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MS SOARS

Tool for Assessing Implementation of

Turnaround Principles (Indicators for Success)

October 3, 2017

Dr. Sonja Robertson

Executive Director of School Improvement

srobertson@mdek12.org

To create a world-class educational system that gives students

the knowledge and skills to be successful in college and the

workforce, and to flourish as parents and citizens

VISION

To provide leadership through the development of policy and

accountability systems so that all students are prepared to

compete in the global community

MISSION

Mississippi Department of Education

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State Board of Education Goals FIVE-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN FOR 2016-2020

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1. All Students Proficient and Showing Growth in All Assessed Areas

2. Every Student Graduates from High School and is Ready for

College and Career

3. Every Child Has Access to a High-Quality Early Childhood Program

4. Every School Has Effective Teachers and Leaders

5. Every Community Effectively Uses a World-Class Data System to

Improve Student Outcomes

6. Every School and District is Rated “C” or Higher

Learning Targets

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• To provide context for MS SOARS• To emphasize the importance of the school leadership team in the

implementation of MS SOARS• To review the process for assessing indicators, plan development and

monitoring of Turnaround Principles (Indicators for Success)• To provide general timelines for completion and implementation

Abundance of Plans

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What is Indistar?

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Indistar was created as a tool to support low-achieving schools It has evolved to address a “standard of practice” that is undergirded by:

Collaborative LeadershipData –based Decision MakingImproved Professional PracticeMeaningful Feedback/Coaching

It is structured around specific, behavioral indicators of effective practice organized within domains such as Leadership and Decision Making, Curriculum and Assessment, Classroom Instruction, and School Community.

What is MS SOARS?

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The Personalization of Indistar to fit Mississippi Schools(Mississippi Schools Obtaining Academic Results for Success)

It aims to fulfill Indistar’s focus on effective practice rather than compliance through laser-like attention to the cycle of continuous improvement

It provides schools and districts with a platform to guide efforts toward improving schools that are 1) research-based effective practices and 2) aimed at the development and strengthening of systems that, if implemented with fidelity, have the likelihood of improving student outcomes and being sustained.

MS SOARS

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It is about effectiveness of practice …

not compliance or checking off

items on a list

MS SOARS

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In the chat box provided, briefly tell us about the work that

has been done with MS SOARS since the August Regional

Training in Meridian and Oxford.

What are your pressing questions?

MS SOARS

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Characteristics of Successful Leadership Teams

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Openness to the data about student outcomes and about the practices that contribute to the outcomes

Focus on the practice, not the person

Willingness to polish the craft together with high expectations for the adults

Accountability to students and to each other

EXPECTATIONS FOR MS SOARS

The School Turnaround Principles are a collection of research-based

“best practices” that provide guidance for meaningful and intentional

change designed to increase student achievement in low-performing

schools.

8 principles govern

14 indicators

37 behaviors

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MS SOARS – Turnaround Principles

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SIG AND PRIORITY SCHOOLS

Principle 1 Providing Strong Leadership

Principle 2 Ensuring that teachers are effective and able to improve instruction

Principle 3 Redesigning the school day, week, or year to include additional timefor student learning and teacher collaboration

Principle 4 Strengthening schools’ instructional program based on student needs and ensuring that the instructional program is research-based, rigorous, and aligned with State academic content standards

Principle 5 Using data to inform instruction and for continuous improvement, including providing time for collaboration on the use of data

Principle 6 Establishing a school environment that improves school safety anddiscipline and addresses other nonacademic factors that impact student achievement, such as students’ social, emotional, and health needs

Principle 7 Provide ongoing mechanisms for family and community engagement

Principle 8 Ensure that the school receives ongoing, intensive technicalassistance and related support

MS SOARS (Turnaround Principles)

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FOCUS SCHOOLS

Principle 1 Providing Strong Leadership

Principle 2 Ensuring that teachers are effective and able to improve instruction

Principle 5 Using data to inform instruction and for continuous improvement, including providing time for collaboration on the use of data

Principle 7 Provide ongoing mechanisms for family and community engagement

Principle 8 Ensure that the school receives ongoing, intensive technical assistance and related support

Questions

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Logging In to the System

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Click on User

Login

Setting the Direction

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Setting the Direction

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Strategic

Plan

Select

Indicators –

KEYS by

Turnaround

Principles

Needs

Assessment

Displays

Selected

Indicators

in Success

Cycle

The Success Cycle

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All Indicators, based on designation, should be visible on this page and should be assessed.

Focus Schools = 11 SIG/Priority Schools = 14

The Success Cycle

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Turnaround Principles Rubrics

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Turnaround Principles Rubric

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Indicator

2.2

No Development Beginning Emerging Effective Exceeds

Effective

LEA and

school align

professional

development

and

evaluation

systems to

improve

instructional

and

leadership

practices.

DLT and school

administrators

observe

teachers.

DLT and school

administrators

observe

teachers.

Teachers

observe their

peers in

practice.

DLT and school

administrators

observe teachers.

Teachers observe

their peers in

practice for the

purpose of giving

and receiving

feedback for

improvement.

DLT and

school

administrators

observe

teachers. All

staff members

solicit peer

feedback in

order to

advance their

own practice.

Success Cycle – Assess

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Success Cycle - Create

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Success Cycle - Monitor

• Allows assignment of team member

• Allows establishment of target date

• Allows you to describe what it will look like when fully met

• Allows actions to be created for monitoring progress

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Actions to Monitor

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EXPECTATIONS FOR MS SOARS

Extension: Tuesday, October 31, 2017 - Completion Date

• Assess Indicators (Turnaround Principles)

• Create Plan and Monitor Plan (Addressing Indicators)

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References

• Redding, S., Twyman, J. S., & Murphy, M. (2013). What is an innovation in learning? In M.

Murphy, S. Redding, & J. Twyman (Eds.), Handbook on innovations in learning (pp. 3–1).

Philadelphia, PA: Center on Innovations in Learning, Temple University; Charlotte, NC:

Information Age Publishing. Retrieved from http://www.centeril.org/

• Indistar.org

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Questions

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Dr. Sonja J. Robertson Executive Director srobertson@mdek12.org

Ms. Shakinna Patterson, Ed.S.

Bureau Director II

spatterson@mdek12.org

Dr. Sebrina Palmer

Lead School Improvement

Coach/UM

spalmer@mdek12.org

Office of School

Improvement

359 North West St.

P. O. Box 771

Jackson, MS 39205-07

http://www.mdek12.org/OSI

Mr. Deowarski McDonald

Staff Officer III

dmcdonald@mdek12.org

Mrs. Jeanne Park

Lead School Improvement

Coach/UM

jeanne.park@mdek12.org

Ms. Vanessa Smith

Project Officer III

vsmith@mdek12.org

Mr. Jerry Moore

Lead School Improvement

Coach/UM

jerry.moore@mdek12.org

Dr. Lea Johnson

Lead School Improvement

Coach/UM

lea.johnson@mdek12.org

School Improvement Contact Information

Dr. Sonja Robertson

Executive Director

srobertson@mdek12.org

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