Leading for High Performance. PKR, Inc., for Cedar Rapids 10/04 2 Everythings Up-to-Date in Cedar Rapids! Working at classroom, building, and district

Leading for High

Performance

PKR, Inc., for Cedar Rapids 10/04

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Everything’s Up-to-Date in Cedar Rapids!

Working at classroom,Working at classroom,

building, and building, and

district levelsdistrict levels

2004-05


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What the District Is Doing

Teaching teams of teachers and administrators Teaching teams of teachers and administrators to use the tools and processes of Action to use the tools and processes of Action Research in order to make improvements in all Research in order to make improvements in all three levels of the district system.three levels of the district system.

Emphasizing Emphasizing deploymentdeployment of school of school improvement plans – carrying out strategies improvement plans – carrying out strategies that have significant impact on student that have significant impact on student achievement.achievement.

Expanding impact through the Baldrige Expanding impact through the Baldrige framework.framework.


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Why Action Research?

Compatible with adult learning Compatible with adult learning theorytheory

Compatible with Iowa Professional Compatible with Iowa Professional Development ModelDevelopment Model

Combines learning and improvingCombines learning and improving Works at any system level, in any Works at any system level, in any

settingsetting Research-based; data-driven; Research-based; data-driven;

system-focusedsystem-focused


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Why Baldrige?

Agreed-upon definition of Agreed-upon definition of excellence across sectorsexcellence across sectors

An integratorAn integrator Increases scope of leadership viewIncreases scope of leadership view Puts PDSA into perspectivePuts PDSA into perspective


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Our Year in Brief – Three P’s PurposesPurposes

Demonstrate how to convert a classroom from Demonstrate how to convert a classroom from a teaching system to a learning system a teaching system to a learning system through use of Baldrige frameworkthrough use of Baldrige framework

Create a set of high-performing CR Create a set of high-performing CR demonstration classrooms using the Baldrige demonstration classrooms using the Baldrige framework and PDSA directly with studentsframework and PDSA directly with students

PreparationPreparation 3 training sessions, with support between3 training sessions, with support between

PresentationPresentation (in Baldrige Format) (in Baldrige Format) All-district sharing session in AprilAll-district sharing session in April


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What You Will Learn

ApplicationApplication EngagementEngagement Self-managementSelf-management Data as feedbackData as feedback ImprovementImprovement Use of BaldrigeUse of Baldrige


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Alignment: The Starting Point

GOALS GOALS


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An Organizer and Integrator


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The Big Picture (the WHAT)

Malcolm Baldrige Education Criteria for

Performance Excellence


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Core Values 2004 (Good Practices)

Visionary leadershipVisionary leadership Learning-centered Learning-centered

educationeducation Organizational and Organizational and

personal learningpersonal learning Valuing faculty, staff, Valuing faculty, staff,

and partnersand partners AgilityAgility Focus on futureFocus on future

Managing for Managing for innovationinnovation

Management by factManagement by fact Social responsibilitySocial responsibility Focus on results and Focus on results and

creating valuecreating value Systems perspectiveSystems perspective


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Plan for Classroom Success(the HOW)

District mission, District mission, goals?goals?

School goals?School goals? Implications? Implications?

Teacher Students Administrator(s)

Post district andschool mission,vision, & goals

Leadership


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Focus on the Future

Expectations?Expectations? Effects onEffects on

Your actions?Your actions? My teaching?My teaching?

Get requirementsfor next class insubject area ornext grade level

Review for implications for learning in this class

Students, Stakeholders


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Expectations Matrix

Mark your matrix Mark your matrix according to the according to the instructionsinstructions

Design a similar Design a similar matrix you can use matrix you can use with your classwith your class


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Develop Class Vision, Mission, Goals

Leadership


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Useful Tools…

Affinity DiagramAffinity Diagram Nominal Group TechniqueNominal Group Technique Relations DiagramRelations Diagram


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Vision, Mission,Goals

Working with those at your table, decide Working with those at your table, decide how you would develop a vision, how you would develop a vision, mission, and goals for your classroom.mission, and goals for your classroom. Elect a facilitator, timekeeper, Elect a facilitator, timekeeper,

recorder.recorder. Be ready to present.Be ready to present.


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Shared Responsibility for Learning

Develop a shared Develop a shared responsibility responsibility application for application for your classyour class

How could a Cause & Effect Diagram help?


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Ground Rules

What might be likely What might be likely ground rules for a ground rules for a classroom?classroom?

How would you use them?How would you use them?


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Instruction Aligned With Intended Results

Which documents Which documents provide alignment provide alignment guidance for you?guidance for you?

Make suggestions Make suggestions for starting or for starting or improving.improving.

Plan instructionthat matches

goals and giveschoices

Strategic PlanningEducational & Support Process Management


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Do: Begin the Learning Process

Collect baselinedata on main

goals, plot, post,provide to classand individual

students

Performance ResultsInformation & Analysis


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Tools for Recording Progress

Run ChartRun Chart Scatter DiagramScatter Diagram Pareto DiagramPareto Diagram


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Flow Charts Bring Order

Document

Meeting

End

Decision

yes

no

Task

With the help of

Process ManagementHuman Resource Focus


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Data as Feedback

Look back to prior pages and Look back to prior pages and examples. Where do you find examples. Where do you find examples of how to provide examples of how to provide graphic data as feedback to graphic data as feedback to students? Think of some specific students? Think of some specific ways you could do this and list ways you could do this and list them. Sketch the graphs if that them. Sketch the graphs if that will help you remember.will help you remember.

Information and Analysis


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Study the Results and

Act on Your Findings How could you use How could you use

Force Field and Force Field and Cause & Effect?Cause & Effect?

Write an Write an improvement improvement theory: if…, theory: if…, then…then…

Compare tobaseline and addto posted charts

and graphs

Generate groupand individualimprovement

theories

Try outimprovement plan

Recognize andreward success


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Changing Instructional Practice

Jigsaw the article on differentiated Jigsaw the article on differentiated instruction. For each section ask,instruction. For each section ask, What are the main points of this What are the main points of this

section?section? What instructional practices are What instructional practices are

suggested?suggested? Which are especially appealing Which are especially appealing

to you?to you?


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Planning for Learning

Show a systematic Show a systematic diagram for diagram for learning plans with learning plans with your class.your class.


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Plan for Continued Improvement

Close out the yearand plan for

systemimprovement

Year-end?

Yes

No

Strategic PlanningPerformance Results

Information & AnalysisProcess Management

Human Resource Focus


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Year-by-Year Improvement

The Enterprise The Enterprise spelling case…spelling case…

Year-end close outYear-end close out


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Wrapping Up

What changes What changes would you expect would you expect to see in your to see in your classroom as you classroom as you put your new put your new learning to work?learning to work?

Name 3 things Name 3 things you will do next you will do next year based on year based on what you have what you have learned.learned.

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