Module 1: CIP Basics

1. Module 1: CIP Basics Contents of Module: • Purposes of the CIP • Roles of LEA, Principal, and CIP Team and Timeline • Identifying the Team • eCIP Basic Information • Importance of Clear Communication of the Plan • What Does CIP Success Look Like?

2. CIP Basics Foundational Knowledge/Purposeful Planning

3. Turn and Talk “think a number of moves ahead as you gather as much information as you possibly can” What could this chess strategy have in common with the complete CIP Process ?

4. CIP: Intentional Focus Success is the intentional, pre-meditated use of choice and decision. Unless you choose – with certainty- what it is you want, you accept table scraps by default! Goals: The 10 Rules for Achieving Success by Gary Ryan Blair

5. Continuous Improvement Plan • A concise instrument that can help communicate and establish expectations. • A written plan that represents a real commitment. Without a commitment, a goal is only a dream. • A mechanism for inspecting what you expect.

6. CIP Basics Roles and Responsibilities of the LEA, Principal, and CIP Team

7. Responsibilities of the LEA • Schools have well written plans, communicated to all stakeholders, approved by the Board, and approved by the Superintendent by the SDE plan submission date • SI Schools are implementing, reviewing, and amending the plan seven times during the year

8. Responsibilities of the LEA • SI Schools are sending written summaries of each review to the LEA for documentation and monitoring purposes • LEA is filling in the comment log after each SI review • LEA is assisting schools in next steps as a result of monitoring, amendments of the plan, and the review process as a whole

9. Responsibilities of the Principal • Work with the LEA to schedule and conduct the seven reviews • Select the appropriate personnel to be a part of the CIP/leadership team • Lead the process: writing, communicating, implementing, monitoring, reflecting, etc

10. Responsibilities of the Principal • Provide the SIS, LEA, and leadership team with explicit feedback after each review • Evaluate not just the implementation of the plan but also it’s effectiveness by continuously leading the team to analyze data

11. CIP Basics Identifying the CIP Team

12. Identifying the Team If we get the right people on the bus, the right people in the right seats, and the wrong people off the bus, then we’ll figure out how to take it someplace great. Core Content Teachers Counselor, Special Ed Parents, Students, Community Planners, Motivators Principal, Asst Principal

13. CIP Team Timeline

14. CIP Basics eCIP Basic Information

15. The Electronic CIP (eCIP) Who writes an eCIP? • All Title I schools • All schools in Improvement Templates available: • Title I Schoolwide • Title I Targeted Assistance • Non Title

16. To access the eCIP: Electronic Continuous Improvement Plan www.alsdecip.com

18. Initial Information Part 1: Needs Assessment Part 2: Goal to Address Academic Needs Part 3: Goal to Address AMAO/ELP Needs Part 4: Strategies to Address Safety, Classroom Management/Discipline and Supportive Environments Part 5: Components to Satisfy Federal Requirements Part 6: Parental Involvement Plan Part 7: Professional Learning Needs Part 8: Budget

20. Part IX- Review/Support Documentation

22. CIP Basics Effective Communication of the Plan

24. CIP Basics What Does CIP Success Look Like?