New England Regional Colloquium Series “Systems of State Support” B. Keith Speers January 24, 2007

Intended Outcomes: Become more aware of issues facing states as they partner with regional providers / personnel to support School Improvement. Discover new approaches to School Improvement Support work through shared dialogue with colleagues.

Intended Outcomes: Learn more about Ohio’s Statewide System of School Improvement Support. Develop greater networks through which they can problem-solve and continuously improve their State’s System of Support.

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Key Element 1: System Overview Participants will be more aware of Ohio’s Statewide System of School Improvement Support. Participants will develop greater networks through which they can problem-solve and continuously improve their State’s System of Support.

Tri-Tier Model of School Improvement Support

Technical Assistance Model Two Views: Service Delivery & Tiered Support

Technical Assistance Model Cognitive Coaching Model  Increasing Support Over Time Continuum from Technical Assistance toward Compliance

Technical Assistance Model Support Aligned to NCLB:  Needs Assessment and Goal Setting  Planning  Implementation  Evaluation and Feedback

Technical Assistance Model High Quality Technical Assistance:  is purposeful, structured and a continuous process  is informed by multiple sources of data  is collaborative

Technical Assistance Model High Quality Technical Assistance:  includes varied learning experiences that accommodate individual educator’s knowledge and skills  results in acquisition, enhancement of refinement of skills and knowledge  is evaluated by its short and long term impact on professional practice and achievement of all students

Technical Assistance Model A brief 16 minute video overview of Ohio’s Statewide System of School Improvement Support is available on our website. Go to Type “Statewide” in the search engine.

Opportunities for Growth Communication of School Improvement Support products, programs and services provided by the State Agency

Opportunities for Growth Ensure quality of professional development provided across the state meets the HQPD Standards adopted by the Ohio State Board of Education

Opportunities for Growth Better integrate and coordinate State Agency initiatives to ensure an aligned system of support that is considered value-added by District and Building Leaders

System Components Purpose Context Structures Functions Processes

Key Element 2: Scope of Work Confessions about our Rubrics  1,000 little pieces possible  Attempt to model the concept of “focus”  Recurring references in School Improvement research  You may think some pieces should fall in other parts of the rubric…GOOD!

District Partnership Agreement Rubrics Curriculum Instruction Assessment Conditions / Climate Leadership

Focus of Our Work District and Instructional Leaders  Teachers acting in roles typically assigned to administrators Commitment and Capacity  Research-based District assurances  Partnership Agreement process

Focus of Our Work Build capacity to plan and implement School Improvement processes Roles and Responsibilities  What needs to happen in and what support is needed for each role?  Innovation Configuration Maps Services not Funding

District Partnership Agreement Rubrics Four point scale Self-scored Evidenced-based Sets standard while allowing district to determine the strategies

District Partnership Agreement Supports existing District Improvement Efforts Focused intended outcome aligned to movement on the scales Logical and sequential action steps yield the intended outcome Long term focus with short term timelines

District Partnership Agreement Requires evidence of implementation and impact Identifies responsible person Connects District Systems change efforts to formative and summative student achievement data Iterative documents that grow and change

Opportunities for Growth Refinement of evidence listed in each box on the scales to provide greater clarity and support for District self-assessment efforts

Opportunities for Growth Identification of tools, templates and resources to support improvement in each system

Opportunities for Growth Compilation of research summary for each system that includes “milestones” and exemplar practices to reach those milestones

Opportunities for Growth Prioritization of the systems arranged in a building block fashion to assist Districts in knowing where to start

Opportunities for Growth Identification of how much time it takes to accomplish the work and whether adequate resources and time have been set aside to provide the necessary support.

System Components Purpose Context Structures Functions Processes

Key Element 3: Performance Measurement What gets measured gets done!

Performance Measurement Infrastructure  Efficiency  Effectiveness Service Delivery  Implementation  Impact

Infrastructure Efficiency  Cost  Coordination  Integration  Alignment  Collaboration

Infrastructure Effectiveness  Timeliness  Responsiveness  Reaching our Target Customers  Customer Perceptions of added value

Service Delivery Implementation  Did we do what we said we would do by the time we said we would do it?  What evidence / artifacts do we have?

Service Delivery Impact  What difference did it make as measured by movement on the Rubrics?  What does the District do or have now that it did not do or have before?  What evidence / artifacts do we have?

Performance Measurement Impact Measures  Improvement of student achievement demonstrated on formative and summative assessments  Movement within state designations  Movement regarding Adequate Yearly Progress rating

Continuous Improvement Metric Systems for data collection  System to Achieve Results with Students (STARS)  Comprehensive Continuous Improvement Plan (CCIP)  Elluminate – tracks virtual meetings  Camtasia – tracks recorded video professional development

Continuous Improvement Metric District Portfolio Summary  Artifacts not collected electronically  Focus on telling the District’s story  Progress to date  Barriers to progress  Potential strategies to address barriers

Continuous Improvement Metric Quarterly Implementation  Data collection and reporting  Data validation by Teams  Cut score for each indicator established  Corrective Action Plans as required

Opportunities for Growth Identification of measures to assess quality of service providers  Content knowledge  Process knowledge  Credentialing

Opportunities for Growth Narrowing the number of measures and determining which measures are most critical and will yield the greatest improvement

Opportunities for Growth Refinement of evaluation of quality of the District Partnership Agreement document  Debate over whether we should assess the written plan or only the implementation of the plan with the District  How much time should we spend revising our written agreement with the District?

System Components Purpose Context Structures Functions Processes