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High Reliability Schools: The Journey of One School District

Presented by:

Jenni Baker-Principal, Sawmill Woods Elementary

Cirsten Lewis- Principal, Whiteland Elementary

Trina Lake- Principal, Break-O-Day Elementary

Tim Rinehold- Principal, Clark-Pleasant Middle School

Shelley Gies-Curriculum and Instruction

Cameron Rains- Director of Curriculum and Instruction

Clark-Pleasant Community School Corporation

Goals for the Discussion

O Share overview of our work (steps/timeline)

O Share how critical commitments were addressed

in each level

O Discuss the flexibility within the

model/examples

O Address the second order change associated

with level 4 implementation.

Vision for Our Schools

Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of

your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless,

tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden

door!

Clark-Pleasant Community School Corporation

O 8 Schools

O 6200 Students

O About 50% Free/Reduced Lunch

O About 350 teachers

Timeline of HRS work in DistrictO 2011- PLC Journey Began

O Jan. 2013- Work Refined-Guaranteed and Viable Curriculum

O Feb.-Mar. 2013- Conversations about HRS Model

O End of Mar. 2013- Commitment from Stakeholders

O Mar. 2013- Scale Development Began

O May 2013- HRS Level 1 Surveys Administered

O June 2013-Present- Level 1 work, setting lagging indicators

O Sept. 2013- HRS Level 2 Survey Administered

O Jan. 2014- HRS Site visits and level 1 certification

O Apr. 2014- HRS Level 3 Surveys Administered

O Jan. 2015- HRS Site visits and level 2 certification for some schools

O May 2015- HRS Level 4 Surveys Administered (elementary only)

O Present- Level 1-4 Work Continues

CommitmentCompliance

O Discussions regarding the model

O A clear and compelling case regarding the “why"

O Book Studies

O Pilots

O Guiding Coalitions-shared leadership

O Permission to make mistakes and adjust

Level 1 Efforts (Safe and Collaborative Culture)

O PBIS (Positive Behavior Intervention and Support)

O Student Discipline Data

O PLC (Professional Learning Community) Journey- Non-Negotiable

O Staff Perception Surveys

O Interactive Video Conference with Marzano Research Staff

O Set Lagging Indicators

O Site visit/certification

O Quick Checks

Leading Indicators- Reminder

O Prioritize key areas that are particularly helpful in assessing progress toward goals

O Reflect key investments and are known to be associated with improvement

O Can be perceptions and actions

O Necessary for high reliability status

O Inform leaders about what issues should be addressed

A Handbook for High Reliability Schools; The Next Step in School Reform (2014)

Leading Indicators for Level 1-ReminderSafe and Collaborative Culture

1.1 The faculty and staff perceive the school environment as safe and orderly.

1.2 Students, parents, and the community perceive the school environment as safe and

orderly.

1.3 Teachers have formal roles in the decision-making process regarding school

initiatives.

1.4 Teacher teams and collaborative groups regularly interact to address common issues

regarding curriculum, assessment, instruction, and the achievement of all students.

1.5 Teachers and staff have formal ways to provide input regarding the optimal

functioning of the school.

1.6 Students, parents, and the community have formal ways to provide input regarding

the optimal functioning of the school.

1.7 The success of the whole school, as well as individuals within the school, is

appropriately acknowledged.

1.8 The fiscal, operational, and technological resources of the school are managed in a

way that directly supports teachers.

A Handbook for High Reliability Schools; The Next Step in School Reform (2014)

SurveysO Used to measure initial perceptions of leading indicators

(short vs. long form)

O Examples: Survey for one Level 1 leading indicator

A Handbook for High Reliability Schools; The Next Step in School Reform (2014)

Level 1 Survey Results (LI= Leading Indicator)

School LI 1.1 LI 1.2 LI 1.3 LI 1.4 LI 1.5 LI 1.6 LI 1.7 LI 1.8

BES 4.26 4.09 4.00 4.27 3.65 2.97 3.89 3.95

CES 4.62 4.51 4.28 4.63 4.11 3.97 4.22 4.39

PCES 4.55 4.44 3.84 4.20 3.70 3.77 3.65 3.92

SWES 4.44 4.26 3.73 4.42 3.72 3.54 3.70 3.76

WES 4.33 4.25 3.86 4.28 3.33 3.71 3.98 3.90

CPI 4.41 4.22 3.84 4.24 3.67 3.45 3.90 4.10

CPMS 4.43 4.18 3.42 4.03 3.51 3.59 3.69 4.04

WCHS 4.25 4.11 3.65 4.03 3.57 3.81 4.36 3.71

District

Total

4.40 4.25 3.80 4.23 3.65 3.66 4.00 3.95

Teachers, students, parents,

and the community have

formal ways to provide input

regarding the optimal

functioning of the school.

What are Lagging Indicators?-Reminder

O Provide concrete evidence that a school has achieved a specific level of performance

O Quantified by a criterion score

Note: Where leading indicators show what a school should work on to achieve high reliability status, lagging indicators are the evidence a school gives to validate its achievement of an HRS level.

A Handbook for High Reliability Schools; The Next Step in School Reform (2014)

Level 1 Lagging IndicatorBreak-O-Day Elementary School

O We will have 10 or fewer student discipline

referrals per month in the afternoon

O August- 6 referrals

O September- 10 referrals

O October- 9 referrals

O November- 7 referrals

O December- 10 referrals

Lagging Indicator Criterion ScoreClark Elementary School

O Every nine weeks we will survey the staff

O We will limit the survey to one or two pertinent questions in order to provide a formal way of obtaining input from the staff.

O Our criterion score will be obtaining a mean of 4 or above.

O If we fall below that criterion, we will investigate the reason as a team and decide what we need to do to fix the problem.

