School Improvement Facilitators Network
September 25, 2013
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• Session Objectives:
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Agenda• 8:30-8:45 Introductions and Updates• 8:45-8:50 SIP Timeline and Process• 8:50-9:00 Defining School Teams• 9:00-9:45 Evaluate Goals/Strategies/Activities• 9:45-10:00 Break• 10:00-10:30 Evaluate Goals/Goal Presentation• 10:30-11:30 Strategy Preparation/Monitoring• 11:30-12:00 Lunch• 12:00-1:00 Strategy Preparation/Monitoring• 1:00-2:00 Preparing for Surveys• 2:00-3:00 Facilitated Work Time• 3:00-3:30 Evaluation, Feedback and Next Steps
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Working Agreements
• Participate Fully• Press for Clarification• Collaborate• Share your Thinking
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“I’m In”
Introduce yourself to members at your table.
1.Give your name and role.2.How are you feeling about being
here today.3.Say “And I’m in.”
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Overview of the School
Improvement Process
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Continuous District Improvement Facilitators Network Meetings
Vision/Mission of CSIF/CDIF Network –
It is our mission to provide a community of school
improvement collaboration in order to facilitate the
interaction with Michigan's Continuous School
Improvement Process.
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Continuous School Improvement Facilitators Network Meetings
School Improvement Support
September 25 – Planning for Implementation
November 13 – Got SIP now what?
January 22 – School Process Rubrics
March 26 – School Data Profile / Analysis
May 7 – School Improvement Plan
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• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hV65KIItlE
Defining the Teams
District Team• Superintendent• Assistant
Superintendent• Principals• Curriculum Directors• Teacher
Representation• Parent or Community
Member
School Team• Principal• Assistant Principal• Grade/Content Level
Representation• Title I parent• Non-Title I parent• Community Member
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Teams will be defined by individual districts, which may include:
Defining each Team’s NormsEach School Improvement Team should:• Have established regular meeting times• Establish defined roles• Meet regularly on each goal• Establish process to communicate decisions• Document any changes in
goals/strategies/activities
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District Team Duties
District Team• Superintendent• Assistant
Superintendent• Principals• Curriculum Directors• Teacher
Representation• Parent or Community
Member
Responsibilities• Compliance reports
(e.g. AER)• Align District with
School Improvement plans
• DPR monitoring• Analyze data trends• Monitor
communication
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School Team Duties
School Team• Principal• Assistant Principal• Grade/Content Level
Representation• Title I parent• Non-Title I parent• Community Member
Responsibilities• Compliance with SIP
and EdYes! (or SPR)• Monitor SIP• Implementation of
SIP• Analyze assessment
data & qualitative evidence
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Continuous School Improvement Next Steps: Moving from Vision to Action
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Continuous School Improvement Next Steps Moving from Vision to Action
BUILDING: ________________________________________
Tasks to be Completed Person(s)
Responsible By When
Reviewing the Goals
• Do you have the MI Proficiency Targets included?
• Do you have an academic goal for each content area not meeting or beating the state?
• Is there anything you would consider modifying/altering?
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Sample Plan• Goal: All students will increase proficiency in math.
– M.O.-100% of students will increase MME scores by moving from 44.5% to 54.5%
– M.O.-100% of students will increase growth on PLAN by 2 points by moving from 15 to 17
– M.O.-100% of students will increase their proficiency to 85% on their math final exam in each course.• Strategy-Teachers will provide additional MTSS Math
instruction opportunities for students (*research based-D Fuchs, LS Fuchs (2006). Introduction to Response to Intervention: What, Why, and How Valid Is It?. Reading Research Quarterly)– Activities-– Tier I-Teacher will use small group instruction with
manipulatives– Tier II-Students will attend “Boost” classes every
Wednesday – Tier III-Students will attend afterschool E2020 credit
recovery until their course average rises above a 65%.
Goal Evaluation
• As a team, log in to ASSIST and go to the Goals & Plans tab
• Enter the Current Plan & view PDF
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Goal Evaluation
• Identify which goals are ACTIVE, MAINTENANCE, or REVISED.
• Which goal will your staff have the least amount of difficulty with implementation of strategies?
• Which goal will your staff have the most amount of difficulty with implementation of strategies?
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Key questions to think about
• What is needed to accomplish? What administrative support to achieve the intended
results?
What is the needed professional learning during implementation?
What will we have that there are sufficient resources – including financial and time - to achieve the intended results?
What opportunity for staff collaboration?
What structures are in place to collect and review implementation data?
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Break
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Developing Action Plans for Strategies
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Developing Action Plans for Strategies
• What are we going to do?
• How are we going to do it?
• Timeline for implementation?
• Evidence?
• How will we know it is working?
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Developing Action Plans for Strategies
• Working with a planning tool, develop an action plan for
each strategy/activity in your School Improvement Plan using the format of your
choice
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Lunch
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Progress Monitoring
• How will you monitor fidelity of implementation? – If your MO is the MME for math how will
you know your are going to hit the target?
– Have you thought about how survey evidence can be compiled to prove you are meeting your goal?
–What evidence will you collect?
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Rollout of Goals
• How will you communicate the School Improvement Goals to:
»STUDENTS»STAFF»PARENTS»COMMUNITY MEMBERS
• Newsletters, website, open house, conferences, PTO, etc.
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Rollout of Goals
• Who on your team will take responsibility for each communication path?
»STUDENTS»STAFF»PARENTS»COMMUNITY MEMBERS
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Continuous Communication
• How will you keep staff, parents, etc. updated on a periodic basis?
–Monthly staff meetings– Blogs– Updated newsletters– Parent Organization Meetings
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Preparing for Surveys—Key questions
• Why are surveys important?• How will the surveys be administered?– Advance Ed Online Resources Tools – Paper– MDE MI-Map– JCISD– Survey Monkey
• When will surveys be administered?• Who will be responsible?• How/Who will compile results? 31
Preparing for Surveys—Online ASSIST tool
http://www.advanc-ed.org/mde/online_resources_and_tools
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Preparing for Surveys—Online ASSIST tool
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Step #1-Log into ASSISTStep #2- Click Diagnostics & Surveys TabStep #3- Click Surveys TabStep #4-Start Survey
Step #1-Log into ASSISTStep #2- Click Diagnostics & Surveys TabStep #3- Click Surveys TabStep #4-Start Survey
Preparing for Surveys—Online ASSIST tool
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Step #5-Click Web AdministrationStep #6-Click Preview Survey
Step #5-Click Web AdministrationStep #6-Click Preview Survey
Preparing for Surveys—Online ASSIST tool
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Step #7-Click Next to preview survey questions
Step #7-Click Next to preview survey questions
Preparing for Surveys—Online ASSIST tool
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Aligned to Advance-Ed Standards
Aligned to Advance-Ed Standards
Preparing for Surveys—Online ASSIST tool
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Retrieve information in
report
Retrieve information in
report
Struggling to Get a Response?
• Open the computer lab during open house or conferences.
• Offer an incentive, It’s amazing what a person will do for a hot dog or raffle ticket from a local business!
• Have volunteers help!
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Continuous School Improvement Next Steps: Moving from Vision to Action
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Continuous School Improvement Next Steps Moving from Vision to Action
BUILDING: ________________________________________
Tasks to be Completed Person(s)
Responsible By When
Facilitated Work Time
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Evaluation, Next Steps, and Feedback
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Questions
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Questions/Comments?Please contact:
Susan Townsend ([email protected]) Maeghan McCormick ([email protected]) Sandy White ([email protected]) Steve Doerr ([email protected]) Jennifer Fox ([email protected])
Or visit the MDE - School Improvement website