Version 1 · How and when to use this document… Following on from the Foundation DDD Dashboard user manual, this SMT manual seeks to: 1. Build on the core skills that you possess

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Version 1.3

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The SMT’s Dashboard Journey

Welcome & Introduction

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Part A: Principals and

Deputies

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Part B: School HODs

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Task coverage

Data quality oversight

Subject performance Educator

oversight

Task coverage

Ask these questions in your school or subject

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Educator oversight

Overall school performance

Welcome

Part A case study

Getting started

Questions to ask

Views in this manual

Learner oversight

Questions to ask

Part B case study

Reports to useYou are

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The purpose of this School Management Team manual…

How and when to use this document…

Following on from the Foundation DDD Dashboard user manual, this SMT manual seeks to:

1. Build on the core skills that you possess on the Dashboard

2. Help you ask and answer role-specific questions on the Dashboard and with the use of its reports

Welcome to the DDD Dashboard Manual for Principals and HODs

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This user manual can and should be used in two situations:

1. When receiving SMT Principal and HOD Dashboard training (using it as a workbook and reference guide in the training session)

2. When using the Dashboard as part of your role / when you need assistance in finding certain data for your school or subject

While this manual aims to equip you to ask certain questions of your school’s and subject’s data on the Dashboard, it is advised that you still make use of the Foundation DDD Dashboard User Manual

to refresh your knowledge of the Dashboard’s functionality

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Views this manual will take you throughBy working through this manual, you will be familiarised with the School View down to the Learner and Educator Views

Learner View

Educator View

Subject View

District View

Circuit View

Cluster View

Phase Views

National and provincial education officials

Subject Advisors and School Management Teams

CES HR, Circuit Managers, Cluster Leaders, Teacher Development teams and School Management Teams

Circuit Managers, Cluster Leaders and School Management Teams

District Directors and District Leadership (EDMT)

District Directors, District Leadership (EDMT) andCircuit Managers

Circuit Managers (in Gauteng) and Cluster Leaders

CES Curriculum, Phase Coordinators Subject Advisors, Teacher Development teams and Assessment teams

Country, Province and Region Views*

Primary users of different views

School ViewCircuit Managers, Cluster Leaders, Subject Advisors and School Management Teams

Phase Coordinators, Subject Advisors and School Management Teams Grade View

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You will assume the role of a Principal of a fictitious school where it is your responsibility to identify the school’s challenges based on data from the anonymised DDD Dashboard and some of its reports

Your school is in circuit 1953 and is named School 2052. It has a number of challenges which you will be required to identify and from which you will need to draw high-level insights

There are seven questions that you will be asking on the Dashboard and these fall into the categories of school performance and oversight on educators, tasks and data quality

The scenario1

Your school2

Questions you will be asking3

The case study (Part A – Principals and Deputies)This part of the user manual is laid out as a case study where you, acting as Principal, will navigate through your school’s data on the Dashboard

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Step 1

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Enter the web address (www.eddashboard.co.za)

for the anonymised site in your internet browser

Below the Useful links section on the landing page, click view

Select District 12

Select Circuit 1953 Select School 2052

Getting startedYou will be making use of the anonymised DDD Dashboard (ED Dashboard) so as to protect the privacy of individual educators and learners

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Ensure you are in Term 2, 2015

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‘Principal’ questions to ask on the DashboardThis practical user manual’s case study lays out seven key questions that Principals and Deputies should ask on the Dashboard

Overall School Performance

Area of oversight Questions How to answer it

Educator Oversight

Which educators are responsible for these poorly performing subjects?

Dashboard and reports

Which educators have poor attendance records and are there patterns in their days missed?

Dashboard and reports*

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Task Coverage Oversight

Is task coverage low for any of my school’s grades or subjects?6

Data Quality Oversight

What is the quality of data being submitted by the school to the DDD Dashboard?

Dashboard and reports*7

DashboardWhich grades are the worst performing in my school?

