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Improvement That Talks Back: Design, Monitor and Measure Continuous Improvement Efforts

Ongoing Improvement Cycle. Improvement That Talks Back: Design, Monitor and Measure Continuous Improvement Efforts. Dr. Stephan Knobloch Director of Research Loudoun County Public Schools NSBA T+L Conference 2009 Wednesday, October 28, 2009.

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Improvement That Talks Back: Design, Monitor and Measure Continuous Improvement Efforts

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  1. Ongoing Improvement Cycle Improvement That Talks Back: Design, Monitor and Measure Continuous Improvement Efforts Dr. Stephan Knobloch Director of Research Loudoun County Public Schools NSBA T+L Conference 2009 Wednesday, October 28, 2009

  2. “School improvement is most surely and thoroughly achieved when teachers (and school leaders) engage in frequent, continuous, and increasingly concrete and precise talk about teaching practice … adequate to the complexities of teaching, capable of distinguishing one practice and its virtue from another.” --Judith Warren Little

  3. Welcome • Purpose • Deepen Awareness of one Improvement Model • Measures, Monitor and Design • Review Use of Data Analysis Tools and Protocols • Review Improvement Application and Resources • Exchange Ideas and Promising Practices for Community and Parent Involvement

  4. Alignment and Measures • Goals • Align with School Board Priorities/Goals • Indicators • Local, state and national measures • Action Plans • Strategies and Programs • Tasks • Specific chronological tasks needed for successful action plan implementation • Sample SIP - Sterling Middle School

  5. Assess Plan and Revise Read Data Ask Questions Act Act Monitor Action Plans Ongoing Improvement Cycle Study Study Plan Plan Do Analyze Practices Do Implement Action Plans Craft Action Plans

  6. Analyze Practices

  7. Diagnostic Tree Protocol • Identify “Red Flag,” Event, or Priority Issue • Determine the “LOCATION” of Priority Issue/Event/Red Flag • Create Initial Hypotheses • Student Demographics • Curriculum • Instruction • System Processes • External Factors

  8. PLAN Analyze Practice: 5 Whys Framework Problem Statement • State the problem (Select a topic from QD Protocol) • Describe WHY you think the problem exists • Describe WHY you think the previous statement exists • Describe WHY you think the previous statement exists • Describe WHY you think the previous statement exists

  9. Force Field Analysis • Stone Bridge High School’s Teaching and Learning Framework • Driving Forces • School • District • Restraining Forces • School • District

  10. Task Owner Start - Due Status Resources Cost Expected Results Developing Action Plans • Decide on a strategy or instructional strategies that are likely to solve the problem of practice • Agree on what the plan looks like in the classroom • Put the plan down on template (SkoVision) • Determine how you will know if the plan is working

  11. STUDYAction Plan Study Questions:Choose an action plan. Answer the questions below within SkoVision • Study • Did the action plan contribute to expected results or help to meet targets/indicators? • Did the action plan reveal other needs or issues? • Does the action plan need to be adjusted and/or refined? • Was each task completed as planned? • Was the action plan and its tasks monitored in a timely manner? • Overall was this action plan effective? • Act • This action plan should be • a model considered for division-wide use. • a model for school-wide deployment. • continued as it is currently designed. • discontinued. • expanded. • improved.

  12. ACT Descriptive Consultancy Protocol • Purpose: Help someone think through a problem by framing it and describing it without judgment • Problem Presentation – Describe problem • Clarifying Questions – Members ask questions • Reflecting Back – What did you hear? • Response – Clarify group understanding • Brainstorming – What if…? Have you thought about…? Possible next steps/solution • Response – What has the presenter learned? • Debriefing – Feedback on role as presenter

  13. SkoVision New Features • Email Notification • Action Plan (Late to start or complete) • Tasks (Late to start or complete) • New Indicator Value • New Action Plan Assignment • Online Help • Plan Development and Archiving Flags • Indicator Charts • Activity Logging • More Filters • New Icons for Plan Overview • New SIP Home Page with Mission and Vision Statements

  14. SIP Next Steps: Planning for August • Sample Agenda • Need Data Reports • SOL Trends Report Data Warehouse • Performance Marks – Final • Protocols • Questioning Data • 5 Whys • Materials

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