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= Principals Playbook Wiki = Welcome to the GCS Principal's Playbook wiki. We're glad you've found our wiki and hope that the material you find here is useful. The wiki was started by Dot Lodge and Barbara James in 2009 as a companion site for the Principals' Data Playbook. As such, we maintain this site as a public protected wiki. In this way, we can protect the integrity of the resources we provide to administrators and teachers.** There is no need to join the wiki. Anyone can access the site and use the materials, but they can't post materials to the wiki or change the materials we post to it. ** Feel free to use the resources you find on the site and let us know if there is anything in particular you're looking for that we haven't provided. If you have anything you'd like to share with us, please send it to me at bjjames@gaston.k12.nc.us or use the [|Drop It to Me] link at the bottom of the navigation menu and we'll be glad to consider it for inclusion on the wiki. The upload password for the Drop It To Me account is gastonk12.

You may also be interested in visiting our companion site for teachers - the GCS Teachers' Playbook wiki at http://gcsteachersplaybook.wikispaces.com/

We're interested in knowing who you are and what role you play in education? Are you a school administrator, classroom teacher, etc.? What resources did you find on the wiki that you found useful? What would you like to see more of? Your feedback about the Principals' Playbook and the Principals' Playbook wiki is important to us. Please consider submitting your answers on the Google Form we've created. Click on the link below to access the form:  Link to Google Form Survey = Principals Playbook = The document below is an electronic copy of the Principals Data Playbook for 2014-15. You may need help with gathering the data or manipulating the files required. Therefore, we have provided directions. Just choose the keyword in the navigation panel, then click on the file that gives the directions for the data analysis you need.

GCS Principals' Data Playbook 2014-15 by Gaston County Schools & Barbara James is licensed under a [|Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.l0 International License]  Barbara is always willing to provide individual help to you or anyone in your school. Just ask. If you have questions, you can e-mail me at bjjames@gaston.k12.nc.us

=**Principals' Data Toolkit**= This file is the condensed version of the required data tasks from the Principals' Playbook. To use it, select your level by clicking the filter arrow in column D, E, or F, and unchecking Blanks. That will leave the tasks for your level. You can do the same for each month to see what you might need to work on at a particular time. The __Info__ links on the Timeline sheet will take you to the description of the task from the Playbook and to a link to the appropriate page of the Principals' Playbook wiki. The Timeline link on the information worksheet will take you back to the timeline.



= = =**Data Resources - Logins & Passwords**= This spreadsheet was designed as a way to keep all your logins and passwords in one place. The file gives the name of the website, a short description, the website's URL, and a place to store your login and password if one is needed to access the site. Once your enter your logins and passwords, you can encrypt the file and add password protection so that it protects all of your passwords.

=**Building a Data Culture - Data Guru Roles, Responsibilities, & Expectations**=

=**Cluster Map of Visitors to the GCS Principals Playbook**= Beginning August 24, 2011, we began tracking the visitors to our site using this Cluster Map widget. On a monthly basis, it will tell us the general location (city, state, country) and number of visitors from that location. We appreciate you taking the time to visit our wiki. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please contact Barbara James, Accountability Coordinator, Gaston County Schools, NC, at (704) 810-7312.

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