Sheila Rodriguez
About
Sheila Rodriguez co-leads the Puerto Rico Partnership to Engage Families in Data Use. A senior training and technical assistance (TA) associate at EDC, she provides TA and coaching to state education personnel, districts, and schools and is experienced in working with stakeholder groups and facilitating meetings and trainings. She also conducts evaluations and trainings focused in the areas of STEM and afterschool learning.
Rodriguez co-authored the Continuous Improvement in Education toolkit, which guides implementation of the continuous improvement (CI) process and delivered coaching sessions using the CI process for K–12 educators and leaders. She has also conducted evaluations and trainings focused on evaluation of after-school programming.
Rodriguez holds a MA in Educational Leadership from Argosy University–Schaumburg. She is fluent in English and Spanish.
Email: srodriguez@edc.org
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About REL Northeast and Islands
About REL Northeast and Islands
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Data Coaching in Puerto Rico: Reflecting on and Celebrating the Work
Four years ago, REL Northeast & Islands and the Puerto Rico Department of Education (PRDE) established the Puerto Rico Research Partnership to Promote the Use of Education Data . The goal was to help data coaches, district leaders, and PRDE administrators build a culture of data use, use available data to make instructional decisions, and improve the quality of existing data. Since that time, Puerto Rico was hit with destructive hurricanes in 2017, earthquakes in 2018/19, and the COVID-19 pan...
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Nov 02, 2021
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Continuous Improvement in Education: A Toolkit for Schools and Districts
This toolkit is designed to help school- and district-based practitioners engage in a continuous improvement effort. It provides an overview of continuous improvement and focuses on the Plan-Do-Study-Act cycle. It includes tools and resources that practitioners can use to implement a continuous improvement effort in their own schools, districts, or agencies.
Oct 01, 2020
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New Project Supports U.S. Virgin Islands' English Learner Program to Ensure Equitable Access to High-Quality Instruction
After Hurricanes Irma and Maria devastated the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) in 2017, many students and their families migrated to the U.S. mainland, leading to a decrease in the USVI student population. Meanwhile, the number of English learners in USVI has almost doubled since 2011, from 3.5% to almost 7% during the 2019/20 school year. Given this increase, the Virgin Islands Department of Education (VIDE) identified two priorities for this growing population: improving the academic achievement...
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May 01, 2020
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Partnership Project Supports New Data Coaches in Puerto Rico
In 2017, the Puerto Rico Department of Education (PRDE) created seven new regional educational units--OREs, in Spanish--with the goal of supporting rapid improvement in schools across the island. At the same time, PRDE created a new position called a "data coach" to work within the accountability and assessment offices of the new OREs. PRDE leadership explained the data coaches would work with school leaders and teachers to help build their capacity to analyze and use their own classroom data...
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Feb 01, 2019
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Logic models for program design, implementation, and evaluation: Workshop toolkit
The Logic Model Workshop Toolkit is designed to help practitioners learn the purpose of logic models, the different elements of a logic model, and the appropriate steps for developing and using a logic model for program evaluation. Topics covered in the sessions include an overview of logic models, the elements of a logic model, an introduction to evaluation, uses of a logic model to develop evaluation questions and identify indicators of success, and strategies to determine the right evaluat...
May 01, 2015
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The College Readiness Data Catalog Tool: User Guide
The College Readiness Data Catalog Tool and User Guide enable states, districts and other educational entities to assess the presence of college readiness indicators in extant data sets and identify gaps that may present challenges in developing future indicator systems. The College Readiness Data Catalog tool is a flexible Excel workbook that provides a shell for organizing and tracking student data relevant for measuring college readiness. The user guide also includes a sample data catalog ...
Aug 01, 2014
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