SDP Institute for Leadership in Analytics

Grow your agency’s data capacity and analytics for 2022-2023

This four-session module will provide frameworks and strategic support for developing your data-use capacity.

Participants will:

• Evaluate your organization’s strategic use of data  
• Develop a strategic data project plan to address key questions in your organization 
• Apply change management skills to data and analytic initiatives 
• Join a community of mission-driven data leaders and build connections with other data professionals across the country

Learn from Harvard faculty about the important questions you should be asking and how to uncover the answers within your data, and network with data leaders and your peers.

Spring module dates: 1pm-5pm ET on March 8, 10, 15, and 16
Summer module dates: 1pm-5pm ET on May 31, June 2, 7, and 9

Participants will participate in a total of 16 hours of synchronous learning across four dates, in addition to 6-10 hours total of prework and asynchronous learning. Participants can choose to enroll for the Spring or Summer 2022 module.

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Help your organization use data for good and grow its commitment to equity, inclusion, and ethical data use

The Data Equity and Ethics module equips data leaders with actionable tools to incorporate considerations of equity in their data strategy. This module will share inclusive strategies for working with education data and discuss analyses that shed light on opportunity gaps in our education systems. Instructors will also work to address the more complex ethical challenges in their work, such as gaming, bias, and data privacy. 

Participants will:

• Assess your organization’s ethical and inclusive data practice 
• Explore thorny challenges in measuring equity  
• Develop a draft learning agenda to address equity in your organizations 
• Explore new research about equity in education and bring novel insights back to your organization 
• Join a community of mission-driven data leaders  

Module dates: 1pm - 5pm ET on March 22, 24, 29, and 31

Participants will participate in a total of 16 hours of synchronous learning across four dates, in addition to 6-10 hours total of prework and asynchronous learning.

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Transform data dashboards and presentations into compelling tools for improvement 

Data can tell a powerful story. This module will develop your narrative skills to create beautiful and compelling visualizations. Over the course of four sessions, you’ll delve into dashboards and reports and learn targeted communication strategies to reach different stakeholders.

Participants will:

• Reflect on the strength of prior data communication efforts 
• Learn and apply principles of effective visual communication 
• Practice giving structured feedback on data visualizations, and receive helpful input on your own work. 
• Replicate common data visualizations by hand in Excel or Tableau
• Join a community of mission-driven data leaders 

Module dates: 1pm - 5pm ET on June 14, 16, 21, and 23

Participants will participate in a total of 16 hours of synchronous learning across four dates, in addition to 6-10 hours total of prework and asynchronous learning. 

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Cost

• The fee for a single module for one participant is $595. 

• The fee for two or more from participants from the same agency or for participants attending more than one module is $550/person/module.

Eligibility

Applicants must be employed by an education agency (school district, state education agency, CMO, education nonprofit or education-focused foundation).

• Applications open October 4, 2021.

• The deadline for the spring modules is January 5, 2022.

• The deadline for the summer modules is April 4, 2022.

• Acceptance is rolling through each deadline, though modules have an enrollment cap and we encourage interested participants to apply before modules fill.

• Payment is due within two weeks of receiving an acceptance email. Acceptance is contingent on completion of payment and once payment is received, your spot is secured.