1. Michigan’s Approach to the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
Presentation/Panel at MAS/FPS
Venessa A. Keesler, Ph.D.
Deputy Superintendent, Division of Educator, Student and School Supports
11/8/2018

2. Today’s Presentation Brief Overview of Stakeholder Engagement Process
Summary of Timeline and Feedback Period
Overview of Key Concepts from Action Teams
11/8/2018

3. Guiding Principles for ESSA
At the core of our plan needs to be the student—their opportunity to learn, to access meaningful services to support their lives, and their ability to successfully transition into their lives after their PK-12 experience.
Assessment, accountability, systems of supports, professional learning, funding—all of these things are vehicles and mechanisms to help us achieve this goal, but are not the end goals themselves.
This plan is a vehicle to enact the goals articulated in Michigan’s Top 10 in 10 plan.
Our theory of action: With the student at the center, we can leverage the supports and resources of not only the MDE but also a wider range of organizations to provide high-quality, targeted supports to those most in need, while also providing excellent core supports and assistance to all schools and districts. This will lead to increased student outcomes, measured not only by test scores but also by factors related to their safety, well-being, access to resources, and experience as a learner and a citizen.

4. Michigan’s Journey Strategic Vision Development Top 10 in 10
Vision committees (accountability, assessment, funding)
Initial Plan Development
May-October 2016
Cycles of development and feedback
Finalize and Submit
November- December 2016
Interact with federal guidance
Implementation
Official USED plan due in Spring 2017; we will be ready before then
Implementation planning begins January 2017
A detailed MI ESSA Timeline is located on the ESSA web page at under the State Plan Development button.

5. Stakeholder Engagement
Website:
Key highlights:
Plan development structure
List of external stakeholders participating
11/8/2018

6. Structure of our Work

7. External Partners Participating in MDE’s ESSA Work
AFT-Michigan Cole Academy Ferris State University
Ingham ISD
Michigan Association of Administrators of Special Education (MAASE)
American Charter Education Services
Communities in Schools of Flushing Community Schools Michigan
Genesee ISD
Jackson Preparatory & Early College
Ann Arbor Public Schools Bay Mills Community College
Corunna Schools Dearborn Public Schools
Kalamazoo Public Schools Kalamazoo RESA
Michigan Association of Colleges of Teacher Education (MACTE)
Michigan Association of Intermediate School Administrators (MAISA)
Grand Ledge Public Schools
Grand Rapids Area Chamber of
Commerce
Bloomfield Hills Schools
Delta-Schoolcraft ISD
Kenowa Hills Public Schools
Business Leaders for Michigan
Detroit Regional Chamber
Grand Rapids Public Schools
Kent ISD
Michigan Association of Nonpublic Schools (MANS)
Cadillac Area Public Schools
Diocese of Kalamazoo
Great Lakes Comprehensive Center
Lenawee ISD
Calhoun ISD
Directors and Representatives of Teacher Education Programs (DARTEP)
Macomb ISD
Michigan Association of Public
School Academies (MAPSA)
Great Lakes Education Project
(GLEP)
Calvin College
Center for Educational Networking
Macomb ISD/Fitzgerald Public Schools
Michigan Association of School Administrators (MASA)
Michigan Association of School Boards (MASB)
East Lansing School Board
Hampton Consulting
Eastern Upper Peninsula ISD Hart Public schools Education Achievement Authority Hemlock Public Schools
Marquette-Alger RESA
Central Michigan University - Center for Charters
Michigan Afterschool Partnership
Education Trust Midwest Excellent Schools Detroit
Holland Public Schools Holton Public Schools
Michigan Association of School
Nurses (MASN)
Char-Em ISD
Clarkston Community Schools
Michigan Assessment Consortium
Michigan Association for Media Educators (MAME)
Continued next page
Clawson School Board
Farmington Public Schools
Hudsonville Schools

