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Indistar: What Next?. Indistar Summit April 2013 Richmond, Virginia. The Premise. District and school Leadership Teams will candidly assess their professional practice and chart their course for improvement if given: Clear expectations. A structured, continuous process.
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Indistar: What Next? Indistar Summit April 2013 Richmond, Virginia
The Premise • District and school Leadership Teams will candidly assess their professional practice and chart their course for improvement if given: • Clear expectations. • A structured, continuous process. • Access to resources. • Coaching and feedback. • Most districts can ultimately assume responsibility for supporting, coaching, and monitoring the work of their schools.
Co-Development • Since the beginning, ADI has co-developed Indistar in collaboration with states. • Co-development means all states benefit from each state’s suggestions for system improvement. • Co-development means we are all educators, working together to build tools that enhance our work for the ultimate benefit of students.
Evaluation • 2009-2010: Proof of Concept study in 27 Virginia restructuring schools. • Tracked assessment scores • Edvantia—user satisfaction • 2011-2012: Independent, external evaluation of state implementation. • 2013-2014: Evaluation of effectiveness in school improvement for high-fidelity implementers.
Building Indistar: 2007-2011 • Center on Innovation & Improvement invested about $1 million in federal dollars to create the system and support states in implementing it.
Building Indistar: 2011-2013 • ADI invested another $850,000 in further improvements to the system.
Building Indistar: 2012-Forward • State membership of $10,000 per year in the Indistar Network maintains the system and provides client support. 24 States plus DC and BIE in 2013.
Center on Innovations in Learning • 2012- forward: CIL provides basic technical assistance to states using Indistar to: • Improve the quality of implementation • Share the states’ work with each other (IndistarConnect) • Sponsor the Indistar Summit • Support the Indistar “Shepherds” in assisting and advocating for the states • Use Indistar to take innovations in learning to scale
Building State Capacity and Productivity Center • 2012-forward: BSCP Center, with Regional Centers, assists states through: • State Functions Integration Project: Streamlining and integrating state planning, reporting, and monitoring systems • Managing Performance in the System of Support: Assessing and improving their Systems of Support with IndiSEA, using Indistar’s engine with 52 rubric-based indicators
The Institute for Performance Improvement • Using Indistar documentation, will provide independent certification process for: • Indistar schools • Principals • Coaches • Will study use of school certification process to meet state accreditation requirements
PLS 3rd Learning • Will contract with states for advanced, co-development of web-based technologies. • Will collaborate with ADI to integrate Indistar into state systems.
State Options • Continue with ADI management of Indistar • Assume basic management capabilities for Indistar • Assume advanced management capabilities for Indistar
The Cloud • May 2013: Indistar will move to a high-capacity server maintained by IlliniCloud, a group that provides service for schools, districts, and related non-profits.
ADI’s Goals • Utilize federally-funded technical assistance centers to provide TA related to Indistar, innovation, and systems of support. • Apply state Indistar Network membership fees to ensure basic maintenance and improvement of the system. • Improve the quality of implementation through certification, state sharing, and technical assistance. • Provide advanced system development in conjunction with PLS 3rd Learning.
Bottom Line for States • Ensured system quality at low, shared cost. • Access to expertise from national content centers and regional centers. • Independent certification to enhance quality of district and school implementation. • Options for more state management of the system. • Options for advanced work in developing and integrating web-based systems.