Where is promotion low and why is this the case? Dashboard

Which subjects in my school are performing the worst? Dashboard and reports*

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Dashboard

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Dashboard reports most relevant for SMTsThere are a number of downloadable reports on the Dashboard that can assist Principals and HODs in answering key questions in their schools

Report Description of the report Why you should use it

Offline Report

PDF reports containing all data on the current view in

the School, Subject or Grade. The report is very

detailed and is essentially a print-out of the

Dashboard for your school

It is a complete and convenient report

to have on you for meetings where

there may not be a reliable internet

connection

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Principals Dashboard

Report

Excel report produced for each grade showing the

number of learners achieving at the different

achievement levels (1 to 7) for all subjects’ quarterly /

common tests

You can see how a subject is performing

in each grade and analyse which

subjects have the highest percentage of

poorly performing learners

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Learner Chart ReportExcel reports showing the SBA achievement across

achievement levels (1 to 7) for all learners in a grade

The report will help you identify

learners at risk in terms of SBA

performance

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Learners to

Educators Ratio

PDF reports showing learner to educator ratios for all

subjects and grades in a school

You will be able to evaluate which

subjects require more educators and

also measure the quality of the school’s

data (i.e. educators not assigned)

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Educator Attendance

Percentage

Excel reports showing all attendance rates and days

missed for all educators in the school

Along with the Dashboard, the report

will help you in monitoring all educators’

attendance in the school

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Welcome

Part A case study

Getting started

Questions to ask


Learner oversight

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Part B case study

Reports to useYou are

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Q1: Which grades are the worst performing in my school?

Have the results for each grade improved or deteriorated from the previous term?

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How are my priority grades performing relative to other grades?

If the results are not similar, what is being done differently?

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Anything interesting to note after answering these questions?

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Q1: Which grades are the worst performing in my school?

Dashboard solution guide

• All of the subject’s in grade 11 report Quarterly Test pass rates that are below target

• Several of the SBA pass rates are also below target

Potential causes • Poor preparation for quarterlies• Syllabus not covered in time for

test

Potential insights

A page for Grade 11 with summaries on educators’ attendance and their subjects, subject achievement and promotions will be displayed

Click on the 2014 ANA Pass Rate pie chart

In the Achievement section compare the grades’ SBA and Quarterly Test pass rates. Click on Grade 11.

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As the Principal, what would you do based on the above?

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Speak to relevant teachers to investigate the issues

Check syllabus coverage for the subjects in the grade

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Q2: Where is promotion low and why is this the case?

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In which grades do we see the highest percentage of learners over age?

Which grade has the highest number of learners?

What does this mean for the school’s matric pass rate?



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Q2: Where is promotion low and why is this the case?


• In 2014, Grade 10 had by far the lowest percentage (42%) of learners progressing into grade 11

• Grade 10 also has 179 learners compared to 55 in Grade 11 and 35 in Grade 12

Potential causes • At risk learners intentionally

held back in Grade 10• Lower teaching quality in Grade

10 due to large learner numbers

Potential insights

STEP 1Click on 2014 promotion of grade 1-11 learner pie chart to navigate down to the detailed promotion data by grade

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STEP 2Compare promotion rates, learner numbers and the percentage of learners over age for each grade


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Assess the need for more educators in Grade 10

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Q3: Which subjects in my school are performing the worst?

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Which subjects in the school are priority and how are they performing?

What is the task coverage for these subjects?

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• English First Additional Language appears to be a poorly performing subject

• Grade 11 has the lowest English SBA pass rate in the school. It also has a distribution of marks that is skewed to the left

Potential causes

• Insufficient syllabus coverage• Limited English spoken in the

area• Not enough educators

Potential insights

Compare the subject’s performance (SBA, Quarterly Test and ANA) across the different grades

View the school’s subjects and identify the worst performing ones. Click on one of them (English First Additional Language)

Click on the 2014 ANA Pass Rate pie chart to navigate to the Achievement section

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Hover on grade 9’s SBA or Quarterly Test bar graphs to view the distribution of marks


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Motivate to District for support

Speak to the HOD of English to understand the situation

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Interpreting the report

• Grade 11’s Principals Dashboard report shows that out of 147 writing English First Additional Language in term 2, only 3 passed

• Mathematics also shows low pass rates for quarterly tests

Potential insightsDownloading

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Select the Principals Dashboard Report

Select the grade you want to view and click

On the right side of the page is the pass rate for the subjects in that grade

This report lists the subjects in that grade and the number of learners achieving at the different achievement levels for quarterly tests in the year

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Q4: Which educators are responsible for these poorly performing subjects?

