beginning action research learning cedar rapids community schools october, 2004 dr. susan leddick
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Beginning Action Research Learning
Cedar Rapids Community Schools
October, 2004
Dr. Susan Leddick
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Everything’s Up-to-Date in Cedar Rapids!
Working at classroom,
building, and
district levels
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What the District Is Doing
• Teaching teams of teachers and administrators to use the tools and processes of Action Research in order to make improvements in all three levels of the district system.
• Emphasizing deployment of school improvement plans – carrying out strategies that have significant impact on student achievement.
• Using Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) as standardized model.
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Why Action Research?
• Compatible with adult learning theory
• Compatible with Iowa Professional Development Model
• Combines learning and improving• Works at any system level, in any
setting• Research-based; data-driven;
system-focused
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Our Year in Brief – Three P’s
• Purposes– Develop knowledge and skills for
improvement by completing one action research cycle (Plan-Do-Study-Act)
– Introduce the Baldrige framework as an organizer for system improvement
• Preparation– 3 training sessions, with support between
• Presentation– All-district sharing session in April
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Alignment: The Starting Point
GOALS GOALS
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Apply It
• Examples from last year …Jane
• Getting Started– What are your school goals?– On what goal area will your team
concentrate its learning project this year?
– How would improving the learning system in that area benefit students?
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Record the Decision
School Name _____
Team Members - - - - - -*
Goal Area for Our Project ________
Date __________
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An Organizer
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The Guide to Action Research
3 AnalyzeCauses
4 Try OutImprovement
Theory
5 Study theResults
6 StandardizeImprovement
7 PlanContinual
Improvement
1 Definethe
System
2 AssessCurrentSituationPLAN
ACT
STUDY
DO
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Flow Chart … the First Tool for Process Management
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Deployment Flow Chart
What is it?
A picture of any process ( sequence of events, steps, activities, or tasks) in a system.
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What does it look like?
S ta ff P urchas ing C le rks V endorsR ece iv ingP ersonne l
B us iness D ep t.
S endR equis ition C all S ta ff
R eq. O K ?
G enera teP urchase
O rder
P lace order F ill o rderR ece iveG oods
S endInvo ice P ay B ill
S end G oodsto S taff
R ece iveO rder
E nd
Y es
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Deployment Flow Chart
When is it used?
1. Is a picture of a process needed?
2. Is it necessary to show the relationship of the people and the steps in a process?
3. Will the process be pictured as it actually operates? Or as it ought to operate? Or as it might operate?
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Deployment Flow ChartHow is it made?
1. Define the process boundaries: first and last steps.
2. Observe the process in operation if you can.
3. Draw a people coordinate/list the actors.
4. List major steps in the process (12-15).
5. Draw the flow chart, using symbols.
6. Study the flow chart for omissions, disconnects, etc.
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Baseline Data
• On your key measures…
• Several data points over time…
• Graphed (if you can)
• Disaggregated, if it makes sense
• Analyzed for insights
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Assignment for December 8
Complete the background information on your learning project
Do flow chart on key process
Collect, graph, and analyze baseline data