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Linking Systems: Special Education, Title I, ELL, and Beyond. Chairs: Thomas Kerins , Center on Innovation & Improvement Carole Perlman , Center on Innovation & Improvement. CII’s Methodology. Extension of previous case study process Interviews Review of key documents.
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Linking Systems: Special Education, Title I, ELL, and Beyond Chairs: Thomas Kerins, Center on Innovation & Improvement Carole Perlman, Center on Innovation & Improvement
CII’s Methodology • Extension of previous case study process • Interviews • Review of key documents
Some Features of Ohio’s SSOS • Single, unified plan replaces separate plans for each funding source • Integrated general education and special education support • Greater SEA emphasis on school improvement vs. compliance • Inclusion of budget staff in school improvement teams
Goals of Integrated Process • Make school improvement processes more seamless, efficient, and flexible without sacrificing the purpose of the separate funding streams and programs • Assist children in poverty (Title I), English language learners, and children with disabilities
Keith Speers Ohio Department of Education Director of Field Relations keith.speers@ode.state.oh.us
Needs Assessment & Goal Setting • Ohio’s Improvement Process • Decision Framework • Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment • Educator Quality • Professional Development • Leadership • School Climate • Parent and Community • Resource Management • State Diagnostic Reviews • Comprehensive Continuous Improvement Plan (CCIP)
Planning • Improvement Plans – Corrective Action Plans • Partnership Agreements • Highly Qualified Teachers • Title I – School Improvement Grants • Literacy Improvement Grants • Special Education Compliance • Aligned resources to the plan
Implementation • System to Achieve Results with Students (STARS) • Evidence of Implementation • Technical Assistance System • Deployment of ODE’s Products and Services to Districts and Schools
Evaluation • Evidence of Impact - Essential Practices Guide • State Performance Plan indicators • Disaggregated Data from the Decision Framework
Challenges • Moving from individual work to collective work • Assisting individuals in seeing the synergy of the combined effort • Working internally and externally to communicate common messages about the focus of the work
Barriers • Navigating the various funding sources and requirements of each • Developing and strengthening the systems in the midst of political structures and processes
Strategies • Collaborate more than you think you should • Make all decisions and processes transparent • Communicate! Communicate! Communicate! • Be flexible and recognize when to let go of something • Keep the focus on Children • Have a Vision of what success looks like and keep referring to it
Susan Tave Zelman Superintendent of Public Instruction Ohio Department of Education susan.zelman@ode.state.oh.us
Goals for Education System • Clear, high expectations • Build capacity of educators to teach well • Hold individuals and systems accountable for results • Become a high-performing, adaptable organization
Instructional System • Core of education • Aligned standards, curriculum and assessments
Human Resource System • Human capital • Recruitment to retirement • Professional development • Differentiated roles
Fiscal Resource System • Efficiently fund • Aligned to plan • Focused • Ohio Improvement Process
Student Support System • Make conditions for learning right • Open the schoolhouse doors
Accountability System • Achievement • Progress • Performance- based
Zollie Stevenson, Jr. Director Student Achievement and School Accountability Programs (SASA) U.S. Department of Education zollie.stevenson@ed.gov
Lois Adams-Rodgers Deputy Executive Director CCSSO loisar@ccsso.org
Contact Information • Sam Redding, sredding@centerii.org • Marilyn Murphy, mmurphy@centerii.org • Thomas Kerins, tkerins@centerii.org • Carole Perlman, c.perlman@comcast.net Visit the CII website at www.centerii.org