One Common Voice – One Plan School Improvement Module: Plan Select Strategies Develop Action Plan

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

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

One Common Voice – One Plan Plan: Overview and Vocabulary Required Elements of a School Improvement Plan Strategy Statements Connecting Strategy Statements to Goals and Measurable Objective Statement Action Steps Professional Development Planning Technology Integration Connections to Online Template Vocabulary Action Plan Goal Statement Measurable Objective Statement Strategy Statement Action Steps Advanc-ED

One Common Voice – One Plan Plan: Develop Action Plan Begin with the end in mind… Where are we now? Where do we want to be? How will we get there? This is your action plan!!!

Required Elements of a School Improvement Plan Activity One Common Voice – One Plan Plan: Develop Action Plan Required Elements of a School Improvement Plan Activity On the provided copies of the following three slides, review the requirements and highlight the elements that apply to your school. Link to Required Elements of a School Improvement Plan: http://www.michigan.gov/documents/mde/SIPTemplate_217488_7.pdf In Michigan’s School Improvement Action Portfolio, there are three pages of Required Elements. These pages are grids with x’s in boxes. The first page has the Required Elements that are built into the SIP template. The next two pages are Additional Required Strategies that need to be included in the plan, but are not in the template. These elements will eventually be in the MDE template, but aren’t there yet! The next slide shows the cover of the Action Portfolio and the slide after that shows what the grids look like.

One Common Voice – One Plan Provide teams with the copies of the three pages of grids available in the Action Portfolio or at: http://www.michigan.gov/documents/mde/SIPTemplate_217488_7.pdf This is what school teams can highlight to ensure that they add the additional parts to the SI plan required by their building.

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One Common Voice – One Plan Plan: Develop Action Plan Determine Strategy Statements Strategy Statement (Adult Actions) Linked to the measurable objective which is linked to the student goal Uses specific, planned, research and/or evidence-based instructional practices Addresses system practices that were identified as challenges in the needs assessment Focuses on maximizing each student’s growth and individual success Done to, or with, students to develop a specific result

Criteria for Strategy Statement One Common Voice – One Plan Plan: Develop Action Plan Having clarified/discussed gaps and challenges utilizing your data, the next step is to merge these ideas into 3-4 teacher strategy statements (which may be grade level specific). Criteria for Strategy Statement Begin each statement with “Teachers will...” (and/or which specific group of teachers). Use an action verb of observable behavior which must be done. Write clear, concise statements that describe what you intend to accomplish. (Be specific.) Make sure each teacher strategy addresses the issue and connects back to the measurable objective. Courtesy of Jackson County ISD

Examples of Strategy Statements: One Common Voice – One Plan Plan: Develop Action Plan Examples of Strategy Statements: General education teachers, in collaboration with Students with Disabilities teachers, will plan a series of meetings to discuss potential interventions and support systems for at-risk students in learning geometric vocabulary and transformations. K-12 teachers will create lesson plans based on GLCEs & HSCEs, specifically incorporating a variety of instructional strategies. Teachers in grades K-12 will identify gaps in their mathematics curriculum based on the GLCEs & HSCEs. Teachers in grades K-12 will use the identified gaps information to begin a search of available research-based resources and document findings. Pink = Teachers will Blue = Observable Action Verb Green = Intended Accomplishment Courtesy of Jackson County ISD

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One Common Voice – One Plan Connecting Measurable Objective Statement and Strategy Statement Student Goal Statement: All students will improve their reading skills across the curriculum schoolwide. Strategy Statement: Teachers will use Thinking Maps, specifically flow maps for sequencing to teach critical thinking skills to increase student capacity for retelling. Does your strategy statement include the phrase “Teachers will...”? Does your strategy statement include an action verb of observable behavior? Is your strategy statement clear, concise, and describe what you intend to accomplish? Does your strategy statement connect back to your student goal? Is your strategy statement appropriate for the intended subgroup? Process with group.

One Common Voice – One Plan Connecting Student Goal Statement & Strategy Statement Does your strategy statement include the phrase “Teachers will...”? Does your strategy statement include the phrase “Teachers will...”? Does your strategy statement include the phrase “Teachers will...”? Does your strategy statement include an action verb of observable behavior? Does your strategy statement include an action verb of observable behavior? Does your strategy statement include an action verb of observable behavior? Is your strategy statement clear and concise and describe what you intend to accomplish? Is your strategy statement clear and concise and describe what you intend to accomplish? Is your strategy statement clear and concise and describe what you intend to accomplish? Does your strategy statement connect back to your student goal? Is your strategy statement appropriate for the intended subgroup? Does your strategy statement connect back to your student goal? Is your strategy statement appropriate for the intended subgroup? Does your strategy statement connect back to your student goal? Is your strategy statement appropriate for the intended subgroup? Courtesy Jackson County ISD

One Common Voice – One Plan Plan: Develop Action Plan Action Steps Develop Action Steps/Activities to implement the Strategy in your Action Plan. These describe the steps needed to implement the strategy linked to the measurable objective. It is important that everyone understands the meaning of all the categories of the Action Plan Template.

Plan: Develop Action Plan Actions Steps One Common Voice – One Plan Plan: Develop Action Plan Actions Steps Action Steps (Adult Actions) At your table talk to one another about each of these columns from the Action Plan Template. Determine what they REALLY mean in your building/district… Person responsible Timeline for activity Begin End Resources needed for activity Human & Financial Resources Source of money - Grant Name Amount Monitoring Plan for the activity Evidence of activity success Determine Action Steps

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Mi Map Organizing Financial Resources One Common Voice – One Plan Plan: Develop Action Plan Managing Financial Resources There is an Organizing Administrative Systems module that is available at: Mi Map Organizing Financial Resources (See Module 1-3) * Please refer to the most recent Allowable Use of Funds chart as provided by MDE.

Professional Development Planning One Common Voice – One Plan Plan: Develop Action Plan Professional Development Planning What professional learning activities will you need to provide to support the successful implementation of this strategy/activity? What areas of the School Improvement Framework (SIF), that your building identified as “challenges,” does your staff need ongoing, sustained, coached professional learning opportunities in order to have the skills to positively impact student achievement?

Plan: Develop Action Plan One Common Voice – One Plan Plan: Develop Action Plan Professional Development Planning There is a Learning as a Professional Community Module that is available at: Mi Map Learning as a Professional Community (See Modules 7-1)

Planning for Technology Integration One Common Voice – One Plan Plan: Develop Action Plan Planning for Technology Integration  How has the school integrated the use telecommunications and informational technology to support this strategy?        (This is in the law!) Look in particular under Teaching for Learning (Delivery) and also Data and Information Management to determine if technology is used for communication, data accessibility as well as integration in curriculum to support instruction.

One Common Voice – One Plan Plan: Develop Action Plan Planning for Technology Integration  There is a Using Technology module that is available at: Mi Map Using Technology (See Modules 9-1 through 9-4)

Plan: Making Connections with the Online School Improvement Template One Common Voice – One Plan Plan: Making Connections with the Online School Improvement Template Click the icon below to get to the training and support tutorials for the new Michigan School Improvement Template.

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