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Is the learner to educator ratio high or low for the subject(s)?

What is the educator attendance for these subjects?

Do any of the subjects not have an educator assigned to them on the Dashboard?



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Q4: Which educators are responsible for these poorly performing subjects?


• Two of the six educators have attendance rates below 95%

• The attendance figures are not worryingly low other than Educator 30219 who has an attendance rate of 86% for the term

Note:• If a subject has no educators

assigned to it on the Dashboard, speak to the data administrator

Potential insights


In the Achievement section, click the By Subject tab

Click the subject link to get you to the more detailed summary on that subject

Educators responsible for that subject will be listed under the SBA and ANA pie charts (if relevant)


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Investigate which educator covered for educator 30219

Assess why educator 30219 has low attendance

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What is the impact of educator attendance on the results of the subjects they teach?

What is the visible pattern in the days missed (e.g. Mondays and Fridays)

How do I go about remedying the situation?

Q5: Which educators have poor attendance records and are there patterns in the days missed?



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Educator 30203 has been absent for 7 days in the past three months. It can also be seen that he/she has missed Thursdays and Fridays recently. Note: Check previous terms to ascertain if there is a pattern

Potential causes• Health issues• Family related responsibilities• Teacher has a case against them• Other?

Potential insights

The educator's days of absence will be highlighted in red boxes in the term’s calendar. You can then observe if there are any patterns in the days missed and can ask more informed questions

On the school’s home page, click on the attendance column title to order educators by attendance (lowest to highest)

Click on an educator with the low attendance (Educator 30203)



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ClickEscalate the issue to the District level (with evidence)

Ensure that a replacement teacher has been present

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• Educator 30201 has the lowest attendance rate of 0% for the term. In the Dashboard, it can be seen that this educator is responsible for teaching Economic and Management Sciences. It is quite possible this teacher is on sabbatical, has been suspended or is ill

• Educator 30203 also has a low attendance rate of 86% as we saw and is responsible for teaching Accounting


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The first 5 columns of the Excel report show the Province, District, Circuit, Institution (school) and the name of the educators in that school

Click on the reports tab to go to the downloadable reports

The next 2 columns show the attendance percentage for each educator in the school as well as their number of days absent. Cells in red show attendance figures below target

The last column on the right shows the confidence level for each educator’s attendance figure

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Q6: Is task coverage low for any of my school’s grades or subjects?

Try it yourself

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If there is a coverage problem, is it grade or subject specific?

How do the Dashboard figures compare to the School’s CMM?



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Q6: Is task coverage low for any of my school’s grades or subjects?


• All grades and subjects appear to be tracking at complete task coverage up until the end of term 2

Potential causes• Lesson plans followed• Good HOD oversight• Other?

Potential insights

Click the By Subject tab

Compare the task coverage across subjects


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Ensure that CAPS is adhered to for the remainder of the year

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Click on the Task Coverage pie chart to navigate down to the detailed task coverage data

View the task coverage across all grades

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Q7: What is the quality of my school’s data?

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What is the confidence of my school’s attendance data?

Even if the confidence in attendance data is 100%, are we sure the data is accurate?



