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Overview of School Improvement
• Presenters:
»Jeff Dyer
»John Harris
»Richard Wilde
Continuous Improvement Planning
Until no child is left behind
Goal or Purpose
• Goal: Participants will gain general knowledge of:
– the school improvement process – variations of the SI process– some resources available to you at ADE
Overview of the Overview
• The conceptual ACSIP• Many faces of School Improvement • The components or elements of SIP• ADE resource pages• Wrap-up and contact information
House Bill 1517, 2007
• Each public school or school district shall develop and file with the department a comprehensive school improvement plan which shall be reviewed by the department and shall be designed to ensure that all students have an opportunity to obtain an adequate education and demonstrate proficiency on all portions of the state-mandated assessments.
The Arkansas Way
• Arkansas Comprehensive School Improvement Planning (ACSIP)
– Compliance• The priorities/ program actions we do to comply with law
– Maintenance• How we use categorical money to maintain ongoing effort
– Improvement• What we are doing this year to improve student outcomes
ACSIP requires knowledge and data to make “thoughtful” decisions.
• How do we know what is required?• How do we know what to adjust?• How do we know what to maintain?• How do we know what to add?• How do we know what to take away?
The answers are
1. Know the state and federal laws/rules2. Evaluate your Programs/Interventions/Actions 3. Conduct meaningful Needs Assessment Process4. Review Promising Practices and Research5. Monitor the Implementation of
Programs/Interventions/Actions (Goals and IMOs)
The Lense or Lens of School Improvement
School Change
Source: Model developed by Stephen Barkley
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Indistar Theory of Action
Indistar Model
The simplistic viewTexas Center for District and School Support
AnalyzeData
Evaluate the plan Needs Assessment
Improvement Plan
Implement & Monitor
The Turnaround PrinciplesTexas Center for District and School Support
Teacher Effectiveness
FamilyCommunity
Engagement
SchoolClimate
Leadership Effectiveness
Increase Learning
Time
Effective Use OfData
Aligned And Rigorous
Curricula
Evaluate the Plan
Needs Assessment
Improvement Plan
Implement & Monitor
Leadership Effectiveness
School improvement has many champions
• Literature and agents of School Improvement abound; so to name a few, but not to endorse any ..........
Coalition of Essential SchoolsTed Sizer, Brown University
• Continuous school improvement is the process cycle of school improvement with the major components of creating the vision, gathering data related to that vision, analyzing the data, planning the work of the school to align with the vision, implementing the strategies and action steps outlined in the plan, and gathering data to measure the impact of the intervention.
AdvancEDAccreditation
• Our goal at AdvancED is to provide guiding principles and effective practices for school improvement that help schools advance the level of education they provide. Perspectives vary on what the life cycle of school improvement looks like; however, we realize that school improvement is both strategic and operational and essential components must be in place for a school to truly address comprehensive school improvement.
The mission of the “National Institute for Urban School Improvement”
• To partner with Regional Resource Centers to develop powerful networks of urban local education agencies and schools that embrace and implement a data-based, continuous improvement approach for inclusive practices. Embedded within this approach is a commitment to evidence-based practice in early intervention, universal design, literacy and positive behavior supports.
Rural School Improvement Networks
• Northwest Comprehensive Centerhttp://nwcc.educationnorthwest.org/news/nwcc-to-launch-rural-school-improvement-networkSouth Central Comprehensive Centerhttp://www.sc3ta.org/
http://www.sc3ta.org/knowledgebases/School_Improvement.html
Cut to the Chase or Cut to Hecuba.
• Cut to the Chase: This phrase originated in the US film industry. Many early silent films ended in chase sequences preceded by obligatory romantic storylines.
• Cut to Hecuba: an artifice employed by many old producers to shorten matinees by cutting out long speeches (specifically in Act I of Hamlet).
• Definitions above are from Wikipedia with slight modification.
To the point
• Authors, researchers, centers, state departments, etc., may have variations of the improvement cycle, but they are essentially the same cycle.
