School Improvement Summit

1. Welcome Parents, Students, Wilson Teachers and Staff School Improvement Summit Woodrow Wilson High School Saturday, April 28, 2012 9:00 am – 4:00 pm

2. Agenda Outcome Outcomes: By the end of this retreat, participants will have: • Heard a key note message and understood the charge of the summit • Heard the goals and targets for the 2012-2013 school year • Learned and will be able to apply the School Improvement Plan Model (Plan, Do, Study, Act) • Learned about and understand how to use “Quality Tools” • Understood the definition of mission and vision statements and participated in an activity to develop a personal and group mission statement for this summit • Heard a description of each of the identified school improvement areas which were created by using feedback for all stakeholders • Formed small groups and completed a force field analysis of a topic and began creating an action plan to address the topic • Heard a report from each small group as to the work that they completed during the small group breakout session

3. Agenda

4. Ground Rules • Honor time limits • Be respectful of those speaking (no side bar conversations or doing other work) • Comments should advance the discussion by presenting new ideas (repetition should be avoided) • Practice digital etiquette. Laptop use is restricted to presentation use or official note taking. Put cell phones on vibrate. (Use professional judgment when answering a phone and step outside of the room to do so.) • Raise your hand/gesture before speaking & acknowledge who has gestured to speak in a equitable manner

5. Ground Rules (contd) • Different opinions are welcome. • Challenge ideas, not individual. • All participants share responsibility for the team’s process. Silence means agreement. • Disagree in private; unite in public. Irrespective of how individuals voted, once a decision has been agreed to everyone should support it and speak with one voice outside of the meeting. • Do what you say you’ll do. Individuals are accountable for following through on agreed actions and the group should hold each other mutually accountable. • Roles will be defined for the meeting • Keep all the discussions Private & decisions Public

6. Key Note

7. Absolute identity with one's cause is the first and great condition of successful leadership. -Woodrow Wilson

8. 1. the position or function of a leader,  a person who guides or directs a group: He managed to maintain his leadership of the party despite heavy opposition. Synonyms: administration, management, directorship, control, governorship, stewardship, hegemony. 2. ability to lead: As early as sixth grade she displayed remarkable leadership potential. Synonyms: authoritativeness, influence, command, effectiveness; sway, clout. 3. an act or instance of leading; guidance; direction: They prospered under his strong leadership. 4. the leaders of a group: The union leadership agreed to arbitrate. lead·er·ship   [lee-der-ship]  noun

9. It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership. -Nelson Mandela

10. Repeat after me: I am a leader… I can’t help it... I am made that way! I am a leader… I am highly opinionated… I am wired that way! I am a leader… I love progress… and I am wired that way! I am a leader… I hate the status quo… and I am made that way!

11. People make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better. -Harry S Truman

12. As leaders… We see things that need to change. We think we can do it better than those who are in charge. We can choose rebellion or to just do our own thing!

13. Leaders love progress “The unique role of the leader is to take us to places we’ve never been before.” Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable... Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals. -Martin Luther King Jr.

14. Your premium brand had better be delivering something special, or it's not going to get the business.-Warren Buffett 47’ • Leaders love progress • Leaders hate the status quo • 3. Nothing strikes terror more than being stuck, • 4. Progress is always preceeded by change. • 5. Change is always preceeded by challenge.

15. “Leaders must challenge the process because any system will unconsciously conspire to maintain the status quo and prevent change.” Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable... Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals. -Martin Luther King Jr.

16. Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. -Winston Churchill

17. Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion: The potential for greatness lives within each of us. -Wilma Rudolph

18. You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it. -Maya Angelou

19. Goals/Targets

20. Achievement Goals Five Year Plan

21. Goals for 2012-2013 • Math–62% scoring proficient or better • Reading–73% scoring proficient or better • Class Performance–69% earning a 2.0 or better per advisory • Honor Roll–36% earning honor roll status per advisory • SAT–Increase the average score by 23 points (1,010) in verbal and math • Advanced Placement (Participation)–36% of scholars in the 11th and 12th grade enrolled in an advanced placement course • Advanced Placement (Performance)-46% of scholars will earn a 3 or better on the Advanced Placement test • Graduation–77% graduation rate • Attendance (ADA)–94% average daily attendance (ADA) rate for all scholars • Attendance (ISA)–92% in seat attendance (ISA) rate for all scholars • Suspensions–Reduce behaviors resulting in suspension by 20% or more (290) • Climate (Scholar)-75% of our scholars will indicate that they feel safe in our school on the annual climate survey • Climate (Parent)-78% of our parents will indicate that they would recommend that a friend send his or her child to our school on the annual climate survey • Climate (Staff)-84% of our staff will indicate that this school is a good place to work on the annual climate survey