Quick Data

O Monitor specific indicators within levels

O Tracking behavioral referrals

O Parent, student, and staff mini surveys

O Quick conversations

O Quick observations

Level 2 Efforts (Effective Teaching in Every Classroom)

O Certified Staff Perception Survey

O Language of Instruction and Growth Goals

(Non-Negotiable)

O Opportunities to see great teaching

Separation of Evaluation Instrument (Measurement) vs. Language of

Instruction (Development)

O Two purposes of evaluation systems:

measurement and development

O Separation made sense for us (no one “right” way)

O Benefits of separating the two

Level 2 Survey Results School LI 2.1 LI 2.2 LI 2.3 LI 2.4 LI 2.5 LI 2.6

BES 3.84 3.73 3.97 3.77 3.62 3.02

CES 4.22 4.03 4.06 3.90 3.72 3.33

PCES 3.62 3.96 3.81 3.82 3.48 2.84

SWES 3.96 4.12 4.07 4.00 3.74 2.95

WES 3.21 3.63 3.37 3.45 3.20 3.00

CPI 3.27 3.61 3.41 3.65 3.49 2.96

CPMS 3.57 3.58 3.42 3.56 3.30 2.74

WCHS 3.56 3.87 3.75 3.93 3.23 3.02

District

Total3.62 3.81 3.71 3.78 3.43 2.98

Teachers have

opportunities to

observe and

discuss effective

teaching.

Level 2 Lagging Indicators

O 100% of certified staff will set growth goals

based upon our language of instruction

O 100% of teachers will be involved in seeing

good teaching (instructional rounds, video taped

lessons, etc…) that coincide with their

professional growth goal needs

2014-2015 Growth Goal Area Self-Rating Average Scores

School Beginning Score Ending Score Growth

BES .89 2.9 2.01

CES 1.7 2.85 1.15

PCES 1.45 2.85 1.4

SWES 1.75 3.1 1.35

WES 1.69 3.17 1.48

CPI 1.5 3.0 1.5

CPMS 1.67 2.56 0.89

WCHS 1.84 2.97 1.13

District

Total1.61 2.89 1.28

Level 2 Action Steps

O Identifying a Language of Instruction

O Self-Ratings

O Choosing goal area(s)

O Coaching

O Setting up opportunities to see great teaching

(and specifically, goal area strategies in use)

O Periodic self-rating check-ins (where are you

now?)

Level 3 Efforts (Guaranteed and Viable Curriculum)

O Priority Standards (Non-negotiable)

O Comprehensive Vocabulary Program (Non-

Negotiable)

O Direct Instruction in Meta-cognitive Skills

O Extended Learning Time

O Certified Staff Perception Survey

Level 3 Survey Results School LI 3.1 LI 3.2 LI 3.3 LI 3.4 LI 3.5 LI 3.6

BES 4.11 3.76 3.59 3.65 4.16 3.37

CES 4.50 4.26 3.82 4.11 4.34 3.66

PCES 4.44 4.18 3.77 3.96 4.42 3.98

SWES 4.30 4.00 3.72 4.19 4.44 3.77

WES 4.43 4.09 3.93 3.77 4.12 3.74

CPI 4.39 4.32 3.73 3.79 4.25 3.56

CPMS 4.46 4.08 3.74 3.77 4.20 3.40

WCHS 4.26 4.03 3.96 3.80 3.96 3.82

District

Total

4.36 4.11 3.86 3.86 4.20 3.67

Appropriate school and

classroom-room level

programs and practices are

in place to help students

meet individual

achievement goals when

data indicate interventions

are needed.

Level 3 Action Steps

O Teacher Teams Identify Priority Standards,

Meta-cognitive Skills, and Essential Vocabulary

O Time + Targeted Instruction = Learning

O Track Data- which strategies worked, which

didn’t, what might be done differently next

time?

O Extended Learning Time- ensuring all students

learn the priority standards

Level 4 Efforts (Standards-Referenced Reporting)

O Proficiency Scale Development (Non-

negotiable)

O Standards Referenced (Growth Based)

Report Card (Non-negotiable)

O Assessment Development

O Tracking Student Learning

O Level 4 Perception Survey

Grade 3 Scale Example

Elementary Report Card

Level 5 (Competency-Based Education)

O Conversations continue

O Survey in the future?

O Acceleration vs. Enrichment

O Future plans

Second Order Change

According to Muhammad (2009), 3 Things required

to successfully navigate big change:

O 1) A clear and compelling reason why change is

necessary

O 2) A plan that is “doable”

O 3) Appropriate Support

Change Continued

According to Marzano, Waters, & McNulty (2005), 2nd order change is associated with a decrease in positive perceptions for the following responsibilities of the principal:

O Culture

O Communication

O Order

O Input

“I'm increasingly persuaded that

schools that go slow and a little at

a time end up doing so little that

they succeed in only upsetting

everything without accruing the

benefits of change” (Theodore

Sizer, 1989).

One Size Doesn’t Fit All

OChange isn’t linear

OHow to deal with schools that are in

different places and progressing at

different rates

CPCSC Alignment

Building Level Action Plans

District-wide Action Plan

Other Keys to Success for Us

O Guiding Coalition in Each School

O Principal PLC Team

O Quick Action to Address Staff Concerns

O Flexibility Within the Model

Questions/Comments

Contact Information

Jenni Baker: jbaker@cpcsc.k12.in.us

Cirsten Lewis: clewis@cpcsc.k12.in.us

Trina Lake: tlake@cpcsc.k12.in.us

Tim Rinehold: trinehold@cpcsc.k12.in.us

Shelley Gies: sgies@cpcsc.k12.in.us

Cameron Rains: crains@cpcsc.k12.in.us

Phone: 317-535-3111

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