Steps to Success / Indistar December Web Meeting For NH Title I Priority and Focus Schools December 17, 2013

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Welcome!  Meeting purpose: provide updates and insights to support the work of NH Title I Priority and Focus Schools  Presenters: Joey Nichol Nottingham West ES Karen Laba December 17, 20133

December Web Meeting Agenda  Updates from Joey Nichol, NH DOE Office of School Turnaround  Turnaround Office Q & A  Indistar pointers & puzzles  Tracking progress: the Nottingham West ES “data wall”  News you can use  Next Steps: mid-year data reports; Spring 2014 meetings; January and February web meetings December 17, 20134

Status update: NH Office of School Turnaround – Joey Nichol 5 1. NH DOE Technical Assistance Support: Leadership and Liaisons 3. OGM attachments -- only once 2. Clarify plan components -- plan = Indicator Checklist Report -- not “fully implemented” -- plan activities (TASKS) match OGM activities 4. SIG Priority Schools – ‘leading’ data submission 5. JOIN NH Priority and Focus Schools Network December 17, 2013

NH DOE Supports: Leadership and Liaisons 6 Technical Assistance Supports: Leadership Title I Administrator: Mary Earick Office of School Turnaround: Joey Nichol Technical Assistance Supports: Liaisons Liaison Support: What will the liaisons do? Will visit with your school leadership team every 6-8 weeks. Will check-in with your team lead every 3 weeks. Will work with your team to ensure your plan is connected to your data, meets the requirements laid out in the waiver and is approved so funding can be released. Will be your first point of contact regarding concerns. Will ensure communication flows between your schools and the DOE so that we understand the status of, and the supports needed, for successful implementation December 17, 2013

NH DOE Technical Assistance Support: Liaison Assignments 7 Franklin High School, Franklin School District Franklin Middle School, Franklin School District Hillsboro-Deering High School, Hillsboro- Deering Cooperative Pittsfield Elementary School, Pittsfield School District Pittsfield High School, Pittsfield School District Pittsfield Middle School, Pittsfield School District Alstead Primary School, Fall Mountain Regional Littleton High School, Littleton School District Beech Street School, Manchester School District Wilson School, Manchester School District Mcdonough School, Manchester School District Parker-Varney School, Manchester School District Middle School At Parkside, Manchester School District Southside Middle School, Manchester School District Gossler Park School, Manchester School District Joey Nichol December 17, 2013

NH DOE Technical Assistance Support: Liaison Assignments 8 Jane Bergeron Beaulieu Beaver Meadow School, Concord School District Pleasant Street School, Laconia School District Penacook Elementary School, Merrimack Valley School District Winnisquam Regional Middle School, Winnisquam Regional School District Southwick School, Winnisquam Regional School District December 17, 2013

NH DOE Technical Assistance Support: Liaison Assignments 9 Bob Manseau – Idlehurst Elementary School, Somersworth School District Somersworth Middle School, Somersworth School District John Stark Regional High School, John Stark Regional School District William Allen School, Rochester School District Ellis School, Fremont School District December 17, 2013

NH DOE Technical Assistance Support: Liaison Assignments 10 Randy Bell -- Brown Elementary School, Berlin School District Hillside Elementary School, Berlin School District Harold Martin School, Hopkinton School District Stewartstown Community School, Stewartstown School District Fairgrounds Elementary School, Nashua School District December 17, 2013

NH DOE Technical Assistance Support: Liaison Assignments 11 Tom Brennan Campbell High School, Litchfield School District Grinnell School, Derry School District Allenstown Elementary School, Allenstown School District Pembroke Academy, Pembroke School District Nottingham West Elementary School, Hudson School District December 17, 2013

NH DOE Technical Assistance Support: Liaison Assignments 12 Sandy Kent -- Maple Avenue School, Claremont School District Disnard Elementary School, Claremont School District Unity Elementary School, Unity School District Indian River School, Mascoma Valley Regional School District Dr. George S. Emerson Elementary School, Monadnock Regional School District December 17, 2013

