1. School Improvement Leadership: Determining Interventions CIA Team Denise Behrends Chad Dumas Beth McCracken December 15, 2011

2. Agenda Welcome Goals Update of Current Status Key Action 11 Overview Activity #11.1 Activity #11.2 Professional Learning Standards Activity #11.3 Activity #11.4 Summarizing and Assignment

3. Goals Experience the process of Key Action 11 Develop a plan for doing Key Actions 11 with your staff by February Begin thinking about effective professional learning practices (The Standards)

4. QAR Required Actions District Improvement Process: Establish and implement a process to develop a District Improvement Plan that provides a strategic direction for schools, departments and services. The process should involve all stakeholders in the development and alignment of District and School Improvement Plans to the mission and vision and include system-wide, measurable goals for student performance as well as frequent monitoring and communication on progress to stakeholders. Measuring Growth: Establish a process for evaluating the effectiveness and impact of improvement efforts across the district. The process should include clearly defined measurable goals and the use of comparative data to demonstrate progress in improving student performance and system effectiveness. Curriculum Development: Develop and implement a curriculum based on clear and measurable expectations for student learning. Components may include student performance outcomes, curriculum guides, concept maps, and common assessments. These components should be consistently formatted across the district.

5. Where Are We Going? District Improvement Alignment Professional Practice Plan SMART Goal All students will improve their _____skills in all curricular areas. (Specific Sub-skills) District-level Formal Channels for Input Advises the Director of CIA on matters related to District Improvement CEO: Chief Educational Officer All students will improve their ______ skills in all curricular areas. (Broad Achievement) Board of Education Superintendent District Improvement Management Team Student, Teacher, Parent, Community Advisory Building SI Leadership (Principal & SI Chairs) Building SI Team (with Student, Teacher, Parent, Community Advisory) Grade/Conten t-Level Team Teacher Grade/Conten t-Level Team Teacher Grade/Content -Level Team Teacher

7. Agenda Welcome Goals Update of Current Status Key Action 11 Overview Activity #11.1 Activity #11.2 Professional Learning Standards Activity #11.3 Activity #11.4 Summarizing and Assignment

8. Update of Current Status With another building: Summarize where your school has been this year with SI, including November 10 Share your building’s goal(s)

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10. Agenda Welcome Goals Update of Current Status Key Action 11 Overview Activity #11.1 Activity #11.2 Professional Learning Standards Activity #11.3 Activity #11.4 Summarizing and Assignment

11. Key Action 11 Read p. 63 – 69 Identify 3 Main Points Share 3 Main Points with someone from another school Report Out

12. Agenda Welcome Goals Update of Current Status Key Action 11 Overview Activity #11.1 Activity #11.2 Professional Learning Standards Activity #11.3 Activity #11.4 Summarizing and Assignment

13. Activity #11.1 Modeling of Steps 2 – 4 for Reading You do Steps 2 – 4 for other gaps Modeling of Steps 5 & 6 for Reading You do Steps 5 & 6 for other gaps 3 Elem/MS do Step 7 3 Elem/HS do Step 8 Report Out Plan how/when to do with your SI team/staff

14. Agenda Welcome Goals Update of Current Status Key Action 11 Overview Activity #11.1 Activity #11.2 Professional Learning Standards Activity #11.3 Activity #11.4 Summarizing and Assignment

15. Activity #11.2 Modeling of all Steps for Reading Use Data Two buildings per gap Use Data Report Out Plan how/when to do with your SI team/staff

16. Agenda Welcome Goals Update of Current Status Key Action 11 Overview Activity #11.1 Activity #11.2 Professional Learning Standards Activity #11.3 Activity #11.4 Summarizing and Assignment

17. Standards of Professional Learning Write down your three most important take- aways from thru p. 23 and 54 – 63 Identify how those take-aways apply to SI Share with someone from another building

18. Agenda Welcome Goals Update of Current Status Key Action 11 Overview Activity #11.1 Activity #11.2 Professional Learning Standards Activity #11.3 Activity #11.4 Summarizing and Assignment

19. Activity #11.3 Modeling of Activity #11.3 Plan how/when to do with your SI team/staff

20. Agenda Welcome Goals Update of Current Status Key Action 11 Overview Activity #11.1 Activity #11.2 Professional Learning Standards Activity #11.3 Activity #11.4 Summarizing and Assignment

21. Activity #11.4 Modeling of Activity #11.4 Plan how/when to do with your SI team/staff

22. Determine Next Steps As school leadership Summarize your plan for between now and February Report Out Homework: Read p. 24 – 50 by February