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Building a Roadmap for Change

Introduction. What's worked and what hasn't worked with your District Improvement Plans?Think about

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Building a Roadmap for Change

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    1. Building a Roadmap for Change Martha Adam Colwell, Ed.D. Executive Director, SchoolRise, New England Division MariAnne George, Ph.D. Associate Director Partnership READ Univ. of Illinois at Chicago 2/2/2012 1

    2. Introduction What’s worked and what hasn’t worked with your District Improvement Plans? Think about…. Who was involved in the process? What data did you use? Was there adequate funding for your plan? Did you build in an evaluation of your plan? Were you able to make revisions to the process to address developing issues? Did your plan include extensive and supportive professional development? Did you achieve the results you set out to accomplish? If not, why? 2/2/2012 2

    3. Let’s consider another way of developing your District Literacy Plan. 2/2/2012 3

    4. The Standards-Based Change Process Building a Roadmap for Change begins with the premise that it indeed takes a whole village to achieve the progress that we seek. It can’t be accomplished Only in isolated classrooms or By simply raising the bar or Without extensive professional development 2/2/2012 4

    5. Staircase versus Fragmented Curriculum 2/2/2012 5

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    7. Research by Au and Raphael: (done in Hawaii and Chicago 2002-2009) What are the dimensions that schools must address for successful school improvement? 2. What are the developmental levels that characterize a school’s journey to improved student outcomes? 2/2/2012 7

    8. Infrastructure is the base 2/2/2012 8

    9. Dimensions within the Clusters Infrastructure Classroom Practices 2/2/2012 9

    10. What they learned from research 2/2/2012 10

    13. Where do we start? The process begins with a Needs Assessment that involves the WHOLE school. This assessment will address Infrastructure – critical for success as it is the foundation Classroom Practices – which make the difference in order for students to succeed? Student Outcomes – the end result – including student data 2/2/2012 13

    14. Components of a Needs Assessment Self Assessment Survey Interviews School artifacts Student Achievement Data Environmental Snapshot 2/2/2012 14

    15. Needs Assessment Report Formal School Report An Executive Summary – 5-7 key starting points Whole School presentation/debriefing 2/2/2012 15

    16. Pulling it Together – District Plans Examine each report, beginning with the Executive Summaries. Look for District Strengths – as shown across the Summaries and complete reports. Determine Areas of Needs as described in the Summaries and complete reports. Dig deeper into the reports of the individual schools. 2/2/2012 16

    17. District Plans Include both the district wide needs and the individual school needs in the District Literacy Plan, which begins with strengths. Remember if takes a whole village to achieve success! 2/2/2012 17

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    21. Grade level teams work towards creating end of year benchmarks

    28. So what can you do to get started on the staircase curriculum? Work on your school’s vision of the excellent reader. Work with teachers at your grade level to define end-of-year benchmarks you will work towards Analyze the strengths and weaknesses of your school’s reading program in terms of its match to your end of year benchmarks. K. Au, IRA President, Reading Today

    29. For more information and research about the Standards-Based Change Process: www.schoolriseusa.com

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