“Building on our Success . . . To Improve Student Performance”

1. “Building on our Success . . . To Improve Student Performance” August 29, 2005

2. 30 Years of Service

3. Bob Baldes Paula Blinkinsop Dianna Erpelding Nancy Hawley Diane Holmes Dave Krupke Joyce Leavell Tete Long Joan Marttila Donna Moore Vicki Nimmo James O’Hare Jacquie Schiernbeck Linda Shaw Carolee Stanley Ann Stern Edmund Szypulski Jim Teel Gary Tschantz Lonnie Wilson 1975 – The Beginning 3

4. Bob Baldes Paula Blinkinsop Nancy Hawley Diane Holmes Dave Krupke Joyce Leavell Tete Long Joan Marttila Vicki Nimmo James O’Hare Jacquie Schiernbeck Carolee Stanley Jim Teel Gary Tschantz Lonnie Wilson Thirty Years of Service 3

5. Bob Baldes Diane Holmes Dave Krupke Tete Long Joan Marttila James O’Hare Jacquie Schiernbeck Carolee Stanley Jim Teel Gary Tschantz Lonnie Wilson Thirty + Years of Service 3

6. Making a Difference

7. Caroline Appel Speech-Language Pathologist Heather Johnson Secretary Scot Johnson Webmaster Ryan Gonzalez Social Worker New Staff 15

8. Nancy McConnell Speech-Language Pathologist Nikki Keraus Early Childhood Special Educator Geri Massey Special Education Consultant Linda Mannhardt Quality Learning Consultant New Staff

9. Janet Stos Quality Learning Consultant Dennis Pluym Information System Support Technician Edmund Szypulski Speech-Language Pathologist Daniela Thome Parent as Teacher Educator New Staff

10. Michelle Wehr Transition Specialist Michael Williams Custodian Jabari Woods Social Worker New Staff

11. Are we there yet?

12. Continuous Improvement “Those who launch revolutions, dramatic change programs, and wrenching restructuring will almost certainly fail to make the leap from good to great.” – Jim Collins “Good to Great” Re-Organization vs. Organizing for Success 1

13. Re-invent Peak Decline Start Deming Life Cycle

14. Success is the Devil “The most stubborn habits which resist change with the greatest tenacity are those which worked well for a space of time and led to the practitioner being rewarded for those behaviors. If you suddenly tell such persons that their recipe for success is no longer viable, their personal experience belies your diagnosis. The road to convincing them is hard. It is the stuff of classic tragedy.” – Jamshid Gharajadaghi Systems Thinking – Managing Chaos and Complexity

15. “The World is Flat” • People to people connectivity • Application to application connectivity • New ways to collaborate and share knowledge/work “The world has been flattened by the convergence of ten major political events, innovations, and companies.” – Thomas Friedman 4

16. . . . And So Is Iowa AEA Mergers 19802005 AEAStudentsAEAStudents 11 117,643 11 126,656 10 69,198 2-6-7 69,393 9 64,891 10 68,895 9 52,386 52,75274,270 2

17. Trends • Technology/Private Providers • Specialization is essential • Knowing your customer 3

18. Our Mission . . . • What is our primary purpose? • “ . . . improve teaching and learning for all students . . . ” 3

19. Ends vs. Means • Ideal Workplace • Essential, but not sufficient! • Customer Satisfaction • Essential, but not sufficient! • Willing Worker • Essential, but not sufficient! 4

20. Customers and Owners • Customer = to whom we provide services • Owner = to whom we are responsible • What difference? • For whom? • At what cost? 3

21. Our Owners and Customers The mission of the Mississippi Bend Area Education Agency is to improve teaching and learning for all students through active partnerships and assertive leadership in a climate of mutual respect. • For whom will we make a difference, • Students, teachers, administrators • what difference will we make, • improved teaching and learning • and at what cost? • value added efficiency 5

22. The Brutal Facts “All good to great companies began the process of finding a path to greatness by confronting the brutal facts of their current reality.” – Jim Collins The Process • Lead with questions, not answers • Engage in dialogue and debate, not coercion • Conduct autopsies, without blame • Build “red flag” mechanisms 5

23. AEA 9 Reading Performance Grades 4, 8, and 11 Proficiency Rate Based on aggregate averaging of Iowa Test grade level sub-group data 3

24. AEA 9 Reading Performance Grades 4, 8, and 11 Proficiency Rate Based on aggregate averaging of Iowa Test grade level sub-group data 3

25. AEA 9 Reading Performance Grades 4, 8, and 11 Proficiency Rate Based on aggregate averaging of Iowa Test grade level sub-group data 3

26. AEA 9 Reading Performance Grades 4, 8, and 11 Proficiency Rate Based on aggregate averaging of Iowa Test grade level sub-group data

27. AEA 9 Math Performance Grades 4, 8, and 11 Proficiency Rate Based on aggregate averaging of Iowa Test grade level sub-group data

28. AEA 9 Science Performance Grades 8 and 11 Proficiency Rate Based on aggregate averaging of Iowa Test grade level sub-group data

29. What does the data tell us? • We can make a difference! • We still have work to do! 2

30. “One Thing . . .”

