The ABCs of CSI Continuous School Improvement

If nothing ever changed, there’d be no butterflies. Unknown

Structures & Processes Necessary for School Improvement  Shared Vision  Culture of Learning  Resources (Materials, Time, Support)  Teacher Growth & Development  Collective Responsibility for Student Learning through Monitoring Instruction and Implementing Innovation Spillane & Louis, 2002, p. 89

Betsy Baker, Director CP = Comprehensive Planning SIP = School Improvement Planning PBA = Project Based Assessment PCS = PA Core Standards SLO = Student Learning Objectives SPP = School Performance Profile SAS = Standards Aligned System PVAAS = PA Value Added Assessment System eMetric Teacher Effectiveness Principal Effectiveness RttT = Race to the Top (Grant) Serves as the primary curriculum liaison between PDE, CIU, & our school leaders Provides training and technical support regarding State & Federal Initiatives

Bethann McCain, Educational Consultant PIIC = PA Institute for Instructional Coaching PLN = Penn Literacy Network KtO = Keystones to Opportunity (Grant) LETRS = Language Essentials for Teaching Reading and Spelling ESL = English as a Second Language LDC = Literacy Design Collaborative CDT = Classroom Diagnostic Tools HEAT = Higher Order Thinking, Engaging Learning, Authentic Connections, Technology PowerTeaching Math Serves as the department expert on literacy, data, and instructional coaching Provides training for teachers and educational leaders and mentoring for coaches Coordinates the ESL Consortium

Kristen Baughman-Gray, Educational Consultant STEAM = Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, & Math EbD = Engineering ByDesign Galaxy MSP = Math & Science Partnership (Grant) MDC = Math Design Collaborative Online Consortium PowerTeaching Math HEAT = Higher Order Thinking, Engaging Learning, Authentic Connections, Technology Serves as department expert on science, technology, engineering, arts, & math Provides training for teachers & educational leaders Coordinates the Galaxy program & Online Consortium

Patti Rice, Administrative Assistant CPE = Continuing Professional Education PIL = PA Inspired Leadership Act 48 POs = Purchase Orders (for Galaxy) Invoices (for Galaxy & CPE) Professional Development Needs Assessment PSU McAllister Scholarship Serves as coordinator for CIU’s Continuing Professional Education Program, issuing CPE credits for educators across PA Issues PIL and Act 48 hours for all CIU departments and other agencies Provides administrative support for the Galaxy Program

Jamie Russler, Administrative Assistant elrnr = Electronic Learning Registration and Reporting Schoolwires POs = Purchase Orders (for CSI & CDT) Invoices (for CSI & CDT) APSI = Advanced Placement Summer Institute Fingerprinting Marketing CIU Safety Serves as the Administrative Assistant for the Department of Continuous School Improvement Provides administrative support for Bobbie Pfingstler, PDE Consultant for CDTs

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Student Learning Instruction Classroom Community School Professional Community Spillane & Louis, 2002, pp School Improvement

We don’t even know what skills may be needed in the years ahead. That is why we must train our young people in the fundamental fields of knowledge, and equip them to understand and cope with change. That is why we must give them the critical qualities of mind and durable qualities of character that will serve them in circumstances we cannot now even predict. John Gardner

Never settle for anything less than butterflies. Unknown

Reference Spillane, J., & Louis, K.S. (2002). School improvement processes and practices: Professional learning for building instructional capacity. In J. Murphy (Ed.), The educational leadership challenge: Redefining leadership for the 21 st century (Vol. 101, pp ). Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.