1. Strategic Performance Management and ESSA
A System of Interlaced Data and Responsive Supports
January 23, 2017
© 2016 Edvance Research, Inc.

2. Welcome
Dr. Carlas McCauley, Dr. Sam Redding and Andrew Morrill, Center on School Turnaround
Dr. Dean Nafziger, Dr. Allison Layland and Mark Williams, Building State Capacity and Productivity Center
Karen Dodd, Kentucky Department of Ed.
Outcome:
Increasing understanding of strategic performance management in the context of ESSA and systems of support.

3. Performance Management
“the systematic process by which an agency involves its employees…in improving organizational effectiveness in the accomplishment of agency mission and goals”
U.S. Office of Personnel Management (nd.)
“a strategic approach to improvement in which the entire organization shares the same set of objectives”
Nafziger (2013)

4. Strategic Performance Management
“. . . weds strategic planning with performance management in a living system that provides direction for people’s work while allowing for innovation and course adjustment to produce better results more efficiently.
Redding & Layland (2015)

5. ESSA and Performance Management
“Performance” in ESSA relates to students, teachers, or school outcomes
Performance Management (in regulations)
SEA plan to include a “system of performance management of SEA and LEA plans consistent with its consolidated state plan”

6. SPM Approach to ESSA Common planning and reporting elements to:
A System of Interlaced Data and Responsive Supports
Common planning and reporting elements to:
strategically manage performance across many organizations at different levels of the system
track progress in routine flow of -
Implementation data, and
Outcome (performance) data

7. The Common Elements Organizational Direction Mission Goals
Goal Performance Measures
Strategies
Strategy Performance Measures and Milestones
Operationalizing the Direction
Coordination and Milestone Assignment
Designing Actionable Work
Action Plans
Performance and Innovation Cycle
Review Cycle
Adjustment
Report-Telling the Story

8. Another Look Baselines Data Sources Targets Goal-aligned Strategies
Mission
Goals
Goal Measures
Performance Cycle and Reporting
Coordination & Milestone Assignment
Action Planning
Indicators
Data Sources
Baselines
Targets

9. Interlaced Data & Responsive Supports

10. To put it simply . . .
Each organization (SEA, LEA, school) develops the common elements with its own content
SEA, LEA and schools form a system of supports with interlaced data and technical assistance
Technical assistance is responsive to each organization’s needs based on data

11. Engaging in SPM
The SEA leads the development and implementation of SPM
Each organization develops the common elements with its own content
SEA, LEA and schools form a system of supports with interlaced data and technical assistance
Technical assistance is responsive to each organization’s needs based on data

12. Telling the System Story
Goal Measures
Strategy Measures
Completed Milestones
Outputs from Actions
Data at multiple levels forms a throughline or theme to tell the system’s as well as each organization’s performance story

13. Taking SPM into Account in ESSA Plans
Comments from Responders
Thoughts / Questions
Next SPM Learning Exchange
February 27 at 3:30 pm EST