Office of Accountability, Assessment and Intervention 1 Getting Ready for SIP: Developing the Action Sequences FALL 2006

Office of Accountability, Assessment and Intervention 2 Participants will understand the components of the Action Sequence in the Getting Results! Framework. Participating School Leadership Teams will: Become familiar with the required steps of the Action Sequence Become familiar with the required steps of the Action Sequence Reflect on a sample Action Sequence Reflect on a sample Action Sequence Become familiar with the SIP Action Sequence Checklist Become familiar with the SIP Action Sequence Checklist GOALS

3 Achievement School Profile SAT Team Walk Through Student Performance Goals Strategies & Interventions Monitoring Of Evidence Evaluating Task Reporting Professional Development Getting Results Process Flow DATA SOURCES Data Summary Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Repeat Steps 1 through 5 for each component of the SIP. TARGETSACTION SEQUENCESDOCUMENTATION

Office of Accountability, Assessment and Intervention 4 SIP Action Sequence Step 1 - Data Summary Step 2 - Design Step 3 - Delivery Step 4 - Development of People Step 5 - Documentation (monitoring)

Office of Accountability, Assessment and Intervention 5 Revisiting “Root Causes” A Root Cause is the deepest underlying cause or causes of positive or negative symptoms within any process, which if removed, would result in elimination, or substantial reduction, of the symptom.

Office of Accountability, Assessment and Intervention 6 SUPPORTING REALM parents governance personnel ENABLING REALM materials schedules professional development organizational structures CORE REALM instruction curriculum assessments school leadership monitoring staff accountability for performance others identified by the school funding student readiness to learn others identified by the school Dimension s of School Improvement

Office of Accountability, Assessment and Intervention 7 Thinking Through the Action Sequence What’s different about how we think about the SIP Action Sequence?  Coherent alignment of all five steps to data and root causes.  All five steps need to be addressed collectively, rather than in isolation.

Office of Accountability, Assessment and Intervention 8 Thinking Through the Action Sequence  Coherent alignment of all five steps to data and root causes.  Data Summary  Design  Delivery  Development of People  Documentation (monitoring)

Office of Accountability, Assessment and Intervention 9 Thinking Through the Action Sequence  All five steps need to be addressed collectively, rather than in isolation.

Office of Accountability, Assessment and Intervention 10 Thinking Through the Action Sequence  Highest-Priority Weaknesses in Student Achievement Across Student Populations

Office of Accountability, Assessment and Intervention 11 SIP Action Sequence Checklist

Office of Accountability, Assessment and Intervention 12 Step 1 - Data Sample Action Sequence

Office of Accountability, Assessment and Intervention 13 SIP Action Sequence Checklist Step 1: Data Where are we? 1. Have you analyzed your data? Trends/Patterns/Reflections on prior year’s data Student groups Multiple sources (PSSA,TerraNova, Benchmarks, DIBELS, WRAP, PSSA Checkpoints, DRA reading levels, End of Unit tests, etc.) 2. Have you identified “Root Causes”?

Office of Accountability, Assessment and Intervention 14 Step 1: Data Using the sample Action Sequence, discuss the following with a colleague : How are questions 1 and 2 satisfied in Step 1: Data? How do the identified root causes match the trends identified in the data summary?

Office of Accountability, Assessment and Intervention 15 Sample Action Sequence Step 2 - Design

Office of Accountability, Assessment and Intervention 16 SIP Action Sequence Checklist Step 2: Design Where do we want to go next? 1. Are your strategies research based and/or promising? Cited in the Core Curriculum Determined by Regional initiatives Determined by other Initiatives, e.g. America’s Choice, Emerging Scholars 2. Are your strategies aligned with the data? “Root Causes”? 3. Do your strategies enhance instruction and build capacity of staff?

Office of Accountability, Assessment and Intervention 17 Step 2: Design Discuss the following with a colleague: How are questions 1, 2 and 3 satisfied in Step 2: Design of the sample? How do the identified strategies address the root causes from Step 1?

Office of Accountability, Assessment and Intervention 18 Sample Action Sequence Step 3 - Delivery

Office of Accountability, Assessment and Intervention 19 SIP Action Sequence Checklist Step 3: Delivery How are we going to get there? 1. What needs to be done? Clearly connects to data and design 2. By when? Specific timeline/ logical sequence 3. By whom? Involves all stakeholders 4. With what? All resources have been identified (financial, human, space, time, etc.) 5. Evidence of effectiveness Evidence is measurable and related to improved student achievement, student engagement, and effective use of instructional time.

Office of Accountability, Assessment and Intervention 20 Step 3: Delivery Discuss the following with a colleague: How is this page different from action plans that you have written in the past?

Office of Accountability, Assessment and Intervention 21 Sample Action Sequence Step 4 - Development of People

Office of Accountability, Assessment and Intervention 22 SIP Action Sequence Checklist Step 4: Development What additional skills do we need? 1. Does the professional development align with the Design strategies and the Delivery tasks? 2. Does the professional development focus on 2-4 top priorities (needs of students)? 3. Does the professional development address identified needs of stakeholders? 4. Is the professional development sustained throughout the year?

Office of Accountability, Assessment and Intervention 23 Step 4: Development of People Discuss the following with a colleague: How does the PD connect with the Design and Delivery Steps? Is the PD aligned with the needs evident in our data?

Office of Accountability, Assessment and Intervention 24 Sample Action Sequence Step 5 - Documentation

Office of Accountability, Assessment and Intervention 25 SIP Action Sequence Checklist Step 5: Documentation How do we track our progress? 1. Does your monitoring system measure the effective implementation of Steps 2, 3, and 4 of the Action Sequence? 2. Is there written documentation of your monitoring process? 3. Does your documentation process evaluate student academic progress for all students and student groups throughout the year? 4. Are there intervals at which the evidence will be summarized and presented?

Office of Accountability, Assessment and Intervention 26 Q & A