Providing Incentives and Recognizing Success

1. Providing Incentives and Recognizing Success Stephanie Bisson Larry Kugler Dr. Maureen Richel

2. “Regular public recognition of specific collaborative efforts, accomplished tasks, achieved goals, team learning, continuous improvement, and support for student learning remind staff of their collective commitment…” (Dufour, Dufour, Eaker, Many. 2006)

3. Celebrations and Recognitions: Opportunities to Convey Values Through Story-telling “The intention of stories is not just to entertain…They are intended to teach…they cause us to remember.” (Kouzes and Posner. 1999)

4. If you want to build a collaborative culture in your state, district, school… “Make teams the focus of recognition and celebration. Take every opportunity to acknowledge the efforts and accomplishments of teams.” (Dufour, DuFour, Eakers, and Many, 2006)

5. WEBINARS—GO TO MEETING • Professional Development

6. Ways to Celebrate Success With Indistar… • Celebrate Success Report • IndistarConnect • Certified School of Improved Performance—Indistar • Certified School Improvement Specialist—Indistar

9. Recognizing Improved Performance • The Institute for Improved Performance (TIfIP) will certify schools, principals, Leadership Team members, and coaches • Application Form and Standards are on Flash Drives

10. Goals of Certification • Set a quality standard for collaborative team work and effective practice related to sustainable, systemic school improvement. • Recognize the demonstration of collaborative team work, effective practice, and evidence of actual improvement. • Encourage and support collaborative reflection and professional development by comparing the leadership team’s practices with CSIP-I Standards.

11. Benefits of Certification • Better schools; improved student learning.   • Benchmarking successful practices. • Optimizing Indistar® use in all schools. • Recognition of schools for collaborative work, effective practice, and evidence of actual improvement.

12. CSIP-I Standards • Analyze and Apply Critical Judgment • Facilitate Deriving Meaning and Engagement • Focus on Systemic Factors • Plan and Record • Organize and Manage Efforts and Resources

13. CSIP-I Standards 6. Guide and Focus Collaborative Improvement 7. Build Capacity 8. Demonstrate Organizational Sensitivity 9. Monitor Accountability and Adoption 10. Implement for Sustainability

14. Certification Requirements Leadership Team (principal and at least 2 other team members): • Attends virtual CSIP-I Orientation • Completes CSIP-I Application • Submits CSIP-I Certification Application and Indistar CSIP-I Certification Report to external reviewer and secures signed Attestation letter • Submits the CSIP-I Certification Application and Attestation letter to the Institute for Performance Improvement for review • Provides evidence of improvement

15. Certification Requirements • Leadership Team (principal and at least two other team members) attends virtual CSIP-I Orientation. Completion of the Orientation also qualifies the individuals to pursue personal certification as Certified School Improvement Specialists (CSIS). • Leadership Team completes CSIP-I Certification Application, documenting CSIP-I standards and providing evidence of performance improvement. • Leadership Team submits CSIP-I Certification Application and Indistar CSIP-I Certification Report to external reviewer (state education department, superintendent, district supervisor, school board president, or school improvement coach or supervisor) and secures reviewer’s signed Attestation letter. • Leadership Team submits the CSIP-I Certification Application and Attestation letter to the Institute for Performance Improvement for review, along with the three documents generated from Indistar. • Leadership Team provides evidence of improvement (documented in CSIP-I Certification Application and Indistar CSIP-I Certification Report)

16. State Sponsorship • States may sponsor the first few schools in the state to achieve certification to establish the certification in the state. • Cost of certification (including online orientation, use of ePortfolio, review of documents, awards): $2,400 for three-year certification. Renewal: $1,500

17. Keys for Incorporating Celebration into your School District, or State… • Share the purpose of celebration • Make celebration everyone’s responsibility • Establish a clear link between the recognition and the behavior you are trying to reinforce • Create opportunities for many winners DuFour, DuFour, Eaker, Many. 2006.

18. Let’s Innovate! • What could be added to the system to recognize accomplishment (like the Celebrate Report)? • How can we improve IndistarConnect and encourage membership? • Will states fund the certification process for a few vanguard schools? Encourage more schools? • What can the SEA do to incentivize effective use of Indistar and recognize successful Leadership Teams?