Indiana Student Achievement Institute InSAI

1. Indiana Student Achievement Institute InSAI MEETING 6 WRITING STRATEGY PLANS InSAI Raising the bar: Meeting the challenge

2. Four components: • Title & Description • Task Force Roster • Strategy Data • To-Do Lists • 1. Strategy Implementation • 2. Anti-Resistance • 3. Professional Development • 4. Evaluation

4. Who sees these reports? • InSAI Staff • Local Steering Team • Exclusive Rep • Faculty • Superintendent • DOE • G. Public • (Parents, school board, anyone!)

5. STRATEGY PLAN WORKSHEET

6. Component A STRATEGY TITLE & DESCRIPTION

7. Title • Strategy required a. Use title provided b. Optional – May use subtitle c. May have more than one strategy with the same title, but different subtitles 2 Strategy not required a. You write title b. 3-5 words c. Descriptive

8. Common Mistakes Problem: Title not descriptive

9. Common Mistakes Problem: Two strategies

10. GROUPERS Strategy Title: Parent Involvement

11. SPLITTERS Strategy Title: Parent Newsletter Strategy Title: Annual Parent Meeting

12. Description • What • Who • When

13. Common Mistakes Problem: Vague, not descriptive

14. Common Mistakes No Problem (what / who / when)

15. Common Mistakes No Problem (Low Energy)

16. LESSONS LEARNED

17. Strategy Chair YOU

18. Energy Level High Comprehensive strategy; involves most of the staff in a major way Medium Involves most of the staff in a medium way or a few staff members in a major way Low Very minimal effort Low-continuation Comprehensive strategy; no longer higher energy because it has been in place for a long time.

19. Plan Components • Computer will customize the plan according to components selected • Components

20. InSAI Force Fields • Check 1-3 Force Fields that your strategy addresses • Don’t get “click happy!”

21. Area(s) of Concern • Required strategy - Check the requirement  Local strategy - Check the “Area of Concern” that your school identified that will be addressed by this strategy - Don’t get “click happy” (only make realistic claims)

22. Component B STRATEGY TASK FORCE ROSTER

23. Task Force Group • Delegate tasks: a. Strategy b. Anti-Resistance c. Professional Development d. Evaluation 2. Few teachers? All teachers?

24. Component C STRATEGY EFFECTIVENESS DATA

25. PRIMARY DATA(Required if doing strategy data)Changes in teacherbehaviors and/or attitudesSECONDARY DATA(Optional if doing strategy data)Changes in student behaviors and/or attitudes

26. PRIMARY DATA Changes in Adults

27. Strategy Data: TIPS

28. Common Mistakes Strategy Title: Ready-Set-Read Doesn’t measure 6b

29. BETTER Strategy Title: Ready-Set-Read

30. Common Mistakes Strategy Title: Instructional Alignment with Standards Attendance ≠ change

31. BETTER Strategy Title: Instructional Alignment with Standards

32. Common Mistakes Strategy Title: Parents in the Building Project Attendance ≠ change Doesn’t measure 6b

33. BETTER Strategy Title: Parents in the Building Project

34. LESSONS LEARNED - PRIMARY

35. SECONDARY DATA Changes in Students

36. Common Mistakes Strategy Title: Study Skills Lesson in Advisor-Advisee Not an attitude or behavior Not an attitude or behavior

37. BETTER Strategy Title: Study Skills Lesson in Advisor-Advisee

38. LESSONS LEARNED - SECONDARY

39. Component D To –Do Lists

40. Four To-Do Lists

41. TO-DO LIST D-1 Strategy Implementation

42. ACTION PLAN PARTS Implementation: Benchmark Assessment

43. ADVANTAGE Saves Time This Year DISADVANTAGE No Master Calendar Next Year Common Mistake Strategy Title: Learning Style Assessment

44. BETTER Implementation: Learning Style Assessment

45. WORK TIME

46. TO-DO LIST D-2 Anti-Resistance

47. RESISTANCEisnormal!

48. Identifying resistance: What does resistance look / sound like?

49. RESISTANCE is the outward expression of thefear of losing something

50. COMMON FEARS What might people be afraid of losing?