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• The school has an overall data completeness score of 90% which is relatively good

• Data completeness for promotions is low at 34%

Potential causes• SA-SAMS promotion procedures

were not followed in term 4

Potential insights



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Speak to the data administrator

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Hover your cursor over the attendance and promotion pie charts

The data completeness for all the school’s data as well as the number of subject registrations will appear in a pop up

Hover

STEP 1 STEP 2

A pop up with the data completeness scores for the metrics will appear

Hover

Hover your cursor over the stars next to School Summary

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• Mathematics in grade 9 has a high learner to educator ratio of 110:1. This could indicate that an additional educator has not been assigned to this subject or the educator’s teaching load is too high

• However, the high learner to educator ratio could be contributing to the 53% SBA Pass Rate for grade 9


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Click on the reports tab to go to the downloadable reports

The first two columns list all the grades and the subjects taught in those grades

The next two columns have the learner count and the educator count for each of the subjects

The final column shows the learner to educator for the subject. Subjects that don’t have an educator assigned to them will be highlighted in red

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oversight

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Welcome

Part A case study

Getting started

Questions to ask


Learner oversight

Questions to ask

Part B case study

Reports to use

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You will now assume the role of a School HOD where it is your responsibility to identify the subject’s challenges based on data from the anonymised DDD Dashboard and some of its reports

Your subject is English First Additional Language in School 2052 of circuit 1953. It has a number of challenges which you will be required to identify and from which you will need to draw high-level insights

There are eight questions that you will be asking on the Dashboard and these fall into the categories of subject performance and educator, learner and task coverage oversight

The scenario1

Your subject2

Questions you will be asking3

The case study (Part B – Heads of Department)This part of the user manual is laid out as a case study where you, the HOD, will navigate through your subject’s data on the Dashboard

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HOD questions to ask on the DashboardThis practical user manual’s case study lays out eight key questions that school HODs should ask on the Dashboard

Subject Performance

Area of oversight Questions How to answer it

Educator Oversight

What is the current attendance rate of the educators teaching my subject?

Dashboard and reports

Which educators of my subject require support? Dashboard

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Learner Oversight

Is poor learner attendance correlating with poor academic performance?

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Which learners are experiencing challenges? Dashboard and reports*7

Dashboard and reports*How is my subject performing in relation to other subjects?

How do the SBA, Quarterly Test and ANA results compare? Dashboard and reports*

What are the trends in the results for my subject? Dashboard

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How is my subject performing in terms of task coverage? Dashboard8Task Coverage

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Q1: How is my subject performing in relation to other subjects?


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Which other critical subjects should I be comparing my subject to?

Which grades are the strongest performers when it comes to my subject?

Why are some of the grades doing well in my subject and others not?

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• English First Additional Language appears to be performing worse than many of the other critical subjects when it comes to Quarterly Tests

• It’s SBA performance is comparable to that of the other subjects

Potential causes

• English is not widely spoken in the area

• Poor quarterly preparation

Potential insights

STEP 1

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Compare the SBA and Quarterly Test pass rates of English with other critical subjects such as Mathematics, Physical Science, Geography, History, Life Sciences etc.

As the HOD, what would you do based on the above?

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Speak to other HODs to understand their preparation

Assess educators’ preparation for quarterlies

Other

Click on the 2014 ANA Pass Rate pie chart.

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In the Achievement section, click the By Subject tab.

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• Grade 11’s Principals Dashboard report shows that out of 147 writing English First Additional Language in term 2, only 4 passed

• Mathematics also shows low pass rates for quarterly tests with most learners failing badly

• Physical Science also had a very low pass rate but English was the lowest.

• We can download the Principals Dashboard Report for the other grades to further compare subjects

Potential insights

STEP 1

STEP 2

1 Click on the reports tab to go to the downloadable reports

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Select the Principals Dashboard Report


Downloading

On the right side of the page is the pass rate for the subjects in that grade

This report lists the subjects in that grade and the number of learners achieving at the different achievement levels for quarterly tests in the year

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Q2: How do the SBA, Quarterly Test and ANA results compare?



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What are the possible intervention to address the discrepancies?

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There are significant discrepancies between the ANA results and the results for SBA and Quarterly Tests in English First Additional Language

Potential causes • Lack of preparation for

Quarterlies• Poor syllabus coverage• Difficulty levels of the SBA /

Quarterly and ANA assessments are not closely aligned

• Other?