22. Overview of Topics/Breakout Groups

23. GOAL #1: Wilson High School will provide rigorous instruction in all classrooms aligned to the DCPS/Common Core State Standards. • Class Performance – 69% of scholars earning a 2.0 or better per advisory • Honor Roll – 36% of scholars earning honor roll status per advisory • Rigorous instruction • Expanding Honors/Advanced Placement enrollment • Raising instruction in ALL levels of classes • Consistent rigor in courses • Classroom supports and intervention strategies • Supports and interventions outside of regularly scheduled classroom instruction • Grading systems – teacher/department/school consistency • EdLine or other grading systems? • Frequency of updating grade status • How will updated grade information be communicated to scholars/parents

24. GOAL #2: Wilson High School will meet its performance goals in testing. • Advanced Placement Testing • Advanced Placement Performance – 46% of scholars will earn a “3” or better on AP tests • Advanced Placement Participation – 36% of scholars in the 11th and 12th grade will be enrolled in at least ONE advanced placement course • DCCAS • Reading – 73% of the cohort will score Proficient or Better • Math – 62% of the cohort will score Proficient or better • Scholastic Aptitude Testing • SAT Performance – Increase the average score (both verbal and math) by 23 points (1,010)

25. GOAL #3: Teachers at Wilson High School will communicate scholar’s academic progress regularly and consistently to scholars, parents and school Student Support Teams. • Frequency of updating grade status • EdLine or what? How will parents know updates? • Grading systems – teacher/department/school consistency

26. GOAL #4: Wilson High School will identify students earning less than 2.0 average grades and implement strategies that result in students’ academic performance increase to 2.0 or better. • Class Performance–69% earning a 2.0 or better per advisory • Graduation–77% graduation rate • Roles of teachers/deans/administrators • Data tracking systems for identification and intervention • Motivators/Incentives for growth

27. GOAL #5: Wilson High School scholars will attend school and individual classes on time. • Scholars will average a yearly daily attendance rate (ADA) of 94% or more • Documentation of excused absences • Data entry of excused absence • Truancy • Scholars will average a yearly in seat attendance (ISA) rate of 92% or more • Skipping classes • Authorized school activities • Scholars will be on time to school and classes • Tardy to school • Tardy to classes

28. GOAL #6: Wilson High School will implement Chapter 25 discipline guidelines effectively and consistently • Reduce behaviors resulting in suspension by 20% or more (<232) • Staff intervention strategies • Building Security

29. GOAL #7: When Wilson High School implements a policy, it will be fully communicated to the stakeholders prior to implementation. • Identifying stakeholders for policy development/discussion • Method of communicating proposed policy • Analysis tools to study effectiveness

30. Plan, Do, Study, Act PROCESS

31. lSchool Improvement Process Model PLAN (April/May review SIP) Set goals, predict, plan data collection ACT (September-April) Implement, evaluate, decide next cycle DO (September – June) Test the plan, document problems, reassess and revise STUDY (September-April) Complete data analysis, review results, decide action

32. School Improvement Planning Process

33. Quality Tools

34. Force Field Analysis GOAL: Staff will attend school every day and report to their classes on time.

37. Action Planning

38. A clear approach allows for: • A plan that is easy to follow • Better understanding of each person’s role and responsibility • Consideration of and accounting for potential problems

39. A comprehensive approach that allows for: • Better use of materials and equipment • More resources available for materials and services • Improved scheduling • Greater flexibility in staffing • Better coordination of family and community involvement • Shared decision-making and team building

43. Levels of Decision Making • D1 Decisions – Decisions that are made in isolation without any feedback or information • Administrative Roles and Responsibilities • Personnel/Disciplinary Action • D2 Decisions – Decisions that are made through seeking feedback and the person or group identified as the primary owner of the decision/action makes takes action based on the feedback • Personnel/Hiring • D3 Decisions – Decisions that are made through collaboration and consensus is the goal. Consensus means “that you can support this decision and/or plan of action.” • Reading/Literacy • Math/Algebra Success • Grading and Reporting • Student Discipline • Attendance • DCCAS Remediation and Support

44. Levels of Decision Making Who owns what decisions/actions? Primary Secondary Administrators A a Teachers T t Support Staff SSss Parents P p Scholars S s DCPS DC dc

45. Mission/Vision Statement

46. Personal Mission Statement

47. School Improvement Summit Small Group Action Planning Saturday, April 28, 2012 12:30-3:30 Outcomes: By the end of this retreat, participants will have: • Presented their personal mission statement for the summit • Defined the topic/issue and created a goal/objective • Analyzed the available data and identified root causes • Completed a “Force Field Analysis” of the topic/issue • Created an action plan in order to address the preventers and drivers of the topic/issue in order to meet the goal