1. Department of School Improvement
Promoting Excellence by Building Capacity and Maintaining Sustainability
Henrico County Public Schools
Ingrid Grant
Director of School Improvement

2. Purpose
The purpose of the Department of School Improvement is to assist schools in building capacity and sustainability in their drive for excellence to ensure state and federal requirements are met.

3. Improve Student Outcomes Build Sustainable Success
The goal of School Improvement will focus on supporting existing and facilitating future - School Improvement
Collaboration
Promote inquiry based improvement across schools to improve teaching and learning
Provide meaningful venue for sharing innovations for the benefit of all
Improve Student Outcomes
Increase student achievement in targeted schools
Increase On Time Graduation Rates
Build Sustainable Success
An effective, efficient data collection, and analysis process
Root cause analysis
Action planning and execution
Inquiry based improvement focuses closely on the skill gaps of struggling students, observes them in classrooms, and develops instruction to meet their learning targets
An effective, efficient data collection and analysis process: Schools succeed when staff understand clearly how to review measures of performance and correlate those to their own instructional practice.
Root cause analysis: Identifying the root causes of poor student performance, eliminating those that are outside of the control of the school division and focusing intensely on those remaining.
Action planning and execution: Developing a clear action plan with accountability of individuals, timelines and measurements for fidelity.

4. Planning for Success Essential Elements:
Organizing
Planning
Implementing
Monitoring
Sustaining
Continuous Cycle for Improvement
Organizing - Clarify the purposes and desired outcomes of the school improvement team
Planning – Strategies, Resources and Actions Steps
Implementing - Intervention and tutorial with consistency and fidelity
Monitoring -monitoring making adjustment when needed after accessing student achievement and professional practice as defined in the improvement plan
Sustaining – Most importantly- Sustainability for continued success

5. Supports
Tiered Levels of Support for
School Improvement

6. School Improvement Schedule
Meeting Dates
Training/Modeling
Reflective Practices/Product
July 9 & 23
Scheduling
School’s Schedule
August 7* & 27
Data Analysis
Intervention Plan
September 10 & 24
CSIP/ Indistar Development
CSIP Plan / Indistar Plan
October 1 & 22
Teacher Evaluation
Example of Pre and Post Conferences
November 5 & 26
Benchmark Analysis
Plan of Action for Improvement
December 3 Mid-year Debrief
January 7 & 28
Effective Hiring Practices
Examples of Best Practices
February 4 & 25
Intervention Planning
Updated Intervention Plan
March 4 & 25
90 Day Remediation Plan
Remediation Plan
April 1 & 22
Non-renewal
Examples of Non-Renewals
May - Support in building during SOL Testing
June 24 End of Year Reflection
Accountability/Expectation

7. “The combination of three concepts constitutes the foundation for positive improvement results: meaningful teamwork; clear, measurable goals; and the regular collection and analysis of performance data.” ~Mike Schmoker