2014 Virginia Forum for Excellence Richmond, VA, September 16, 2014 Patrick K. Murphy, Ed.D., Superintendent Matt Smith, Special Projects Coordinator Moving from Silos to an Effective Performance Management System
What’s Important to You?
Our Story
Continuous Improvement in Action
67% DECLINE IN DROPOUTS
PRINCIPAL STRETCHED STUDENTS
Our Journey
Integrated Management System
Focus
Accountability
Data Driven Decision Making
Consistency
Planning Phase
Accountability Phase
Transparency at the Core Introduced Public Data Dashboard School Board Reports Program Evaluation Results
Data Dashboard
Building Scorecards Division Scorecards developed first Scorecard ownership moved to schools/departments Resulted in more data smart staff
Example Scorecard
Overcoming Hurdles Training staff to use data Building Data Warehouse Teach staff “How to Develop Scorecards” Systematic data review Featured topic at monthly administrator meetings Professional Learning Communities
Arlington Improvement Model
Key Takeaways Establish a lead person within organization Professional development is key Iterative process – needs to evolve Transform organizational structure to reset Consistency and monitoring are critical to success