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Van W ert City Schools OIP and RttT: A Recipe for School Improvement. Moving from good to great. Creating our Process. Van Wert City Schools. Our goal is to promote college and career readiness using 21 st century skills in EVERY classroom at Van Wert City Schools.
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Van Wert City Schools OIP and RttT:A Recipe for School Improvement Moving from good to great
Van Wert City Schools Our goal is to promote college and career readiness using 21st century skills in EVERY classroom at Van Wert City Schools
District/Building Leadership Teams Teacher Based Teams Regional Service Providers External Vendors Higher Education
DLT-BLT-TBTRelationships RtI RttT ALT MLT
New District Goals • Math • Writing • Data • Attendance
Capturing the Vision The Ultimate goals is --VWCS Teams filtering everything we do through the vision of 21st Century Skills and our current plan.
Helpful Hints • Use the collaborative norms at every meeting district wide • Internal facilitators need to meet often and regularly • Good meeting notes and a transparent means of communicating them to all stakeholders • Agendas that are proactive • Use your people and build up their strengths • Get involved with lots of other districts and keep your perspective • Don’t be afraid of cognitive conflict
OUR CHALLENGES • Full plates & Time • Ongoing Communication • Between teams at all levels • Timeliness • Circuit teams • Buy in from ALL stakeholders
We close the Implementation Gap by Closing the Monitoring Gap We Close the Achievement Gap by Closing the Implementation Gap
Bottom Line… Do a few things well and deeply; Focus on changing classroom instruction; Learn how to learn together; Monitor your implementation; and Provide feedback to each other and the system.