Who We Are

The School Data Leadership Association is the statewide non-profit supporting educators who are responsible for the increasingly complex and high-stakes world of school and student data.  Incorporated in 2017 as a 501(c)3 California non-profit corporation, serves as a trusted partner of educators - facilitating collaboration, systems integration, professional learning, and access to resources.  

Our Mission

It is the mission of SDLA to promote the effective, efficient, and confidential use of data to improve teaching, learning and school administration.

Build district-wide data governance teams Facilitate the professional learning and career development of our members Strengthen connections between vendors and end-users (e.g. improve data integration and overall product usefulness) Improve the overall quality, functionality, and ease-of-use of the systems needed to operate modern school and district offices Make the mandatory state and federal systems (CALPADS, CRDC) easier to understand and more valuable to educators Seek new approaches to challenges by leveraging modern collaboration tools (e.g. Slack, Micro-Communities) Champion even the smallest contributions to this "space."

The School Data Leadership Association is a 501(C)3 non-profit California Corporation.  We are based in Los Angeles, CA and started operations in 2017.  

Our Core Beliefs:

Staff

Chris Moggia, Ed.D. 
Executive Director
310-796-9166 (office)
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Ellen Pelzel
Newsletter/Website

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Core Values:

SDLA has adopted the "Intellectual Virtues" model.  Intellectual virtues are the personal qualities of a good thinker, learner or teacher.

1. Curiosity: a disposition to wonder, ponder, and ask 'why?'. A thirst for understanding and a desire to explore.  A general dissatisfaction with the status-quo.

2. Intellectual humility: a willingness to own up to one’s intellectual limitations and mistakes. Unconcerned with intellectual status or job titles.  

3. Intellectual autonomy: a capacity for active, self-directed thinking. An ability to think and reason for oneself, especially when it might run counter to existing 'groupthink'

4. Attentiveness: a readiness to be “personally present” in any group collaborative process.  Limits distractions.  Strives to be engaged and engaging. 

5. Intellectual carefulness: a disposition to notice and avoid intellectual pitfalls and mistakes. Strives for accuracy. 

6. Intellectual thoroughness: a disposition to seek and provide explanations. Probes for deeper meaning and understanding. 

7. Open-mindedness: an ability to think outside the box. Gives a fair hearing to competing perspectives especially when they challenge existing norms and procedures.

8. Intellectual courage: a readiness to persist in thinking or communicating in the face of resistance, including fear of embarrassment, failure, or repudiation by one's peers.

9. Intellectual tenacity: a willingness to embrace intellectual challenge and struggle. Keeps its “eyes on the prize” and doesn’t give up.