NH DOE Technical Assistance Support: Liaison Assignments 13 Jean Briggs Badger – Farmington Senior High School, Farmington School District Henry Wilson Memorial School, Farmington School District Valley View Community Elementary School, Farmington School District Nute Junior High School, Milton School District Nute High School, Milton School District Milton Elementary School, Milton School District Paul Elementary School, Wakefield School District December 17, 2013

Questions on NH DOE Supports for Priority and Focus Schools? You can RAISE your hand to be unmuted and voice your question OR Type your question in the window December 17,

Status update: NH Office of School Turnaround – Joey Nichol (cont’d.) #2. OGM attachments – include only once What? Required attachments = assurances; Indistar plan (ID10 and NH101); Summary of Local Achievement Data (or equivalent) Where? EITHER Priority/ Focus Grant (1003a) OR Set Aside How? – notation in OTHER grant ACTIVITY “required attachments posted (tell where)” December 17,

Status update: NH Office of School Turnaround – Joey Nichol (cont’d.) #3. Plan Components -- Plan = Indicator Checklist Report for ONLY those indicators you want considered your “plan”; i.e., ID10, NH101 required, other indicators optional; -- Level of implementation = “limited”; no need to develop an improvement plan for those practices “fully implemented”; BUT provide evidence of full implementation and positive impact on student outcomes -- Indistar PLAN includes a series of TASKS (‘activities’) that will lead to routine use of best practices (Indicators); frequently absent from submitted plans December 17,

Status update: NH Office of School Turnaround – Joey Nichol (cont’d.) #4. SIG- Priority School Requirements -- Leading Indicators Reports through the end of the SIG time period ( ) ‘leading’ indicators = minutes in school year; student and teacher attendance, extended learning time, course enrollment Send to December 17,

Status update: NH Office of School Turnaround – Joey Nichol (cont’d.) #5. Remember to JOIN Title I Priority and Focus School Network on NH Networks – -log on to the NH Networks using SINGLE SIGN ON gin.aspx - scroll through the Network Catalogue to locate the NH Title I Priority and Focus School Network - choose Learn More & Join December 17,

Questions on PLAN? OGM? SIG? NH Networks? December 17, You can RAISE your hand to be unmuted and voice your question OR Type your question in the window

Tracking Progress: Do what works, change what doesn’t Path to CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT = NOT a straight line! Requires CONTINUAL monitoring of outcomes, Revising plans to -- reinforce interventions producing positive results, --modify or eliminate those that aren’t HOW to monitor many moving parts? *Indistar options *Local strategies – Nottingham West ES December 17, Implement Plan Assess Revise Monitor

Monitor Options in Indistar School Main Menu page: MONITOR box  Monitor page Shows all ASSESSED indicators, assigned to, target dates, #tasks, #tasks completed Click the TEXT of the objective you want to monitor December 17,

Monitor Options in Indistar December 17, HOW to use Indistar Monitor tool: 1. Choose the objective you want to monitor. 2. New monitor page opens, showing all entries -- ASSESS (current level of implementation PLAN – what will look like, assigned to, target date TASKS – text, recurrence, assigned to, target date 3. Choose the TASK you want to monitor.

Monitor Options in Indistar (cont’d.) December 17, HOW to use Indistar Monitor tool: (cont’d.) 4. MONITOR PLAN window opens. 5. Add COMMENTS describing progress toward completing the task. 6. If completed, enter DATE. 7. SAVE/ UPDATE *To change Target Dates, Assigned to, or How it will look, GO BACK TO PLAN and select EDIT.

