Whole Child Data Picture

The goal is not to collect more data. It’s to see enough of the picture to make a better leadership decision.

School / Team: Date: Focus Question:

LensLook across, not just down	Do we have it?Yes · Partly · No	What are we seeing?The trend, not the anecdote	Where is it showing up?Grade · class · day · period · setting	What might be connected?Links to other rows

“No” is data too. If you don’t collect it — or you collect it and nobody puts it together — write that down. That’s a systems finding.

Look across the rows — not down one column.

What keeps showing up in more than one lens?
Where are the differences — grade, classroom, day, period, setting?
Where does what we believe conflict with what the data shows?
What are we missing that would change the story?

Our pattern statement

We are seeing… in… and it may be connected to…

Pattern Before Person

Before we explain the student, what have we examined about the system?

Schedule & time — When and where does this happen? What changed? Environment & routines — Are expectations clear and consistent across spaces? Instruction & access — Can every student get to the learning? Adult practice — How are adults responding — and is it consistent? Family connection — Is communication two-way, or announcements only?

1ONE pattern

The one that deserves our attention first.

2ONE question

What do we need to investigate before we act?

3ONE leadership action

What happens next — who owns it, and by when?

AI MOMENTWhat changed when the picture got bigger?

Using AI with your own data? Protect: remove anything that identifies a student. Verify: check the output. Own: your name goes on the decision, not the AI’s.

Taking this to your team? Run the same three steps with your leadership team in 60 minutes using the Whole Child Data Conversation Guide.

Open the Conversation Guide →

Before explaining the student, examine the system.