Building an Excellent System by Building Systems of Excellence

Lynn MillerInstructional KickoffAugust 27, 2010

Lessons from the History Channel

Expected Outcomes From Our Work

1. Use the professional learning communities model to create a comprehensive data-driven instructional program.

2. Deploy high-yield engagement practices in every classroom. Improvement of craft knowledge by looking at student data and professional development. Courageous conversations.

3. Begin to develop a response to intervention system to ensure that students receive the time and support needed to close the achievement gap in reading. Students who FFB in grades and assessments can be addressed on Wednesday and Thursdays via our Multi-disciplinary Team Approach.

4. Apply PDSA and benchmarking strategies to drive continuous improvement efforts. How? Have at least 8 – 10 assessments in Horizon to build on our students predictive data

What is a Professional Learning Community?

“A group of educators committed to working collaboratively in ongoing processes of collective inquiry and action research to achieve better results for the students they serve.”

Learn By Doing

To ensure success for every child PLC teams must answer four critical questions

1. What is it we want all students to learn?

2. How will we know if they have learned it?

3. How will we respond when they don’t?

4. How will we respond when they already

know it? Learn By Doing

Reflection

Where is our school on this continuum?

Establish

Culture

Build Structu

re

Clarify Functio

n

Integrate

Systems

Instructional Capacity

Alignment Engagement

Adjustment

Relationships

A s s e s s m e n t

Counseling

Closing the Gap

Administrators

TeachersDATA

Our Challenge: How will we use data to guide our work?

The Big 4Areas of Focus for FY2011

1. Eliminate the knowing and doing gap first. “The answer is always in the room…”

2. Deploy common assessments frequently and analyze the data to identify students who need additional time and support for learning, discover strengths and weaknesses in individual and collective teaching practice and measure progress toward accomplishing team goals. Act on your evidence!

3. Develop plans for data collection, intervention and improving student achievement in math and literacy.

4. Celebrate our success.

This will be hard work, but working together we can figure it out!

Systems Perspective

“All organizations are perfectly aligned to get the results they are currently getting. If people in the organization knew what to do to resolve the problem, they would do it, so it is likely to be a matter of not having the knowledge, (tool) or skill to create the needed change.”Charting Your Course

Conyers and Ewy

How do teachers teams plan for

student engagement?

Explain

PLC Work Process

PLAN

DO

STUDY

ACT

Review Student Performance Data

(formative and summative) Determine

Programmatic/ Instructional Strengths & Weaknesses

Research Best Practices

Develop School Improvement Plan Objectives

Execute School Improvement Plan Objectives

(Execute Work Plan Strategies)

Study School Improvement Plan Objectives Results

(Results and Reflection)

Determine Whether School Improvement Objectives Will Be:

StandardizedModifiedAbandoned

Develop Performance Indicators and Work Plan Strategies

The Rationale: Current Reality

PLAN

Review Student Performance Data

(formative and summative) Determine

Programmatic/ Instructional Strengths & Weaknesses

Research Best Practices

The Objective

PLAN

Develop School Improvement Plan Objectives

What ADULTS will do to effect change that will improve student achievement.

Performance Indicators (The Results You Want)

PLAN

Develop Performance Indicators and Work Plan Strategies

SpecificMeasurableAttainableResults-Oriented Time-Bound

Strategies (What You Will Do)

PLAN

Develop Performance Indicators and Work Plan Strategies

Teacher-focusedWho will monitorMaterials needed/costsTimelineAnd…

In-Process Measures

The Key: In-Process Measures

Lead you to gather formative data on your progress which indicates your progress toward meeting your indicator.

Execute Strategies…AND Monitor with In-process Measures

DO

Execute School Improvement Plan Objectives

(Execute Work Plan Strategies)

The Heart of the Plan!

Full Circle: The 2011-2012 School Plan

ACT

Determine Whether School Improvement Objectives Will Be Changed

Then close the gap with systems, standards, processes, and people.

First open up a big gap

PDSA: The Easy Version

A Final Word

“Leadership is action, not position”

Donald H. McGannon

Exit Ticket

What three actions will your team take in their PLC’s over the next 90 days to ensure that our school closes achievement gaps and raises the bar for all students?

Hints:

Start with reviewing your data… (Predictive data)

Use the PDSA Model to construct plan…

Plans for success at DVMS

Action steps:

From our Grades and Assessments we need to determine the why? Won’ts vs Can’ts

We need to then collaboratively determine and deploy strategies to assist the Won’ts and Can’ts

Can’ts strategic planners are Math/LA/SPED/EL▪ craft knowledge and intervention strategies

Won’ts strategic planners are SS/Sci/Expl/PE and Counselors - relationship building, rewards and responsibilities