Strategic Performance Management and ESSA A System of Interlaced Data and Responsive Supports January 23, 2017 © 2016 Edvance Research, Inc.

Welcome Dr. Carlas McCauley, Dr. Sam Redding and Andrew Morrill, Center on School Turnaround Dr. Dean Nafziger, Dr. Allison Layland and Mark Williams, Building State Capacity and Productivity Center Karen Dodd, Kentucky Department of Ed. Outcome: Increasing understanding of strategic performance management in the context of ESSA and systems of support.

Performance Management “the systematic process by which an agency involves its employees…in improving organizational effectiveness in the accomplishment of agency mission and goals” U.S. Office of Personnel Management (nd.) “a strategic approach to improvement in which the entire organization shares the same set of objectives” Nafziger (2013)

Strategic Performance Management “. . . weds strategic planning with performance management in a living system that provides direction for people’s work while allowing for innovation and course adjustment to produce better results more efficiently. Redding & Layland (2015)

ESSA and Performance Management “Performance” in ESSA relates to students, teachers, or school outcomes Performance Management (in regulations) SEA plan to include a “system of performance management of SEA and LEA plans consistent with its consolidated state plan”

SPM Approach to ESSA Common planning and reporting elements to: A System of Interlaced Data and Responsive Supports Common planning and reporting elements to: strategically manage performance across many organizations at different levels of the system track progress in routine flow of - Implementation data, and Outcome (performance) data

The Common Elements Organizational Direction Mission Goals Goal Performance Measures Strategies Strategy Performance Measures and Milestones Operationalizing the Direction Coordination and Milestone Assignment Designing Actionable Work Action Plans Performance and Innovation Cycle Review Cycle Adjustment Report-Telling the Story

Another Look Baselines Data Sources Targets Goal-aligned Strategies Mission Goals Goal Measures Performance Cycle and Reporting Coordination & Milestone Assignment Action Planning Indicators Data Sources Baselines Targets

Interlaced Data & Responsive Supports

To put it simply . . . Each organization (SEA, LEA, school) develops the common elements with its own content SEA, LEA and schools form a system of supports with interlaced data and technical assistance Technical assistance is responsive to each organization’s needs based on data

Engaging in SPM The SEA leads the development and implementation of SPM Each organization develops the common elements with its own content SEA, LEA and schools form a system of supports with interlaced data and technical assistance Technical assistance is responsive to each organization’s needs based on data

Telling the System Story Goal Measures Strategy Measures Completed Milestones Outputs from Actions Data at multiple levels forms a throughline or theme to tell the system’s as well as each organization’s performance story

Taking SPM into Account in ESSA Plans Comments from Responders Thoughts / Questions Next SPM Learning Exchange February 27 at 3:30 pm EST