Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” Coaching With Indistar Office of School Improvement

Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” Support Model and Trainings- Learning Exchange webinars, SIS PL meeting, Regional Meetings Clear expectations – Timelines for reports are communicated to SIS/ Coaches districts and schools via trainings and regional meetings. The non-negotiables are in place and visible throughout the department. Monitoring and Sustaining the Work School – Monitors the work LEA – Monitor Schools SEA – Monitors LEA and Schools Coaches are expected to comment at least four times a month District Monitor 6 times a year Quarterly Monitoring - SEA

Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” Reviewing and Guiding the Work of the Leadership Team Getting the “Buy In” from the Leadership Team…. Keeping the focus on school improvement. Showing how the indicators can link together. Weekly meeting with principal and process manager.

Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” Reflection and Support Walking Through the Indicators Addressing Indicators as whole group. Members of Leadership Team divide up indicators and present information to whole team (analyze, create, monitor). Leadership Team address through a gallery walk.

Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” Reflection, Support, and Pressure Coaching Comments to redirect. “Have you considered?”… “Let’s look more closely at this one.”… Setting dates and deadlines for completion. Every Leadership Meeting has at least 2 indicators for review. Reviewing the “tasks list” at each Leadership Meeting.

Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” Supporting the Leadership Team Meeting Listen and take notes during Leadership discussion. Many ideas are discussed that connect to Indistar. Perfect opportunity to later show how these items can be added to support the school improvement process. Reviewing the quarterly monitoring reports with updates.

Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” Supporting the Leadership Team Meeting Modifying the indicators plans….creating new short-term action plans. Assisting in identifying artifacts that provide support to the work. Keep the focus on the analyzing the data and linking the indicators.

Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” 3/28/20118

Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” School Leadership Team Process & Protocol How does dialogue occur with the coach via coaching comments and reviews?

Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” Indistar SI Monitoring Process Evidence Examples of instructional changes that have occurred as a result of data analysis. Meeting minutes that indicate school performance data and aggregated classroom observation data were used to make decision. Individual data for learners Collective student data Leadership B02 The SLT regularly… Leadership B02 The SLT regularly… Strategies for improvement across all content areas Areas for improvement across all content areas examines to identify

Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” Feedback Process SLT communicates with process manager and principal at school (grade level/content leaders). SIS attends SLT meetings, meets with teachers and school leaders periodically (weekly/monthly). Indistar indicators are seen on each agenda.

Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” Feedback Process 2013 vs 2014 state service model changed to Regional & Network Teams (Point of Contact). SEA requires SIS to comment weekly/bi- monthly (given guidelines & flexibility): o Based on observations (seen) o Based on actions taking place (heard planning, saw evidence) o Redirecting when necessary

Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” Feedback Process Comments meant to guide schools toward best practices (Wise Ways®) relating to indicators. “Coaching reviews” generate a variety of reports in order to review the leadership team’s progress.

Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” Coaching Review Reports Summary Report... summary report of all work, information and activity that a school or district team has completed. Comprehensive Report...detailed report of all assessments, plans, and monitoring information. Comments & Reviews...Coaching comments, reviews and responses; history and ability to send or respond anew. Task Report...detailed list of all tasks created. Where Are We Now...overview of a school or district’s plan, in graph form. Team Meetings... agendas and meeting minutes as entered by the school or district. Quick Score Report...a quantitative rating summary of the school or district’s progress, based on key factors within the tool. Coaching Critique/Feedback…an electronic form used by coaches and/or state administrators to add a standardized assessment of the quality of work of the school or district team. Critiques are a series of questions or items, determined by the state.

Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” Coaches move through each tab, checking Recent activity....login activity, meetings and agendas, chart progress in the Where Are We Now report. 2. Quantity of work...has the school or district completed what is expected of them? Summary Report has a list of recent dashboard submissions as well as an indicator count for the assessing and planning pieces. 3. Quality of work...in the Comprehensive Report, the coach will be able to see levels of implementation as well as evidence provided for each indicator or objective 4. Responses to Coaching Comments or Reviews 5. Critique or Feedback information sent to the school or district by the state or other coach(es). Coaches provide feedback using the Coaching Review and Coaching Comments.

Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” Georgia Department of Education Office of School Improvement Barbara Lunsford- Associate Superintendent Paulette Richmond- Program Manager Celeta Thomas- Professional Learning Specialist Bari Geeslin – School Improvement Lead Diane Forbes- School Improvement Specialist Dan DeWolf- School Improvement Specialist

Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” Georgia Department of Education Office of School Improvement Barbara Lunsford- Associate Superintendant Paulette Richmond- Program Manager Celeta Thomas- Professional Learning Specialist Bari Geeslin – School Improvement Lead Diane Forbes- School Improvement Specialist Dan DeWolf- School Improvement Specialist