Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org District and School Planning Division of School and District Effectiveness Georgia Department Of Education

Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Stephanie Benedict-IndiStar Keith Barnett-South Area School Assessment Specialist-GaDOE Lyn Wenzel-Metro West Region Lead-GaDOE Presenters

Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Purpose of School Improvement Planning Process …to be a comprehensive system that aligns with the Georgia School Performance Standards and serves as a support resource for all schools.

Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Purpose of District Strategic Planning Process …to be a comprehensive system that aligns with the Georgia District Performance Standards and serves as a support resource for all districts in their service of schools.

Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Purpose of Presentation  Make you aware of the school and district planning tools available to all Georgia school leaders  Show you where to find the tools  Provide examples of the tasks you can accomplish using these tools

Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Bell Ringer Discuss this scenario with your elbow partner and share your thoughts with those at your table: You are serving as a member of a school or district assessment team. Beyond reviewing a multi-page printed or electronic copy of the school or district improvement plan, what artifacts or evidence would you look for as valid indicators of effective planning processes?

Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org District Planning Resources Available on the GaDOE Website  GaDOE District Strategic Plan GaDOE District Strategic Plan  District Strategic Plan Template District Strategic Plan Template

Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org School Planning Packet Improvement-Services/Pages/School-Effectiveness.aspx Improvement-Services/Pages/School-Effectiveness.aspx

Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org School Improvement Planning Tools School Improvement Process CNA Plan Process Three Year Academic Profile (CNA) Three Year Academic Profile School Improvement Plan Template

Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Assess The comprehensive needs assessment plan is based on trend and summative data developed from the Comprehensive Needs Assessment 3-Yr Profile. The formulas will compute the information once you enter values in the yellow sections.Comprehensive Needs Assessment 3-Yr Profile This step is critical in creating a profile of the schools successes and areas of improvement. Once the data has been analyzed in the Comprehensive Needs Assessment, schools can reflect on the CCRPI categorized questions below to begin to assess the root causes within the data. Professional Learning needs should be determined within the analysis of your dataCCRPI categorized questions

Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Plan The Leadership Team creates the plan by developing focused SMART goals.SMART goals Actions, strategies and interventions are identified in this process. Actions, strategies and interventions Determine Artifacts and Evidence.Artifacts and Evidence Establish a system for implementing, monitoring, and assessing.

Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Implement Communicate Expectations Follow Incremental Steps Provide Resources and Professional Learning

Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Monitor Determine Progress Adjust Actions, Strategies, Interventions Evaluate Impact on Student Learning What evidence exists to show progress on SMART goals?

Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Accessing Planning Tools on the GaDOE Website 14 Halloween GHOSTS G gadoe.org H invisible like ghosts O offices and divisions S SDE T Templates and Tools S School or District Improvement Planning Tools

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Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Division of School and District Effectiveness Georgia Department Of Education