8. External Partners Participating in MDE’s ESSA Work, continued
Michigan Association of School Psychologists (MASP)
Michigan Community College Michigan PTA Association (MCCA)
Oakland Schools
State School Reform/Redesign Office (SRO)
Michigan School Business Officials (MSBO)
Michigan School Public Relations Association (MSPRA)
Office of Governor Rick Snyder
Michigan Association of School Social Workers (MASSW)
Michigan Council of Charter School Authorizers (MCCSA)
Onsted Community Schools Orchard Lake Middle School
Talent 2025
Traverse Bay Area ISD
Michigan Association of Secondary School Principals (MASSP)
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
Troy Board of Education
Michigan Senate
Ottawa Area ISD
Michigan Education Association (MEA)
Utica Schools
Michigan Association of State and Federal Program Specialists (MAS/FPS)
Michigan State University
Ovid-Elsie Public Schools
Van Buren Public Schools
Michigan Elementary and Middle Michigan State University - K-12
Port Huron Public Schools
Washtenaw ISD WAVE Washtenaw Wayne RESA
Outreach
Reeths-Puffer Schools Rochester Community Schools
School Principals Association (MEMSPA)
Michigan Association of State Universities (MASU)
Michigan's Children
Michigan House of
Middle Cities Education Association
Michigan Association of Teacher Representatives Educators (MATE)
Saginaw ISD
Wayne State University
Michigan Independent Colleges & Universities (MICU)
Monroe County ISD Monroe County ISD/MCTM
SHAPE Michigan
Michigan Center for Educational Performance and Information (CEPI)
West Michigan Talent Triangle
Shiawassee RESD / MERA
Michigan Independent Educator Preparation Institutions (MIEPI)
Wyoming Public Schools
South Lake Schools
Muskegon ISD
South Lyon Community Schools St. Louis Schools
Michigan Chamber of
Commerce
Michigan College Access Network (MCAN)
Michigan League for Public Policy (MLPP)
Michigan Parents for Schools
Newaygo County RESA
Novi Schools

9. Key Ideas: Driving Supports to Highest-Need Districts

10. Accountability: To Drive Intensive Supports
Quadrant system
A-F grading system
Transparency reporting
Additional indicator of quality

11. Partnership Districts

12. Partnership Model
Individual plans for these partnership districts that focus on holistic supports
MDE sits with the district, their school board, the ISD, the education organizations, community organizations, other state agencies and determines a full package of supports
Early brainstorming of supports includes:
Academic supports
Wraparound services (social/emotional; physical/mental health; food and nutrition)
Safety and climate/culture supports
Special funding considerations

13. Supporting All Districts
All districts receive policy roll-out and support around Top 10 in 10 initiatives
Best practice, model policy, other supports as identified
Clear guidance and supports

14. Supporting All Districts
Achievement Gaps
Still need to maintain a focus on groups of students who are falling behind, who will get lost in the “average”
African-American Males
Low-income Students
Need appropriate identification but more importantly—need to use these as lenses throughout our goals
Integrate into the core work; do not treat as disconnected “initiatives”

15. To Implement this Vision, We Need:
Changes to the assessment system
Greater focus on growth; transition to benchmark assessments in certain grades
Grades 3-7: benchmark assessments, plus a writing component
Once in elementary and once in middle school: “summative” assessments and problem-solving/teamwork
Innovative assessment pilot to develop a problem-solving/teamwork assessment
College/career ready “on track” data through high school
Age-appropriate and developmentally appropriate assessment in 1-2
Supporting schools/districts in using best practices to understand kindergarten readiness

16. To Implement this Vision, We Need:
Different approach to how we leverage our federal funding (and state funding)
Do not hand out funds by Title program without coordination
Pool all funds and distribute to support key goals of Top 10 in 10 (as articulated in ESSA)
New, innovative uses of “state activities” portions of the grants
Changes in federal funding streams

17. To Implement this Vision, We Need
A prepared and supported workforce to implement
ESSA does not REQUIRE educator evaluations
However, it does provide us with the opportunity to leverage new funds in support of professional learning
Connection to Michigan’s Plan to Ensure Equitable Access

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