1 Michigan Department of Education Office of School Improvement One Common Voice – One Plan Michigan Continuous School Improvement (MI-CSI)

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4 One Common Voice – One Plan Stage 3 Study Analyze Data Set Goals and Measurable Objectives Research Best Practice

One Common Voice – One Plan Michigan Continuous School Improvement Stages and Steps Getting Ready Collect Data Build Profile  School Data Profile  School Process Profile Analyze Data  School Data Analysis  School Process Analysis  Summary Report Set Goals Set Measurable Objectives Research Best Practice Develop Action Plans Implement Plan Monitor Plan Evaluate Plan Comprehensive Needs Assessment School Improvement Plan Gather Study Plan Do

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7 Goals Management Tool Remember Me?

Work from March/April Strategy Statements Activities Challenges and celebrations

9 What other work do we need to do in order to complete our strategy statements and activities?

10 For your consideration… How will you get School Improvement to the classroom level so that all teachers are accountable for student achievement? Let’s look at how SMART Goals might help.

What if your Measurable Objective in Math is Numbers and Numeration? SMART Goals would focus every math teacher on the GLCEs in Numbers and Operations that support the Measurable Objective at his/her grade level. The template for “What is Our Area of Focus” could be used in each grade level. 11

S.M.A.R.T. Goal: Area of Focus Template

S.M.A.R.T. Goal: Area of Focus Example

14 How can each teacher implement the strategies in the school improvement plan?

15 Each grade level could look at the strategy(ies) in the School Improvement Plan and figure out how that would look at their grade level. The template for “How Are We Going to Reach the Target” could be used at each grade level.

S.M.A.R.T. Goal: How Will We Get There? Template

S.M.A.R.T. Goal: How Will We Get There? Example

18 Grade level/content area SMART Goals are not a requirement for the state’s School Improvement Process. Would this have any value for your SI process in your building for your teachers? Why or why not?

19 Additional Required Elements of a School Improvement Plan on the Advanc-ed Website

20 Title I Schools Targeted Assistance Schoolwide _ ,00.html Link to Required Title I Elements

Other SI Tasks Verify Institution Information Enter Vision, Mission and Beliefs Complete Stakeholders Page –Names of Stakeholders –How Stakeholders are involved in planning –Decision making process –How information is shared in languages stakeholders can understand –Contact information for non-discrimination coordinator – 21

Other SI Tasks (cont.) Under CONCLUSIONS: Provide a narrative/chart of the professional development activities from all of the goals Provide a narrative of the integration of fiscal resources Provide a narrative of the integration of technology 22

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24 One Common Voice – One Plan School Improvement Planning Process Plan Develop Action Plan Study Analyze Data Set Goals and Measurable Objective Research Best Practice Student Achievement Gather Getting Ready Collect Data Build Profile Do Implement Plan Monitor Plan Evaluate Plan

One Common Voice – One Plan Michigan Continuous School Improvement Stages and Steps Getting Ready Collect Data Build Profile  School Data Profile  School Process Profile Analyze Data  School Data Analysis  School Process Analysis  Summary Report Set Goals Set Measurable Objectives Research Best Practice Develop Action Plans Implement Plan Monitor Plan Evaluate Plan Comprehensive Needs Assessment School Improvement Plan Gather Study Plan Do 25

26 Now that the school improvement team has written the school improvement plan, the team is charged with engaging the staff and planning for implementing, monitoring, and evaluating the plan during the school year.

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28 Ongoing Communication – How will you ensure that the plan is part of continuous conversation? Assignments and Accountability – How will everyone be held accountable for implementing the plan?

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30 Why monitor plan implementation? Demonstrates/documents progress Focuses attention on the plan Provides basis for making changes Identifies opportunities for improvement Gives reasons to celebrate Monitor Plan Implementation (Monitoring of the plan occurs concurrently with implementation of the plan.)

One Common Voice – One Plan Steps 10 - Monitor Plan Implementation MONITOR MONITOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN 1.HOW ARE THESE PILLARS BEING IMPLEMENTED WITH FIDELITY BY ALL STAKEHOLDERS? 2.HOW IS STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT BEING IMPACTED? EVALUATE THE PLAN 1. DID ALL STAKEHOLDERS IMPLEMENT THE PLAN WITH FIDELITY? 2. DID IT IMPACT STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IN THE WAY WE THOUGHT IT WOULD? ARE PEOPLE COMPLETING THEIR ASSIGNED TASKS? ARE WE IMPLEMENTING THE PLAN CORRECTLY AND CONSISTENTLY? ARE WE REGULARLY ANALYZING STUDENT DATA? DO WE HAVE THE RIGHT TOOLS TO MEASURE OUR MEASURABLE OBJECTIVES OR DO WE NEED OTHERS? ARE WE GIVING THE PROCESS ENOUGH TIME? ENOUGH RESOURCES?

32 Monitoring is done continuously (Formative) Evaluation is done once a year (Summative)

One Common Voice – One Plan Steps 10 - Monitor Plan Implementation MONITOR MONITOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN 1.HOW ARE THESE PILLARS BEING IMPLEMENTED WITH FIDELITY BY ALL STAKEHOLDERS? 2.HOW IS STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT BEING IMPACTED? EVALUATE THE PLAN 1. DID ALL STAKEHOLDERS IMPLEMENT THE PLAN WITH FIDELITY? 2. DID IT IMPACT STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IN THE WAY WE THOUGHT IT WOULD? ARE PEOPLE COMPLETING THEIR ASSIGNED TASKS? ARE WE IMPLEMENTING THE PLAN CORRECTLY AND CONSISTENTLY? ARE WE REGULARLY ANALYZING STUDENT DATA? DO WE HAVE THE RIGHT TOOLS TO MEASURE OUR MEASURABLE OBJECTIVES OR DO WE NEED OTHERS? ARE WE GIVING THE PROCESS ENOUGH TIME? ENOUGH RESOURCES?

34 It is critical that the School Improvement Team celebrate success, no matter how small!

35 And finally… The process is cyclical, and evaluation data should inform the next cycle of planning. The ultimate goal is to have improvement strategies take hold and become so internalized that they become part of the school culture. Bring the planning process full circle and ask: o What do we continue to do? o What do we stop doing? o What do we need to “tweak”? The School Improvement Team can then: o Move on to new measureable objectives when the original objectives are achieved o Revise the action plan to maintain and strengthen existing measureable objectives o Begin the cycle over again. One Common Voice – One Plan

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37 Team Time

What’s Next? Finish your goals, objectives, strategies, and objectives. Complete your School Improvement Plan Celebrate!Celebrate! 38

39 What are the next steps for our team?

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