1. Learn More about your School — to Change it!
A Webinar for Parents, Families, and Advocates in Illinois about Using Information to Advocate for School Change

2. Welcome
Rosazlia (Rose) Grillier, CO-Chair of POWER-PAC Illinois Felipa Mena, Co-chair of POWER-PAC Illinois

3. How can we engage to make schools better and more equitable in Illinois?
With a goal of liberation, support, and success for all students – particularly our most vulnerable children – this is a key moment for families and parents to get involved in improving schools.
Today: Focusing on learning more!
Kedda Williams, Deputy Director
Partners for Each and Every Child, A Project of The Opportunity Institute

4. On-site Participants:
What makes a "good school"?
On-site Participants:
Webinar-Only Participants:
Call out your ideas! Your facilitator will add to the word cloud.
Go to PollEv.com/oppinst040 to enter your answers!

5. The New Illinois School Report Card
Patrick Payne, Illinois State Board of Education

6. The Illinois Report Card
Released Annually on October 31
Required by state statute and federal guidance
Shares performance data, school environment data, offers compare school feature
Every public school, district, and state
There are two versions:
Illinois Interactive Report Card:
Classic Report Card

7. New This Year: Summative Designation
Exemplary
Schools performing in the top 10 percent of schools statewide, with no underperforming student groups.
Commendable
A school that has no underperforming student groups, a graduation rate greater than 67 percent, and whose performance is not in the top 10 percent of schools statewide.
Underperforming
A school in which one or more student groups is performing at or below the level of the “all students” group in the lowest performing 5 percent of schools.
Lowest Performing
A school that is in the lowest-performing 5 percent of schools in Illinois and any high school with a graduation rate of 67 percent or less.
More Information

8. New This Year: Funding Tiers
Capacity to Meet Expectations
Adequacy Target
Local Capacity
More Information

9. On-site Participants:
How do you know
what is going on in
your child’s school?
Its needs, priorities,
and strengths?
On-site Participants:
Webinar-Only Participants:
Discuss your ideas! Your facilitator will add to the word cloud.
Go to PollEv.com/oppinst040 to enter your answers!

10. Comprehensive Needs Assessments
Allison Sherman, Illinois State Board of Education

11. IL-EMPOWER is the statewide system of accountability and support that empowers schools with choice and voice in the school improvement process. Schools, districts, partners, and ISBE will work collaboratively to promote shifts in practice and build capacity.

12. Guiding Principles
Capacity development in the areas of Governance and Management, Curriculum and Instruction, and Climate and Culture
Differentiated supports, customized for local context
Focus on equity within every school and for each and every child
Continuous growth and development for results as an iterative process
Shift from doing to schools to doing with schools
Assumes positive intent

13. Prioritizing Needs for School Improvement
A NEED is a gap between the present state and the desired state.
A NEEDS ASSESSMENT measures those gaps by using a systematic set of procedures that allows the eventual prioritization of needs.

14. IL Quality Framework and Supporting Rubric
Continuous Improvement Culture and Climate Shared Leadership Governance Education and Employee Equity Family and Community Connections Student and Learning Development
Reach Out to Your School
What type of school improvement efforts are underway in our school?
How can I support our school in its improvement activities?
How can I share my feedback?

15. Be Informed https://www.isbe.net/Pages/Support-Accountability.aspx
Visit ISBE’s Support and Accountability Webpage
Latest ESSA, IL-EMPOWER, and Report Card Updates
Access the IL State ESSA Plan
Read Stories of Success

16. Why Now?
School improvement starts with “learning more,” looking closely to ensure that all students have the same opportunity to succeed - What information is available to us?
Kedda Williams, Deputy Director
Partners for Each and Every Child, A Project of The Opportunity Institute

17. This Year in Illinois October: School Report Cards
Fall: Needs Assessments

18. Your Voice is Essential
-What would you like to change about your school?
-What programs, classes, or committees would
you like to be involved in?
-What does your school do well? Can it grow or
be available to more students/families/staff?

19. Telling our stories to advocate for our kids
Lynn Morton, Co-Chair of POWER-PAC Illinois, Emeritus WomAn of God’s Design Ministry

20. On-site Participants:
Q & A
On-site Participants:
Webinar-Only Participants:
Raise your hand to pose a question to the group
Type your questions into the Webinar chat box

21. Thank you! Still have questions for ISBE? reportcard@isbe.net
Rosazlia (Rose) Grillier CO-Chair POWER-PAC Illinois
Still have questions for ISBE?