Liaison Team - Alaska STEPP Users Communication & Support - Indistar Shepherd

 Transition of Alaska STEPP users from 27 districts using the tool to varying degrees, to all 1, 2, and 3 Star schools using it to submit School Improvement Plans  Created Department Liaisons to assist individual schools in transition  Departmental point-of-contact for assistance and clarification  Provide feedback (and approval) of STEPP plan  Emphasize healthy school-improvement-process  Differentiated support for differentiated users Shepherd’s support helped us understand the Indicators’ relationship to School Improvement Planning

3 STAR SCHOOLS  District provides oversight of STEPP Plan 1 & 2 STAR SCHOOLS  Department provides process support and feedback (not approval)  Focused on planning and on depth of process Priority & Focus Schools  Must consider and address 7 Turnaround Principles  Crosswalked with 12 Indicators (KEY)  Department approves plans – process and content

Shepherd’s support helped us understand the tool.  Policy developments  Timeline for upcoming liaison work  Review of indicator “exemplar” – calibrating  School-level questions and feedback

Shepherd’s support helped us understand the Indicators’ relationship to School Improvement Planning Webinars and Online Information  Returning users, new users, and district staff  Power Point – What is Alaska STEPP  Indicator Information  Manual Language  Draft Letters  Vocabulary – explicitly supportive, clarifying new regulations, focused on processes of school improvement  One-on-one phone calls to principals

PROCESS & CONTENT RUBRICS  Modeled after processes on STEPP  Created draft revisions  Evaluated scoring norms  Added a table for Focus & Priority schools – 7 Turnaround Principles, Key Indicators, Comments

 1 & 2 Star Schools  Provides feedback on processes  Shows Areas for strengthening  Ensures plan has been submitted  Priority & Focus Schools  Provides feedback on processes  Used to offer comments  Ensures plan meets approval

 Unpack the Indicators  Brainstorm for the Rubrics  State of AK changes to the Tool  Flagging Indicators  Indistar updates to the Tool Communication: phone calls, in person, audio conference, s.

Brad Billings - School Recognition & Support, Administrator Phone: Patricia Farren - School Recognition & Support, Education Specialist Phone: Sheila Box – School Recognition & Support, Education Specialist Phone: For copies of exemplars, or other information contained in this presentation, please contact an EED representative.