1. Principal Scaled Leadership

2. Assistant Superintendent
Scaled Leadership
Dr. David K. Moore
Assistant Superintendent
School Improvement Overview

3. Outcome Statements
Review the School Responsibilities for the AdvancED Accreditation Process
Introduce the 7 School Quality Factors (SQFs)
Align our MDCPS Practices to the SQFs
Determine what Constitutes High Quality Evidence

4. Phase 1 (all schools) Phase 2 (selected schools)
Completed diagnostic on SQFs on eProve
One piece of evidence per SQF uploaded
Description of each attachment
School site visits for selected schools
Preparation for school-site visits
Principal Interviews
Preparation for Interviews
Overview
Responsibilities
Purpose for today
Phase 1: Surveys on SQF, 1 piece of evidence from their school per SQF, Respond within the comment area providing further information on the evidence they selected
Phase 2: approx 60 schools will be selected to be visited, they will be notified, they will be provided prep for the observation and what
62 schools will be visited and 36 additional principals will be interviewed by the team. There will be a separate training for those schools being visited to discuss process and ELEOT observation standards and alignment to the FEI.

5. AdvancED School Quality Factors (SQFs) Diagnostic
Clear Direction
Healthy Culture
High Expectations
Impact of Instruction
Resource Management
Efficacy of Engagement
Implementation Capacity
9-12 Questions per SQF
Completed Collaboratively
1 Piece of Evidence per SQF
Connection Summary per Evidence
Let’s not think too much on the AdvancED language. Let’s focus on how these factors align to our MDCPS practices.
This activity will allow us to think of this as a crosswalk between the 2.
Jig Saw with numbered heads, 1-7.
Read the definition of one of the Seven Factors to get the gist, brainstorm and record several actions at the school site that align to this factor. After 10 mins ask each group member to share out their findings with the group. Each participant will take notes on the handout and add other ideas.
We shared with our groups the aligned MDCPS practices for each SQFs. So let’s practice what the expectation is for you to do at your school sites with your leadership team. For the sake of this presentation and practice we are going to guide you through the process using Resource Management. You already shared out the MDCPS practices aligned to this SQF. Let’s share out.

6. AdvancED 7 School Quality Factors (SQFs)
Clear Direction
Healthy Culture
High Expectations
Impact of Instruction
Resource Management
Efficacy of Engagement
Implementation Capacity
Let’s not think too much on the AdvancED language. Let’s focus on how these factors align to our MDCPS practices.
This activity will allow us to think of this as a crosswalk between the 2.
Jig Saw with numbered heads, 1-7.
Read the definition of one of the Seven Factors to get the gist, brainstorm and record several actions at the school site that align to this factor. After 10 mins ask each group member to share out their findings with the group. Each participant will take notes on the handout and add other ideas.
We shared with our groups the aligned MDCPS practices for each SQFs. So let’s practice what the expectation is for you to do at your school sites with your leadership team. For the sake of this presentation and practice we are going to guide you through the process using Resource Management. You already shared out the MDCPS practices aligned to this SQF. Let’s share out.

7. School Quality Factor MDCPS Aligned Practices
Resource Management
Budget Conferences
Title 1/3 Budgets
Interventions (Plans, Funding)
Technology
Grants
Instructional Coaches
Before/After/Saturday School Tutorials
School Quality
Factor
MDCPS Aligned Practices
Here is a list of some of the MDCPS practices you may have thought of during the brainstorming. Describe each one.
Hone in on the strongest practice (interventions due to the use of funds and human capital).
(2 minutes) At your tables, write down all the evidence that demonstrates that intervention takes place at your school (list in the column labeled Possible Artifacts).

8. Evidence
Evidence can be an artifact/document, a chart, a link to a picture/video/website, etc.
Intervention calendars/schedules
OPM data/tracker
Hiring/Training of Interventionists
L25 Learning Gains data
Purchase of resources to be used with intervention students
Three year trend data
Share out
Here is a sample of the pieces of evidence you may have mentioned
Look at the list and let’s consider the evidence. How do we evaluate the evidence presented?

9. Initiate Improve Impact
Continuum for Selecting Quality
Evidence
Initiate Improve Impact
Demonstrates engagement and quality of implementation
New System
Demonstrates the use of results to support improvement, particularly results over time
Implementation & Analysis
Demonstrates changes to professional practices and organizational culture
Impacted Student Learning
AdvancED has a continuum to assist in determining the evidence that is high-quality and results-based.
Review parts of continuum
Participants should consider:
Initiate: focus on structure/implementation of practice/process; CIM (Share an example- schedule of intervention schedule)
Improve: focus on building efficacy of practice/process; final impact on student learning (Share an example- data trackers)
Impact: practice/process has resulted in impact on student learning (Share an example- 3 year trend data)
Let participants know the expectation is:
-5 out of 7 of the SQFs should lie between the improve and impact levels (sustainability between practice and impact)
- initiate can be considered if there is powerful practice which will result in student impact (primary and secondary essential practices)
- at least one piece of evidence should be uploaded for each SQF
Groups refer to their note-taking sheet- Resource Management list and identify evidence that falls into impact. Share out.
Let’s look at our list of evidence for Resource Management. Is there any evidence at the Impact level?

10. Evidence Intervention calendars/schedules OPM data/tracker
Hiring/Training of Interventionists
L25 learning gains data
Purchase of resources to be used with intervention students
Three year trend data
Which one do you consider at the Impact level?

11. Initiate Improve Impact
Resource Management- Intervention
Initiate Improve Impact
Intervention Schedules
Hiring/Training of Interventionists
Purchase of resources to be used with intervention students
Ongoing Progress Monitoring (OPM)
Data Trackers
Three Year Trend Data
L 25 Learning Gains
Share Out Table Findings
Evidence provided should only reflect the progress of the practice within the continuum. If the practice is at the impact level then evidence should not include initiate or improve.
Discuss Chart and why in each section

12. Connection Summary
In conjunction with the attachment (evidence) selected for each SQF, a description is required under the Comments/Insights/Summary section.
Comments/Insights/Summary should include:
An explanation of the evidence and what it represents.
An overview of action that has led to the current level of implementation (Initiate, Improve, Impact).
The connection to the SQF.
Attachments section should include:
A brief statement describing the artifact.
*All artifacts uploaded at the end of the diagnostic.
Requirement- This is the narrative of the evidence selected.
A short narrative paragraph. Share sample.

13. Example of Evidence Attachment & Narrative
Make sure narrative aligns to SQF that MDCPS practice aligns to

14. Let’s Practice... Share Outs
Think of your Academic Programs Sustained Practice
Align it to an SQF
Identify all types of evidence for this practice
Select the evidence that falls closest to the Impact level
Practice writing the connection summary for the evidence selected
Share at your table
(If time)
When groups share out, participants add to the last column of the SQF, possible artifacts.
Give out “Cheat Sheet” handout
Share Outs

15. Weekly Briefing will provide information regarding:
eProve
Weekly Briefing will provide information regarding:
Accessing eProve
Completing the SQF Diagnostic
Uploading all Artifacts

16. Important Dates Middle of October Briefing with details on SQF
Diagnostic
Middle of November
Selected principals for school site visits and interviews will be notified
Beginning of December
AdvancED available for Diagnostic and upload
December 19th
AdvancED eProve Diagnostic, Artifact upload and Summary Connections completed
We’re not sure on these dates

17. Questions?
All AdvancED training materials will be available on OSI.dadeschools.net