1. Smarter School Spending Community of Practice
Online Meeting, December 15, 2017
OPENING REFLECTION
What impact is the Dashboard having on your work?
(Please try to choose 1 discrete/concrete way)

2. OPENING DISCUSSION What impact is the Dashboard having on your work?
(Please try to choose 1 discrete/concrete way)
Heather facilitate:
Please share your name, org, title. What’s one way the Dashboard is impacting your work? Challenges you’re facing, ways you’re getting staff up to speed, how you’re incorporating. TRYING TO KEEP THIS SMALL/CONCRETE/ JUST 1 WAY

3. Interlaced Data and Responsive Supports
Allison Layland, ph.D.

4. Strategic Performance Network
Maintains autonomy of each organization in setting its direction, however operational procedures include common elements
Creates implementation and performance data at multi-organization levels
Adds a multiplier effect to the potency of the whole system as well as each organization
Creates rapid circuits of information through interlaced data that activate responsive supports

5. The Organization, External influencers, and Clients
In any organization, SPM adopts the characteristics of a system, both in terms of the organization’s internal operations and its relationship to external influences and external beneficiaries of its services.
SPM considers the operations and relationships in two ways. First the organization itself, its clients and external influencers.
Who are the clients of districts? Who are the external Influencers? The arrows express the relationships, flow of information and communication.
Redding, S., & Layland, A. (2017). Strategic performance for your branch: Organizing people and their work in an LEA or SEA division or strand. San Antonio, TX: Building State Capacity and Productivity Center

6. The Organization within an Education System
What view is most important to you as you think of the LCAP? Why?
Redding, S., & Layland, A. (2017). Strategic performance for your branch: Organizing people and their work in an LEA or SEA division or strand. San Antonio, TX: Building State Capacity and Productivity Center

7. System of Interlaced Data
Common Elements
Goals (and goal performance measures)
Strategies (and strategy performance measures)
Milestones (implementation measures)
Actions (implementation measures)
Coded Elements
Strategies related milestones and actions are clustered or coded based on identified priorities or focus areas.
Coding common elements between levels of organizations allows the system to data to identify needed supports at multiple levels of the system keep the system improving.
Thinking of the LCAP and School Academic Plans, what themes or focus areas would be of interest or might be important to code to examine the relationship between the district and its schools?

8. SPSA Aligned to the LCAP
Common Elements
LCAP
Goals related to State and Local Priorities
Required Metrics for each Priority Area
Actions and Services
Expenditures
Consistency with School Accountability Report Card
SPSA Aligned to the LCAP
Annual Goals aligned to the LCAP
Strategies
Actions
Expenditures
These are some that I identified when examining a few LCAPS and school plans.
Thinking of the LCAP and School Academic Plans, what themes or focus areas would be of interest or might be important to code to examine the relationship between the district and its schools?

9. Sharing
Thinking of the LCAP and School Academic Plans, what themes or focus areas would be of interest or might be important to code to examine the relationship between the district and its schools?

10. Example Anywhere School District Summary
18 schools (three high schools, one alternative education high school, two middle schools, three K-8 schools and nine K-5 elementary schools)
16, 576 students
More than 767 teachers
76% of students on free and reduced lunch
This is a district that could be anywhere in the state of California.

11. Example – Current LCAP
Goal 2: Data-Informed Professional Learning Strategy: Implementation of Standards, Curriculum and Assessment
What effective practices will teachers be doing as a result for the professional learning?
How will we know that instruction and learning is improving as a result of the practice?
What is the intended impact of professional learning on student outcomes?
Here is our example of a strategy. This is a common one as there is a tendency to focus on professional learning or development to change practice. Let’s look deeper into this intended work.

12. Theory of Action If we… then… and …
The practice we want to implement in pursuit of a student-focused goal
The immediate impact on adult practice
The long-term impact on student learning or behavior
If we…
then…
and …
If we provide professional learning standards-based aligned curriculum and resources, instructional strategies, and effective lesson design, then teachers will provide high quality, rigorous personalized instruction, and students will meet their annual growth targets.

13. Actions Goal 2: Data-Informed Professional Learning
Strategy: Implementation of Standards, Curriculum and Assessment
Actions:
Professional Learning on ELA/ELD programs
Professional learning on math content knowledge and instructional strategies
Professional learning on lesson design, aligned resources and instructional strategies

14. How would the district professional learning actions relate to each school?
Same Two Schools
School A
Goal 1: Proficiency level on the CST for ELA will improve from 46 percent to percent school-wide and from percent to 26.8 percent for English learners.
Strategy: Implement a school-wide reading intervention program
Actions:
Identify struggling readers and select a reading program
Implement and evaluate the reading program
School B
Goal 1: Student performance on CST ELA will increase by 3%.
Strategy: Implement an instructional model with data-informed decision making, consistent lesson design and delivery, and evidence- based strategies and interventions
Actions:
Provide professional learning on using formative assessment data to make instructional decisions
Implement a consistent lesson design format and online lesson plan system
How might we code plans to examine progress and impact?

15. Modeling Goal 1: Equitable Access to Rigorous High-Level Programs
Strategy: Implementation of College and Career Readiness Initiatives
Action 1a. 2. Increase access to rigorous academic programs
What are we, the district, going to do? Why?
What is the intended impact on school or educator practice? How will we know?
What is the intended impact of professional learning on student outcomes?
If we..,
Then …,
and ….

16. Reflection
What are your thoughts about the process we just did with Madera?
What are your ideas or concerns about applying this in your context?

17. Coding – LCAP/SPSA Possibilities
Based on Priorities
Priority 1: Basic
Priority 2: State Standards
Priority 3: Parent Involvement
Priority 4: Pupil Achievement
Priority 5 Pupil Engagement
Priority 6: School Climate
Priority 7: Course Access
Priority 8: Other Pupil Outcomes
Priority 9: Expelled Students
Priority 10: Foster Youth
Monthly, Quarterly, Biannually:
How many actions were completed in each priority area?
Is there evidence that adult practice is changing?
What is the impact on student learning?
Equity
Professional Learning
Instruction (S-A-C-I)
Resources and Alignment
Family and Community
Climate and Culture

18. Monitoring Teams determine steps to complete each action
Professional Learning on ELA/ELD programs
Professional learning on math content knowledge and instructional strategies
Professional learning on lesson design, aligning resources and instructional strategies
Monthly: Teams discuss and report progress on the steps
Leadership reviews progress reports
Quarterly: Leadership reviews progress, outputs, and challenges
Adjustments are made and supports identified
How often is progress being discussed now? What are the key points being reviewed or discussed? Is this enough? Why or Why not?

19. Annual Report LCAP Goal 1: Data-Informed Professional Learning
Strategy: Implementation of Standards, Curriculum and Assessment
PLANNED
ACTUAL
EXPENDITURES
RATING/QUESTIONS
Professional Learning on ELA/ELD programs
Professional learning on lesson design, aligned resources and instructional strategies
Primary literacy specialists are at 12 of the 18 schools
Of the 12 schools, 7 completed their actions related to implementing instruction based on standards-aligned curriculum
Planned expenditures and expected expenditures match with the exception of $9,348 due to salary differences of the specialists
What questions might you have if you read this in the district’s summary report? How would you rate the year’s work in this area?

20. Application
How could these concepts be applied in you districts or schools?
What would be the greatest challenge?
What questions do you have?
What concepts do you want to explore further?

21. Next Steps Resources available at http://sss-cop.org/
Monthly virtual meetings scheduled for 3rd Friday of the month from 1:30-3pm through Feb
March in-person meeting in San Francisco (Doodle poll at )