Data Managers Award

[Mark_VdB82]

Hi fellow Data Managers,

 

Just wondering if anyone on here has or knows someone who is doing/has completed the SSAT National Data Managers Award?

 

I've been looking into it and just thought it would be good to get opionons of anyone who has started/completed it

 

Regards

 

Mark

[Pico]

Hi, Mark,

 

I've just signed up for it, but I won't actually be starting it until April. For what's it worth, what swung it for me were @Ecclesbury's comments in the Any other Data Officers/Managers here? thread, particularly post #31. May be that's what you've been looking at anyway!

 

I emailed SSAT for some info about their syllabus and they were very helpful, so I'd certainly recommend that. Sorry I can't be more specific at this time, but I'd be happy to give more information in a few months' time when I've actually (hopefully!) made some progress in the award.

[Ecclesbury]

Just thought I'd add one more thought about the award.

 

By signing up you are added to an email discussion group of data managers, similar to this edugeek group, which has some very interesting discussion and some very knowledgable data managers. This is almost worth the fee on it's own!

 

Some other people on this group have talked about the worth of the NDMA and the main feeling was that the biggest benefit of doing the award was that it made you 'stop and think' about the work that you do. I'm sure we all know how manic it gets in schools at times and I lose count of the amount of times I'll put a sticky plaster on a problem rather than taking the time to really explore the best way to do things.