Data Wise: A Masterclass in Continuous School Improvement So Every Student Thrives.
Kathryn Boudett (Senior Lecturer on Education and Director of the Data Wise Project)
“Now, more so than ever, educators are integral to standing in the gap between ‘the lottery of birth’, and a young person’s life chances.” - Penny Jayne (Co-Chair)
“Penny became the first certified Data Wise coach outside of the US, and by 2019 she had launched the first Data Wise Leadership Institute in Melbourne (DWAU). Since then, hundreds of educators from the Eastern Hemisphere from Victoria to Tasmania to China have benefited from this yearlong program.” - Kathryn boudett (Senior Lecturer on Education and Director of the Data Wise Project)
Data Wise: A Masterclass in Continuous School Improvement So Every Student Thrives.
Melbourne 2026
Study mode: In person with online coaching
Fees: AU$4596 p.p. (Early bird offer and part payments available).
Program details:
During this intensive week, your school team will learn from Data Wise certified coaches and peers from diverse settings. Through case studies, large group presentations, and small group discussions, participants will analyse the challenges and successes experienced by a diverse group of school leaders engaged in this work.
Tuition also includes enrolment into the Data Wise in Action Coaching program, where you will receive continued support from a dedicated Data Wise coach, over six coaching sessions, as you implement the inquiry process in your own school or system.
Learning Goals:
Articulate how and why equity is central to the work of school improvement.
Build skills to take an equity lens at each step of the Data Wise Improvement Process.
Demonstrate a relentless focus on evidence when collaboratively analysing a wide range of data sources.
Engage in intentional collaboration by using a Meeting Wise “rolling agenda” and practicing wise meeting facilitation and participation.
Create a plan for integrating the Data Wise Improvement Process and ACE Habits of Mind into the core work of a school or system.
Fees: Early Bird Discount: AU$3996 p.p. full payment upon registration (before 17th October 2025)
Regular tuition: AU$4596 p.p.
Partial payments
50% due by November 10, 2025
Balance due by February 28, 2026
Data Wise Masterclass– Melbourne 2026
The Data Wise Improvement Process was created at the Harvard Graduate School of Education to help schools and systems to best use data for improvement. Now in its 20th year, the Data Wise Project remains committed to delivering and equity for schools and systems, to ensure that all students thrive.
Interested in applying? Register your team using the information form below, and we will be in touch shortly.
System Wise: Continuous Instructional Improvement at Scale, by Adam Parrott-Sheffer, Carmen Williams, David Rease Jr. and Kathryn Parker Boudett (Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press, 2024), p. 11.