Support for Accountability

1. Support for Accountability Tools of the Trade

2. From the district and building perspective, organizing assessment can sometimes feel like this….. Do you sometimes feel like you can’t quite get a grasp on all of the things that need to be tracked?

3. The Need for Connections! District Building Continuous Improvement Planning (eCIP) • Overall District Performance • Between Schools • Between Levels • Student Group Performance • K-12 Program Analysis • Resource Allocation • Policy Development School Improvement Plans (SIP) • Operationalized district-level goals • Grade level performance • Program analysis at the building and grade levels • Student group performance • Individual student interventions and performance • Policy Use and Feedback

4. One teacher’s perspective

5. Goal – To take data use from asking the right questions to getting results!

6. Objectives Create an electronic Toolkit for Accountability • districts track work being done by teams • districts and buildings focus on improved student learning and behavior • Effective Instruction and Behavioral Support Systems (EBISS) • Response to Intervention (RTI) • Positive Behavior and Intervention Support (PBIS) • Direct Access to Achievement (DATA)

7. Initiative Integration

8. Objectives – cont. Promote an integrated approach of all initiatives • communicate appropriate Data Team information • Teachers • Administrators • Parents • Students • Board Members There is a shared responsibility for student learning

9. For More Information see: http://www.osba.org/Services/Service/Board_Development-DATA.aspx

10. Cause Data Progress Monitoring of Implementation of Data Teams improve student learning and/or behavior Track Data Team goals, strategies and interventions • District • School • Classroom • Assessment • Analysis • Interventions

11. Effect Data Progress Monitoring of Student Achievement Data • Formative • Summative • District • Building • Classroom • Individual Student Data collection and reflection of key indicators of student achievement tied to Data Team implementation of action plans

12. Communication Feedback Loop Development of a process that prompts district, building, and classroom teams to “share up and out” in terms of fidelity measures and results indicators • Within district • Between districts

13. Policy Enabled Practice (PEP) System Change ESD School Improvement System Change Support Practice Informed Policy (PIP) District Administration / School Board Building Level Teams Teachers Students Thanks to Dean Fixsen & SISEP

14. The Plan: A Toolkit for Accountability

15. Strategy 1 – Review Existing Tools and Determine Linkages • Online DATA Project Activity Log • Existing Data Team Organizers and Forms • Google Calendar / Forms • Results Indicators for District and Building from Accountability in Action • Essential elements from the Team Initiated Problem Solving Model (TIPS)

16. Strategy 2 – Develop a Support Framework for the Toolkit • Create Version 1.0 of the Toolkit for Accountability • focus on indicators that emphasize student achievement • use of indicator results to make informed decisions about improvement • all staff and board members in a district are held accountable • promotes an integrated approach to EBISS, RTI, PBIS and DATA

17. Strategy 3 – Develop the Tools • Develop a set of tools • Tracking the work being done by teams • Communicating assessment results • Analysis of data • Intervention plans including results indicators

18. Strategy 4 – Presentation and Delivery Model • Develop a training module • Develop a service delivery model including coaching

19. Strategy 5 - Communication • Develop a clear channel of communication that allows for ongoing dialogue from/between users

20. Strategy 6 - Evaluation • Continuous improvement model / process • Periodic project evaluation • Initially input will be from pilot sites • Any district is welcome to participate • Will expand to include all Sustainability and Implementation Districts

21. The Toolkit is designed to assist in: • Crafting questions about accountability, equity, and continuous improvement • Coordinating the collection, analysis, and dissemination of data that are necessary to address these essential questions • Building action plans • Monitoring progress of improvement initiatives

22. Tools for Support: • Google Calendar • District Organizers • TIPS/Data Team Electronic Meeting Form and Tracker

23. Google Calendar Examples: • EBISS / PBIS • School Districts (South Lane)

24. District Organizers • Gantt Chart • Excel Spreadsheet

25. TIPS/Data Team Electronic Meeting Form and Tracker • Google Forms and Shared Folders Management

26. Pilot during 2010-11 • Assessment calendar • Identify when the data will be collected • Identify when the collected data will be analyzed • Identify the processes for mining the data • District organizers • Data Team reporting

27. Value to Districts • A clear focus on student achievement • The ability to store, share and access Data Team information • Information is in a format that can be easily shared • A clear channel of communication • A common language around student achievement • Evidence of what works and what doesn’t • Increases effectiveness and efficiencies

28. Considerations • Additional training and support • Embed into existing systems and practices • Allocate time s

29. Our thanks to: • EBISS • PBIS • ODE • OSBA • The Oregon Direct Access to Achievement (DATA) Project • TIPS – University of Oregon • Scaling Up – Dean Fixsen • K-12 Partners: Redmond, David Douglas and Hillsboro SDs • Lane, Douglas, Clackamas, High Desert, and Linn-Benton-Lincoln ESDs

30. ….The Journey Continues SAFE And HAPPY TRAVELS