Potential insights

STEP 1

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Compare SBA results across grades with those for Quarterly Tests and ANAs

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Perform question analysis across Quarterlies

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In the Achievement section, click the By Subject tab.

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Scroll down to the English First Additional Language graphs. Click on English First Additional Language.

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• Grade 9’s SBA pass rate is 78% while ANA LIT and ANA NUM are at 8% and 0% respectively

• The achievement section in general indicates that learners may not have been adequately prepared for ANA and may also need assistance when it comes to quarterlies


1Click on the reports tab to go to the downloadable reports

The first section of the report is the pie chart summaries the Dashboard’s key metrics

2 Select Offline Report (personalised) in School Insights

3 Select the Achievement Section and click Apply

The next section is the attendance data for all educators and data on attendance, age, grade, SBA average, age vs grade and special needs for all learners

The last section (achievement) of the report has additional data, top and bottom achievement as well as graphs on grades and subjects for all the assessments written

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Q3: What are the trends in the results for my subject?



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What are the reasons for the movements in my subject’s results over the past few terms?

Which other subjects also performed poorly in this term – are there common trends?

Which term had the poorest results and why was this the case?

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Q3: What are the trends in the results for my subject?


There was a 40% decrease in the pass rate of English SBA in grade 11 whilst there was a 64% increase in the SBA pass rate in grade 9 relative to term 1

Potential causes • Difficulties of the assessments

changing between terms • Focus of educators shifting to

struggling classes

Potential insights

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Analyse the performance trends for English First Additional Language for SBA and Quarterly


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Closely monitor progress of struggling classes

Ensure more consistent standards in SBA

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Navigate to the Achievement section and select the By Subject tab to view SBA, Quarterly and relevant ANA results by subjects.

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Click on English First Additional Language.

Hover over the percentage changes on the right side of the bar graphs

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Q4: What is the current attendance rate of the educators teaching my subject?



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How does current attendance of educators compare with their historical attendance?

Who needs to assist me in resolving educator attendance issues?

Which educators are reporting lower educator attendance than others and why could this be?

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Q4: What is the current attendance rate of the educators teaching my subject?


Educator 30219 has been absent for 6 days the past four weeks. There is no pattern of absence from the educator.

Potential causes• Health issues• Educator has attended training• Family related responsibilities• Other?

Potential insights

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STEP 2As the HOD, what would you do based on the above?

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Take absenteeism up with the Principal if necessary

Ask the educator what is causing the absences

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The educator's days of absence will be highlighted in red boxes in the term’s calendar. You can then observe if there are any patterns in the days missed and can ask more informed questions

On the school’s home page, clickon the Primary Subject title to order educators by subject (Alphabetically).

View the English educators’ attendance rates. Click on the English educator with the lowest attendance (Educator 30219).

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Q5: Which educators of my subject require support?



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Q5: Which educators of my subject require support?


• Grade 11 English had a 31% SBA pass rate and 3% Quarterly Test pass rate.

• Grade 10 also performed poorly in both SBA and Quarterly Tests

Potential causes • Large class sizes• Limited English spoken in the

area• Higher standards of SBA and

Quarterly Tests in grade 10 and 11

Potential insights

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Assess which grade is struggling in your subject in terms of both SBA and quarterly assessments


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Navigate back to the Achievement section and select the By Subject tab.

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Q6: Is poor learner attendance correlating with poor academic performance?

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What else could be causing the poor subject performance?



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Are learners who have poor attendance over age?

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Q6: Is poor learner attendance correlating with poor academic performance?


• Learners with the poorest attendance records do not appear to have lower marks (in terms of SBA)

• Filtering by SBA shows that poor performing learners have not been excessively absent

• Poor performance is likely caused by other factors

Potential insights

In the subject’s Learners tab, click on the SBA Average Score once to rank the data from lowest to highest


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Consult educators of poorly performing learners

Track the past performance of poorly performing learners

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Navigate back to the Achievement section and select the By Subject tab.

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STEP 4

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Assess to what extent the poorer performing students have higher absenteeism. You should also sort the data based on absenteeism to see if absent students are performing worse.

