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Why Continuous Improvement?. Benefits to adopting a systems approach to drive improvement. Why CI?.
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Why Continuous Improvement? Benefits to adopting a systems approach to drive improvement
Why CI? “The constant pursuit of knowledge and improvement, striving to make yourself better today than you were yesterday, is not merely an indispensable tenet for leaders to follow, but one of the great joys of life. It is a pursuit that motivates me every day to be a better husband, a better father, a better Christian, a better friend, and a better football coach” (p. 154).
Why CI? Practiced use of CI strategies helps build a growth mindset among students, teachers and staff
Why CI? CI helps build relationships with stakeholders
Why CI? • When we • Create and use systems that align curriculum, instructional delivery and assessment to the learning requirements (standards), and • Consistently monitor progress toward agreed-upon academic goals, and • Adjust accordingly to meet student needs, then • We eliminate guesswork involved when predicting performance on high-stakes tests.
Why CI? Pater Noster Lighthouse, Marstrand, Sweden CI provides a framework to understand the interdependence of system components and provide structure to the myriad of “things” that comprise the work of education
Why CI? Variable Inputs Predictable Quality Outputs CI provides a system of responsive processes to produce high-quality outputs
Why CI? CI promotes students’ engagement and ownership in their own learning
Benchmark survey results What would you need to improve your level of comfort in leading CI training on your campus?
Benchmark survey results What are you hoping to accomplish for your campus in terms of CI by the end of the 2016-17 school year?
District expectations • Tight – Loose – Tight (TLT) approach • District-designated outcomes • Campus-determined design and implementation • Campus-wide classroom outcomes based on design • Recursive alignment with CI professional learning plan • Sep/Oct 2016 – Evidence of campus and classroom mission statements • Jan 2017 – Evidence of campus and classroom goals • Apr 2017 – Evidence of classroom PDSA • Sep 2017 – Evidence of classroom use of CI tools, such as data folders and plus/delta