District Leadership Team 2011-12 Session #1 September 8th, 2011 Stakeholder Involvement in the District Strategic Plan!

Welcome! Introductions Name, Stakeholder Group, School Find someone you don’t know and introduce yourself Share why you are interested in serving on the District Leadership Team

Housekeeping… Use of email Web site/electronic materials posted Possible Sub-Committees Future Meetings November 3rd, 2011 6-8pm February 9th, 2012 April 5th, 2012

Agenda

Our Purpose The purpose of the District Leadership Team is to provide oversight and the “voice of the customer” during the implementation of the 3-5 year District Strategic Plan.

2011-12 Key Tasks/Timelines Monitor the District Strategic Plan SMART goals & Action Plans Balanced Score Card Provide Input on District Initiatives Serve as the “Voice of the Customer” Provide insight/perspective into: Stakeholder Satisfaction Surveys Other key decisions

Characteristics of High Performing Schools Common mission, vision, values and goals. Ensuring achievement for all students with systems for prevention and intervention. Collaboration focused on teaching and learning. Using data to guide decision-making and continuous improvement. Gaining active engagement from family & community Building sustainable leadership capacity.

Set and Communicate Direction! Vision & Mission Core Values Goals & Strategies District Strategic Plan!

District Strategic Plan “The focus is on achieving a shared vision, and all understand their role in achieving the vision”

PLC’s (Grade/Content) Classroom Learning Community District Strategic Plan District Leadership Team 2010-11 School/Dept. Leadership Teams 2010-11 PLC’s (Grade/Content) 2011-12 Classroom Learning Community 2012-13

Classroom learning community In Action!

Systemic Alignment!

Goal Alignment

District SMART Goals/Action Plans http://www.dunlapcusd.net/StrategicPlan/

Dunlap Balanced Scorecard Each of the 5 goals in the strategic plan have identified “indicators” or “measures” Historic data as well as projections (coming soon!) DLT will review the scorecard and data when it is available Moving toward a data warehouse that will provide real time “dashboard” of results

Monthly Review Calendar

Dunlap Community Unit School District #323 2010-11 Harris Poll Stakeholder Satisfaction Results

Voice of the Customer Scorecard measures satisfaction levels 2.A Increase elementary students overall satisfaction with school 2.B Increase middle school students overall satisfaction with school 2.C Increase high school students overall satisfaction with school 2.E Increase the % of students who feel safe and accepted at school 3.B Increase certified staff satisfaction 3.C Increase support staff satisfaction 4.A Increase parent overall satisfaction 4.B Increase community member overall satisfaction 4.C Increase the % of parents who agree that "school is welcoming and friendly" 4.D Increase effective communication with parents 4.E Parents feel positively about school safety and climate

Harris Interactive School Poll Topic Areas Students School Atmosphere Equipment/Facilities School Bus Computer Technology Main Teacher/ Teachers (five subjects) School Leadership Counselor Other Staff Other Issues Teachers/Staff School Atmosphere Equipment/Facilities Computer Technology School Leadership/ Administration Communications/ Involvement Parental Support Career Students Other Staff Other Issues Parents Equipment/Facilities School Bus Computer Technology School Leadership/ Administration Communications/ Involvement Child’s Teachers Curriculum/Training Budget Other Issues The survey is comprehensive and covers the areas listed here… Wherever possible, questions are worded in similar fashion toward all stakeholder groups for comparison. Essentially, we inventory the experiences that the stakeholder has within these areas of the school experience, followed by a question asking them to give an overall rating for that area on a letter grade scale of A-F. At the end of this inventory, we gather the attitudinal measure – a satisfaction rating. The crux of our analysis is relating the two – using a regression. A sophisticated statistical tool, but all it really does is show which experiences lead to the attitude. What experiences, if changed, would increase satisfaction? Our questionnaires contain hundreds of experiences that could be going on in the district. The analysis will distill this down to a handful that really matter.

Elementary Students: School Atmosphere Please give an overall rating for your SCHOOL ATMOSPHERE by filling in one oval on the A to F scale provided? You may recall that all of this data is collected through questionnaires set up like this… Here is an example of questions posed to your teachers and staff at Cedar Rapids in the school atmosphere section of the survey… They were asked questions regarding their experience with school atmosphere in a Yes/No format, followed by a question asking them to give an overall rating for that area on a letter grade scale, A-F. The letter scale is converted to numerical values (0-10) for the mathematical calculations. After rating a number of functional areas, an overall rating question is asked at the end of the survey. Harris Interactive Inc.

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Stakeholder Response Rates Surveys were conducted in April 2011 Students in grades 3-12 completed online surveys Parents completed paper/pencil surveys All teachers and staff asked to complete an online survey Response Rates: Elementary Students 92% Secondary Students 80% Teachers/Staff 90% Parents 30%

Dunlap Community Unit School District #323 Results - Key Overall District Findings

Rules of Thumb on Ratings Above 9.0: Exemplary 8.0-9.0: Strong compared to the nationwide database. 7.0-8.0: Average, in need of continuous improvement 6.0-7.0: In need of a defined focus and improvement plan. Under 6.0: Sign of a serious issue within the district. *

Overall Satisfaction Ratings- All Groups

Overall Student Satisfaction

Overall Teacher Satisfaction

Overall Parent Satisfaction

Comparative Data

Next steps with stakeholder satisfaction data

Reviewing Results Activity Number off by 4 Group 1: Elementary Student Results Group 2: Secondary Student Results Group 3: Staff Results Group 4: Parent Results

Team Directions What are the top areas of concern? What might be some “root causes” for these concerns? How might these concerns be addressed?