Questions on MONITOR Function in Indistar? You can RAISE your hand to be unmuted and voice your question OR Type your question in the window December 17,

Local Strategies to Track Progress: Nottingham West Data Wall Introductions: Peter Durso, Principal, Nottingham West ES, Hudson Outline: 1. What inspired you to create a ‘data wall’ to track student progress? 2. How did you set it up? 3. How do you keep it updated – interventions tried, results/ outcomes observed? 4. What advice would you offer others who might want to use a similar strategy? December 17,

Nottingham West ES: Tracking Progress December 17, NWES Grade 5 Data Wall

Nottingham West ES: Tracking Progress (cont’d.) December 17, NWES Data Wall Tier I Heading: At/ Above Benchmark 40 th Percentile and Above

Nottingham West ES: Tracking Progress (cont’d.) December 17, NWES Data Wall Tier II, Tier III Headings:

Questions for Nottingham West? December 17, You can RAISE your hand to be unmuted and voice your question OR Type your question in the window

Doing the crosswalk December 17, What is a ‘crosswalk’? -- a strategy to align your Turnaround Plan with existing initiatives or plans Why would we want to do a crosswalk? -- to select Turnaround Indicators to include in your Priority or Focus plan that CONTINUES initiatives showing promising effects -- to identify Turnaround Indicators that address all the USED Turnaround Principles

Doing the crosswalk (cont’d) December 17, How do we do the ‘crosswalk’? -- review the Crosswalk document distributed at the Aug/ Sept workshops and posted on the Steps page nh_turnaround_indicators.pdf Many options from here. One option to consider: Team option = convene your team in a space with lots of blank walls (refreshments recommended); --post chart papers with each of the major goals or initiatives of your existing school plan listed across the top (strategic plan, SINI plan, Focused Monitoring plan or other); -- distribute the Turnaround Indicators among the team members (pairs probably best); -- ask each pair to record which Turnaround Indicators best match each existing goal or initiative

Doing the crosswalk December 17, Product of the crosswalk = set of indicators to be examined (assessed) for each of the USED Turnaround Principles that align with your ongoing initiatives. What then? Choose those indicators under each principle that offer the greatest likelihood of improving student outcomes to add to your Turnaround Plan

Resources for You December 17, Recording links for web meetings:  NH DOE website  Steps to Success page  Steps/ Indistar Web Meetings box 2. Priority and Focus Schools Guidance materials:  NH Networks (enter via NH SINGLE SIGN ON)  NH Title I Priority and Focus School Network  ALSO: NH DOE Website  Quick Links column on right side  Priority, Focus and Reward Schools 3. Steps to Success Guidance materials:  NH DOE website  Steps to Success page  Steps workshop for schools box

News you might use ** Performance PLUS Training opportunities ** The NH DOE offers frequent learning opportunities and a variety of methods to build your understanding of the features of PerformancePLUS, including AssessmentBUILDER, OLA (online assessments), and PerformanceTRACKER.  Webinars: the complete list of the webinars available to school and district staff is available at: systems/training.htm. systems/training.htm Replay prior Webinars: You can replay past webinars, posted to the NH Network – Analyzing Student Data Network. (from nh.networks). Once signed into the network, go to “Analyzing Student Data” and click on “Links”. From this page see the links titled “Webinars….”.  Join an on-line course (Learning Path) – Log on to NH Networks, select Learning Path  Get personal support: The NH DOE has free data coaches who can work directly with your school(s). Send an to Irene Koffink to help make a match -- December 17,

NEXT Steps December 17, SAVE THE DATEs: Quarterly meetings – Tuesday, March 11, :30 – 3:30 southern location TBD Wednesday, March 12, north country at NCES Thursday, May 15, 2014 – 8:30 – 3:30 southern location TBD Wednesday, May 14, North Country at NCES 2. Mid-year Local Data Reports: Updated data summary due two weeks after completing your mid-year local assessments. MORE GUIDANCE coming in the JANUARY webinar. 3. January Web Meeting – week of Jan 21-24, 2014; Preferred time? 1:00 – 2:30 or 3:00 – 4:30 Preferred day? Tues, Jan. 21, Thurs, Jan 23, Fri Jan 24

NEXT Steps (cont’d.) December 17, Link to the recording of today’s meeting will be posted on the NHDOE website and distributed to the Steps/ Indistar contacts. For Questions on Steps/ Indistar, contact Karen Laba, Rob Hanson, Pause and Reflect If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over? John Wooden John Wooden Thanks for your participation!