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NWRESD School Improvement Project & ODE Sustainable School Improvement Cycle

Build Readiness Collect & Analyze Data Evaluate Effectiveness & Sustain Efforts Sustainable School Improvement Cycle* Set Goals Based On Data Implement & Monitor Investigate Research Based Practices Make Action Plan Graphic Developed by ODE and NWREL

Something To Ponder In the real world of the classroom, it’s CRITICAL MASS that matters. DEEP implementation of a FEW things beats superficial implementation of many things. Doug Reeves, April 27, 2007

The Leadership and Learning Matrix Effects / Results Data – Students Antecedents / Cause Data - Adults

What’s Needed to be A Lucky or a Losing Organization? What’s Needed To Be A Learning or a Leading Organization?

Build Readiness Collect & Analyze Data Evaluate Effectiveness & Sustain Efforts Sustainable School Improvement Cycle Set Goals Based On Data Implement & Monitor Investigate Research Based Practices Make Action Plan Graphic Developed by ODE and NWREL

Build ReadinessWhat Works In Schools - Robert Marzano

Build Readiness • School Improvement Project • Making Standards Work Training With Staff • Power Standards Identified to Focus Instruction • Big Ideas and Essential Questions Developed To Guide Lesson Planning • Performance Assessments, Engaging Scenarios and Scoring Guides to Assess Student Performance in Relation to Power Standards • Data-Driven Decision Making/Data Teams • DDDM for Administrators to Develop Building Goals and Improvement Plans • DT for teachers to set grade level and classroom Goals and Improvement Plans

Collect and Analyze Data

Collect and Analyze Data • School Improvement Project • Data Driven Decision Making (Administrators) • Collect Cause & Effect Data • Cause (adult) data: professional practices, curriculum availability, leadership decisions, etc. • Effect (student) data: test data, attendance, student safety, etc. • Analyze data to see what is needed within the building/district • Prioritize needs • Data Teams (Staff) • Collect Cause & Effect Data • Cause (adult) data: professional practices, curriculum availability, leadership decisions, etc. • Effect (student) data: test data, attendance, student safety, etc • Analyze data to see what is specifically needed by their students • Prioritize Needs

Why Collect & Analyze Data? “Until you have data as a backup, you’re just another person with an opinion.” Dr. Perry Gluckman

Set Goals Based On Data • School Improvement Project • Data-Driven Decision Making • Set SMART* Goals • *Strategic, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Timely • Data Teams • Set SMART* Goals • *Strategic, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Timely • Goal template: _________% of ___________ (grade level or group) students will be proficient or above in ___________ (content area) as measured by ____________(measurement tool/assessment) by_______(window of assessment process or specific date). Currently reality:__________________(the current, actual % of students who are proficient).

Investigate Research-based Practices • School Improvement Project • Data-Driven Decision Making • Create a menu of research-based strategies • Identify indicators that will measure the impact of the use of strategies • Data Teams • Create a menu of research-based strategies • Identify indicators that will measure the impact of the use of strategies

Make An Action Plan • School Improvement Project • Data-Driven Decision Making • Strategies are classroom actions that lead to the attainment of the goal • Strategies need to be: • Action-Oriented • Measurable/Accountable • Specific • What the teacher, principal, parents will do • What training is needed and indicators of its implementation • Data Teams • Strategies are classroom actions that lead to the attainment of the goal • Strategies need to be: • Action-Oriented • Measurable/Accountable • Specific • What the teachers/team will do • What training is needed and indicators of its implementation

Implement and Monitor • School Improvement Project • Data-Driven Decision Making • Explicit steps for monitoring SMART goals • Key people identified and types of data to be collected and analyzed • Includes process for reporting • To building leadership from Data Teams • From the building to the Superintendent and Building Parents (School Leadership) • To the Board and Community (Superintendent) • Outlines a process for midcourse correction and reporting • Data Teams • Explicit steps for monitoring SMART goals • Key people identified and types of data to be collected and analyzed • Includes process for reporting • To building leadership from Data Teams • Outlines a process for midcourse correction and reporting

Evaluate Effectiveness & Sustain Efforts • School Improvement Project • Data-Driven Decision Making • Planned results compared with achieved outcomes • Report made by building leadership to staff, parents and superintendent about what was learned and what will continue to apply to the next improvement plan • Report made by superintendent to staff, parents, board and community about what were results, what was learned and what will continue to apply to the next improvement plan • Data Teams • Planned results compared with achieved outcomes • Report made to building leadership about what was learned and what will continue to apply to the next improvement plan • Report used building leadership to inform staff, parents and superintendent about what was learned and what will continue to apply to the next improvement plan

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