31. “A customer never invented a new product or service.” – Dr. Deming

32. Hedgehog Concept “The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.” “The Hedgehog and the Fox” Isaiah Berlin

33. What are you deeply passionate about? What drives your economic engine? What can you be the best in the world at? Hedgehog Concept 3

34. Passion Effective Schools High Level of Learning for all Students Best in the World Value Added: Effective and Efficient Services Customized Programs and Services Economic Engine Our One Thing . . . 4

35. Change and Accountability • The school is the unit of change and accountability • Deming’s Profound Knowledge • System Appreciation • Solution Focus • Strengths • No Child Left Behind • AYP - SINA 4

36. Planning Process • Define Effective Schools • Goal: High Levels of Learning for All Students • Field Input/Validation • Internal and External Customers • Programs and Services that Support High Levels of Student Learning • Effective and Efficient Delivery of Services 4

37. Schools In Need of Assistance James O’Hare & Nancy McIntire

38. No Child Left Behind • Purpose • “. . . to ensure that all children have a fair, equal, and significant opportunity to obtain a high-quality education and reach, at a minimum, proficiency on challenging . . . Academic achievement standards and academic assessments. . .”

39. SINA Time Line • Identification by Iowa Dept. Ed. as Watch List School (Year 1) • Identification as SINA school (Year 2) • Develop Two Year Action Plan to address needs (Year 2) • Implement Action Plan (Year 2) • Monitor progress, adjust and update plan (Year 3)

40. Year 1 (Watch List) AMO (Reading, Math) Grades 4, 8,11 not meeting trajectory. Or identified sub groups do not meet (Annual Measurable Objectives) Or does not meet participation requirements. Annual Yearly Progress Report (AYP) Year 2 (SINA) AMO (Reading, Math) Grades 4, 8,11 not meeting trajectory. Or identified subgroups do not meet AMO. AYP Report Required Action Plan Year 3 (SINA) AYP Report, Action Plan and Title 1 School Choice School Criteria

41. Year 1 (Watch List) Does not meet AYP in Reading and Math in fourth, eighth, eleventh grades and/or sub groups within grades. Or does not meet Graduation rate (9-12) of 95%. Or does not have a Testing Participation rate of 95%. Or low Daily Attendance at Elem./MS Year 2 (SINA) Does not meet any individual criteria the second year. Action Plans developed for the district and schools. NCLB District Criteria

42. Notice to Parents • Timely • Appropriate • Often with additional letters and presentations • Kindergarten parents • ELL parents • Expect new examples of letters from DE • More information about schools of choice (e.g., scores, services) • Expand on successes of your own school • Reminders about transportation

43. Parental Choice • All buildings have “choice” letters on file in the Title I office at the DE • Less than 20 students in state have chosen to attend another site

44. Before and After School • Varies by school • Collaborations with community • Professional development of staff • Often not funded by SINA dollars

45. AEA – Iowa Technical Support Team • Technical Team Leadership – Quality Learning and Special Education - Audit - Diagnosis - Action Planning - Implementation - Monitoring

46. Recurring Themes • SINA support team – invaluable • SINA Process – very helpful • Iowa Professional Development Model • Administrative leadership at the building and district level impacts success • Functional leadership team most effective at building level • Desire to build their own capacity to do the work • USE data to impact instruction - analysis

47. Success of Initiative • Use of data to make decisions and impact instruction • Ownership of staff for the problem and the solution • Collaboration time – peer coaching • Engagement in targeted PD • Fidelity to the implementation of the initiative • Principal as leader of learning – assuring distributive leadership • Celebration of accomplishments

48. Audit and Diagnosis Process • In-depth • Helpful • Especially in schools where leadership team was invested in the process

49. Designing the Action Plan • Appreciation for format • Importance of teacher involvement • Ownership • The SINA plan became THE building plan in the schools • 05-06 Plans • Mentoring • Parent Involvement • SBR • Student Achievement is Positively Impacted

50. Teacher Mentoring • Mentoring • New teachers • Experienced teachers – peer coaching, collaboration time • Focus by Federal Government • Action plan must reveal it • Guidelines provided by Title I