
“Write your experience using the new system”
How easy is it to use? 1–5”
“Is the new system good?”
DATA COLLECTION: Your goal is to encourage more digital lesson planning by teachers. What should you measure?
School electricity bill
Time teachers spend using the course textbook
Number of logins to the planning platform
How long teachers spend on the computer
DATA COLLECTION: You want to track serious playground incidents to see patterns and act early. What is the best way to measure this?
Record each incident when it happens and review trends weekl
Record only when parents complain
Count total incidents at the end of each term
Report every serious incident to the principal
DATA COLLECTION: You plan a parent workshop to improve attendance. What is the FIRST step?
Survey parents to see what they want in the workshop
Collect old attendance data
Ask teacher from the best class how they manage attendance
Plan an engaging workshop with activities and games
DATA MANAGEMENT: You collect parent phone numbers for the whole school. How should you manage them?
Each class keeps its own Excel file and emails updates
One shared file with standard format and access for staff
All numbers saved in principal and vice principal phones
Create a Zalo group for parents in every class.
DATA MANAGEMENT: You get parent app usage data: Class A: 80 Class B: 95% Class C: 70% Class D: (missing). Which is the best cleaned version?
A: good, B: average, C: poor, D: missing info
A: 80%, B: 95%, C: 70%, D: (no data)
A: high, B: very high, C: medium, D: ?
A: all parents, B: most parents, C: some parents, D: none
DATA MANAGEMENT: Who should have full access to student health data?
All staff in the school
Principal, office, and related teachers
The IT company storing the information
Any parent who asks for this data
DATA MANAGEMENT: Which file name is best for a March attendance report?
newdoc1.xlsx
aaaaaa.xlsx
Attendance_March_2025.xlsx
attendance-final-FINAL.xlsx
DATA REPORTING: At a parent meeting you share data on children’s attendance and learning. What should you focus on?
Detailed technical setup of the system
Raw spreadsheets with all numbers
Full comparison with other schools’ KPIs
Simple charts + tips for how parents can support at home
DATA REPORTING: You add a new reading corner and want to show it really helps children how it helps encourage reading. What data is most useful?
Number of students in the corner
Number of books you bought
Number of students requesting books
Minutes children spend reading there
DATA REPORTING: In a data-driven school, the main purpose of data is to...?
To strengthen the reputation of a school
Punish people with low numbers by tracking their performance
Understand what is happening and improve practice
Create detailed reports to demonstrate work ethic
DATA REPORTING: You want a stronger data-driven culture. What helps drive this change the most?
Principal tracks all staff data to encourage hard work
Principal posts data on the noticeboard to gather opinions
Principal regularly shares data and uses it for improvement
Principal shares data only with top-performing teachers
DATA REPORTING: In a kindergarten, a digital leader is mainly someone who...?
Knows many apps and teaches others how to use them
Makes detailed tech reports for higher authorities
Keeps devices working and fixes tech problems
Uses data with staff to improve teaching and child learning
DATA REPORTING: Teachers say: “Data is only for experts and we're not data experts.” The best reply for a principal would be...?
We’ll hire an external expert to handle all data for you.
You are busy, so we won’t expect you to use data.
From next term, everyone must create detailed dashboards.
Let’s start with a few simple numbers to support your class
DATA MANAGEMENT: You move the enrolment form to a digital system. Which set of required fields is BEST for data management and privacy?
Child name, parent ID number, parents’ salaries
Child name, class, parent phone, medical needs
Child name, parent income, family debt, house size
Child name, parents’ social media accounts, hobbies