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Q7: Which learners are experiencing challenges?

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Are these learners only performing poorly academically or also in other areas?



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• Learner 1618500 is two years behind and is struggling academically

• The learner has performed poorly in Sepedi, though it is the learners home language

• Several learners are very over age for their grade

Potential causes• Home environment not

favourable to study • Lack of motivation

Potential insights

Click on the Age vs Grade column twice to sort the data from highest to lowest

View the students that are over age for their grade


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Ask a relevant SMT member to investigate the matter to investigate over age issues

Apply for concessions

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In the same page as Question 6, click on the SBA Average Score once to rank the data from lowest to highest.

View the learners that are struggling in terms of SBA. Click on Learner 1618500

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• Many of the learners are experiencing challenges in English First Additional Language, especially when it comes to Quarterly Tests.


1Click on the reports tab to go to the downloadable reports

The first four columns of the report cover learner personal details. The next 2 columns show learner average for their required subjects and overall subject average (for quarterly tests).

2Select the Learner Chart Report

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The remaining columns show the achievement levels for each of the students in their subjects. The scores are further categorised into colours to highlight failures.


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Alongside the achievement columns are the number of days absent for each student. This should indicate whether achievement is being impacted by absenteeism

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Q8: How is my subject performing in terms of task coverage?

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If there is a coverage problem, is it grade or subject specific?

How do the Dashboard figures compare to the School’s CMM?



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What can be done so as to get task coverage back on track?


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Q8: How is my subject performing in terms of task coverage?


• English First Additional Language is tracking at complete task coverage up until the end of term 2

Potential causes• Lesson plans followed• Good HOD oversight• Other?

Potential insights

Compare the task coverage across subjects. Click on English First Additional Language

Compare the task coverage across grades for the subject


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Ensure that CAPS is adhered to for the remainder of the year

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Click on the Task Coverage pie chart to navigate down to the detailed task coverage data

Click the By Subject tab

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Deputies

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Part B: School HODs

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Task coverage



oversight

Task coverage


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Educator oversight


Welcome

Part A case study

Getting started

Questions to ask


Learner oversight

Questions to ask

Part B case study

Reports to use

You are here

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Answering the ‘Principal’ questions in your school (1 of 2)You can now log onto the DDD Dashboard and navigate through your school page to answer the questions you selected above

Which educators have poor attendance records and are there patterns in their days missed?

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Which grades are the worst performing in my school?

Where is promotion low and why is this the case?

Which subjects in my school are performing the worst?

Which educators are responsible for these poorly performing subjects?

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Is task coverage low for any of my school’s grades or subjects?

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Overall School Performance

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Answering the ‘Principal’ questions in your school (2 of 2) You can now log onto the DDD Dashboard and navigate through your school page to answer the questions you selected above

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Data Quality Oversight

What is the quality of data being submitted by the school to the DDD Dashboard?

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Anything else interesting to note about your school’s Dashboard page?

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Answering the HOD questions in your school (1 of 2) You can now log onto the DDD Dashboard and navigate through your school page to answer the questions you selected above

Which educators of my subject require support?

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How is my subject performing in relation to other subjects?

How do the SBA, Quarterly Test and ANA results compare?

What are the trends in the results for my subject?

What is the current attendance rate of the educators teaching my subject?

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Is poor learner attendance correlating with poor academic performance?

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Answering the HOD questions in your school (2 of 2)You can now log onto the DDD Dashboard and navigate through your school page to answer the questions you selected above

Learner Oversight

Task Coverage

Area of oversight

Which learners are experiencing challenges?

How is my subject performing in terms of task coverage?

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What can you commit to do in your school or subjectBased on your findings from the above analysis, what do you commit to do in your school or subject in the coming weeks

What I commit to doTimeline for commitment

(tick a box)Who do you need to speak to for

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Version 1 · How and when to use this document… Following on from the Foundation DDD Dashboard user manual, this SMT manual seeks to: 1. Build on the core skills that you possess