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Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement
Writing the School Improvement Plan
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NCA accreditation is based on a yearly review of the NCA CASI standard and engagement in a continuous school improvement process.
Schools must complete a five year documentation cycle of school improvement and a yearly review of membership and improvement criteria.
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(5 year documentation cycle)
Gaining Commitment
Getting Started
Collecting and Analyzing Data
Mission and Writing GoalsPreliminary Chair
Contact/Visit
Implement Improvement Plan
Continue the Process
Develop Improvement Plan Plan ValidationTeam Visit
Monitor ImplementationDocument Improvement
DocumentationTeam Visit
PhasesPhases
1.1.
2.2.
3.3.
4.4.
5.5.
6.6.
7.7.
8.8.
Protocol
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ProfilingProfiling
A profile is a concise, stand-alone document which gives a snapshot or picture of a school in data terms, as a cycle of school improvement begins.
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CharacteristicsCharacteristics
Profiles enable school staffs to identify needs.
Profiles are the documents from which student performance goals emerge.
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Profile ActivitiesProfile Activities
Collecting the data Determining the findings Completing the analysis Determining the implications Writing the task lists Triangulating the data
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How Student Performance Goals How Student Performance Goals Are SelectedAre Selected Based upon at least three pieces of data from the
school profile and supported by environmental scan data.
Goal Number 1 - All students will improve their reading comprehension skills across the curriculum.
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Why we selected the reading goal.Why we selected the reading goal. 1. Our students did not score well on our norm
referenced test which was the Stanford 9. 2. Our survey of the business community
indicated our students could not read on entry in to the world of work.
3. Our locally developed criterion referenced test on reading showed our students were below acceptable levels.
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Writing the GoalsWriting the Goals
This is a faculty activity which should help develop the ownership of the process that will be necessary for implementation of the plan later on.
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Once the goals are written Once the goals are written the plan is developedthe plan is developed
In the NCA timeline this means that in a five year reporting period the plan is usually developed beginning in the second year of the process.
Implementation of a school improvement plan should occur no later than the start of the third year.
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Phase Five: Phase Five: Developing the School Developing the School Improvement PlanImprovement Plan
Determine Interventions Select Assessments Prepare the Action Plans Determine Staff Development
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Interventions
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The First Step to Good InterventionsThe First Step to Good Interventions
Examine research and/or best practice
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NCA Web SiteNCA Web Site
NCA Web Address is www.ncacasi.org
1-800-525-9517
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Education Research ServiceEducation Research Service
Will provide research to member schools on any topic requested.
2000 Clarendon Road Arlington, VA 22201 703-243-2100
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ASCDASCDAssociation for Supervision andCurriculum Development
1703 North Beauregard StreetAlexandria, Virginia 223111-800-933-2723www.ascd.orgMagazine: Educational Leadership
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Northwest Regional LabNorthwest Regional Lab
www.nwrel.org All regional labs available from this website
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Educational Best Practices www.ed.gov/inits/statelocal/sl-best.html
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InterventionsInterventions
Let’s examine the criteria and rubric for writing good interventions found in the team chair software.
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Assessments
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Selecting/Creating AssessmentsSelecting/Creating Assessments
StandardizedAdvantages: Greater possibility of validity and reliability Politically more acceptable to community Procedures are standardized
Disadvantages: Cost Less likely to match your educational
program or curriculum Appropriate common metric to measure
your goal may not exist
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Selecting/Creating AssessmentsSelecting/Creating Assessments
Locally Developed Advantages: Can be built to directly match the target goal
Can be built to match your program
Disadvantages: Less likely to be valid and reliable Your staff has to develop rubrics and
procedures
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What will become part of your What will become part of your “body of evidence”“body of evidence”
Our state assessment Our standardized assessment Our locally developed examinations
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Buros Institute of Mental Buros Institute of Mental Measures Measures
If you want to examine the pedigree of assessments contact Buros Institute at the University of Nebraska. www.unl.edu/buros
402-472-6203
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ERICERIC
www.accesseric.org
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Northwest Regional LabNorthwest Regional Lab
www.nwrel.org All regional labs available from this website
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Data AnalysisData Analysis
Data is used to determine if there is student performance growth. How will you analyze your data?
What is your baseline data?What groups will you assess and compare?What types of data will you collect?Who will collect, graph and analyze the data?How will you present the data - what charts, graphs, etc.?How will you manage local data?What types of disaggregation will you use?
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Steps in Data AnalysisSteps in Data Analysis
Calculate the pre-test mean and the post-test mean
Convert the pre-test and post-test mean scores into standard scores
Find the standard score difference Interpret the standard score difference Write the narrative report
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Victoria BernhardtVictoria Bernhardt Data Analysis for Comprehensive
School- wide Improvement
Edie Holcomb• Getting Excited About Data
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(5 year documentation cycle)
Gaining Commitment
Getting Started
Collecting and Analyzing Data
Mission and Writing GoalsPreliminary Chair
Contact/Visit
Implement Improvement Plan
Continue the Process
Develop Improvement Plan Plan ValidationTeam Visit
Monitor ImplementationDocument Improvement
DocumentationTeam Visit
PhasesPhases
1.1.
2.2.
3.3.
4.4.
5.5.
6.6.
7.7.
8.8.
Protocol
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Creating the Written School Creating the Written School Improvement PlanImprovement Plan
The Goal Sheets The Action Plans
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Student Performance Goal #1Student Performance Goal #1
Support Data. 1. 2. “Triangulation” 3.
Interventions/Strategies
Assessments:1. Standardized
2. Locally Developed
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Action PlansAction Plans
For every intervention in a school improvement plan there is created at least one action plan page. This page contains all the details that go into the plan. The important word here is details. Always provide more information than you think necessary.
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School Improvement Plan Action Plan Pages
Activities: What specific things are going to occur to make the intervention work?
Timeline: When do you plan to start and complete the activities? Resources: What specific resources do you need to implement the
intervention? Evidence of Attainment: What assessments you use to
demonstrate student performance improvement? Person Responsible: Who has been designated to keep track of the
activities and who has been assigned to keep the assessment data? Staff Development: What plan has been developed to assist the
faculty implement the intervention?
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Staff DevelopmentStaff Development
What staff development activities will move the faculty from awareness to actual transfer into the classroom?
How will you know the plan is being implemented in the classroom?
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Staff DevelopmentStaff Development
What staff development activities will move the faculty from awareness to actual transfer into the classroom?
How will you know the plan is being implemented in the classroom?
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Staff Development
Staff Development is often used to help the faculty learn about the new interventions and how to implement them.This is particularly helpful for staff members implementing activities out of their curricular area.
Staff Development needs to be directly linked to the school improvement plan.
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NCANCA Commission on Accreditation and Commission on Accreditation and School ImprovementSchool Improvement
The Commission is here to assist and support you as you work on school improvement plans in your school.
Workshops Fall Conferences in states Annual Meeting April 7-10,2002 State Committee Ambassadors
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NCA AmbassadorNCA Ambassador
Leslie Ballard Terre Haute South Vigo High School 812-462-4252 [email protected] NCA Office 7-11 am 800-468-7405