AdvancED
• A school must be able to collect and analyze data, set goals, plan, implement, and evaluate. The realization that none of these components are independent of each other along with the continuous review and evaluation of activities leading to improved results is what leads to authentic school improvement.
Oregon Department of Education
Build Readiness
Collect &
Analyze Data
Set Goals Based
On Data
Investigate Research Based PracticesMake Action Plan
Implement & Monitor
Evaluate Effectiveness
& Sustain Efforts
Sustainable
School
Improvement
Cycle*
Graphic Developed by ODE and NWREL
Step1: Conduct a Needs Assessment - Consider the Mission Statement and use a variety of data to determine
where the school is currently and compare where the school wants to be.
Step 2: Determine the Priorities, Goals , Benchmarks & interventions based on
disaggregated data which focuses on student needs.
Step 3: Design evidence based actions geared towards enhancing student
achievement.
Step 5: Monitor & Evaluate interventions for effectiveness.
Step 4: Implement Interventions & Actions
Improved Student
Achievement
SIP
Model
School Improvement Checklist
• Some states use the cycle to evaluate a school or district level of progress
• http://www.opi.mt.gov/pdf/SSOS/SI/SustainableSICycle.pdf
An example; only an example
• The National Institute for Urban School Improvement Guide
– http://www.urbanschools.org/pdf/onPOINTS.school.improvement.process.pdf
Another example, only an example
• Texas Center for District and School Support
• http://www.tcdss.net/tcdss/tais.html
– Data Analysis Guidance– Needs Assessment Guidance– Improvement Planning Guidance– Implementation and Monitoring
ADE School Improvement Unit
• We’re here to help:–Technical Assistance–Sounding Board–Connection to knowledge and
information–Connection to others
Arkansas Department of EducationSchool Improvement Planning
• Arkansas School Improvement Related Commissioners Memos– http://www.arkansased.org/divisions/learning-ser
vices/school-improvement/related-commissioners-memos
• Arkansas School Improvement Related Laws– http://www.arkansased.org/divisions/learning-ser
vices/school-improvement/school-improvement-tools
Fun Activity
• Using the web address for related laws, find ACT 1220 and discuss how the statute relates to ACSIP.
• Using the web address for Commissioners memos, identify the Title I allocation for your district.
ADE: School Improvement Resources
• School Improvement Grants– http://www.arkansased.org/divisions/learning-service
s/federalprograms/
Related Links: Scholastic AuditCenter on innovation and ImprovementDoing what works
• Indistar Access– http://www.arkansased.org/divisions/learning-service
s/school-improvement/school-improvement-resources
More Fun
• Using the Indistar Web Address, identify the name of the Center that provides their Wiseways information.
• Using the Indistar Web Address, identify the videos available to you for School Leadership Team Training.
IDEAS and ESEAs
• School Improvement PD– http://ideas.aetn.org/
• Stephen Barkley: http://pls3rdlearning.com/• Howard Knoff, PhD: http://literacymatrix.com/
• Title I, Part A– Schoolwide guidance
• http://www.arkansased.org/topics#T
Winding Down and Wrapping Up
• School Improvement Process Conceptually:– Who is learning at the “trend expectation” rate?– Who is not learning at the “trend expectation” rate?– What will we do to maintain the students learning at
the “trend expectation” rate? Accelerate?• How will we know it is working?
– What will we do to accelerate the students not learning at the “trend expectation” rate?
• How will we know it is working?
THE CONCEPTUAL ACSIP
• What we do for compliance?
• What we do for program maintenance?
• What we do to improve student achievement?
Online Resources and References
• www.arkansased.org• www.tcdss.net• www.indistar.org• www.essentialschools.org• http://ideas.aetn.org • www.urbanschools.org• www.ode.state.or.us• http://nwcc.educationnorthwest.org/
Resources and Reference Continued
• http://www.opi.mt.gov/pdf/SSOS/SI/SustainableSICycle.pdf
• http://www.essentialschools.org/benchmarks/11
• http://thwink.org/sustain/glossary/RootCauseAnalysis.htm