1. Quality Comprehensive Improvement System
Tools to Support the Leadership Team
JoAnn Moore
School Improvement Specialist
Metro RESA
October 28, 2015

2. Learning Target
Participants will understand a process for leadership teams to utilize QCIS to create reports, agendas and minutes to monitor the school improvement process.

3. What is QCIS?
A continuous school improvement planning process built on straight forward and research-based practices that:
Targets the actions of adults that make a difference to students and their learning.
Looks at the everyday practices of teaching, leading, learning and developing.

4. The work of the leadership team
Data Analysis
The school leadership team analyzes a variety of data to make decisions, solve problems, and implement the school improvement process.
HANDOUT 1

5. The work of the leadership team
Mission and Vision Alignment
The work of the leadership team aligns with its established purpose and vision of continuous school improvement.
HANDOUT 1

6. The work of the leadership team
Monitoring
Utilize questions as a means to monitor the implementation of initiatives and evaluate their impact on student achievement and instructional effectiveness.
Where are we now?
Where are we going?
How will we get there?
HANDOUT 1

7. How does QCIS support school improvement?

8. School Improvement Process
QCIS Process
School Improvement Process
Discuss with the participants how the school improvement and QCIS process align.
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9. Navigating QCIS

10. Accessing the Reports Select Georgia School Performance Standards
Log into indistar.org
Practice Site Username:
gaschool
Password:
Select Georgia School Performance Standards

11. Accessing the Reports
Next, select the Navigation Toolbar at the top right side of the page.

12. Accessing the Reports
Select the Reports tab

13. Accessing the Reports
Choose the report that best fits your needs.

14. Accessing Agendas & Minute
From the Toolbar, select Team Agendas and Minutes

15. Meeting Agenda
Note:
All Focus and Priority Schools are required to utilize QCIS to create LT meeting agendas and minutes
Click to create a meeting agenda

16. Leadership Team Meeting

17. Leadership Standard 6
Leadership Standard 6: Establishes and supports a data- driven school leadership team that is focused on student learning

18. Professional Learning Standard 6
Meeting Simulation
Standards Discussed at the LT Meeting
Curriculum Standard 1
Uses a systematic collaborative planning process so that teachers share an understanding of expectations for standards, curriculum, assessment, and instruction
Professional Learning Standard 6
Monitors and evaluates the impact of professional learning on staff practices and student learning

19. Task In your handout, review
Indicator Checklist Report HANDOUT 2
Leadership Team Meeting Agenda HANDOUT 3
Review Section VII, Other Business HANDOUT 3
With your table group, discuss possible next steps for the leadership team.
What tasks could be created for Standard C-1 that are aligned to the work and standards currently addressed by this school?
Be prepared to report out.

20. Creating the Meeting Minutes

21. Click on the meeting date

22. Select tab 3

23. Select team members in attendance
Type in your guests

24. Record team actions

25. Complete Next Meeting and Adjourned Time
Click Save

26. Core Idea
“What really makes education effective is well-leveraged leadership that ensures great teaching to guarantee great learning.”
Leverage Leadership
by Paul Bambrick-Santoyo

27. Next Steps
Share the leadership team login with all leadership team members.
Review the reports that are available on QCIS to determine the appropriate report to use with various school teams.
Utilize QCIS to create leadership team meeting agendas and minutes

28. QUESTIONS?

29. Quality Comprehensive Improvement System
Tools to Support the Leadership Team
JoAnn Moore
School Improvement Specialist
Metro RESA
October 28, 2015