NCA CASI Aligns, Supports,

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NCA CASI Aligns, Supports, Provides a Framework
for SchoolImprovement Within theBaldrige
Continuous Improvement Model

• NCA CASI OFFERS
• Products
• Services
• Staff Training
• Peer Review

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Aim of Presentation

• To show how NCA CASI Continuous Improvement
  Model aligns, supports and provides a framework
  for Baldrige Continuous Improvement Model from a
  principals view at the school level.

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Baldrige Criteria 7 Categories
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1.0 Leadership

• Role that leadership plays in
• facilitating and coordinating
• school improvement.

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NCA CASI Aligns Supports1.0 Leadership

• Establishes a vision for education in the
  community and develops mission and values for
  education of learners.
• Uses quality improvement principles in leading
  school improvement.
• Monitors and communicates progress toward school
  through external and internal review.
• Provides accountability report for school
  community.

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2.0 Strategic Planning

• School plans support the district improvement
  plan and take into account the student and
  stakeholder needs. Goals and measures in plan
  focus on student achievement.

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NCA CASI Aligns Supports2.0 Strategic Planning

• Standing committee initiating, planning,
  coordinating school improvement effort.
• School Profile
• Common Protocol
• Challenging Goals
• Improvement Plan
• Assessment System
• Internal Analysis
• External Review
• Documentation

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3.0 Student Stakeholder Focus

• How school systematically seeks to understand
  the needs of students, both current and future,
  and the needs of its stakeholders.
• Methods to listen, learn and adjust to meet
  stakeholders requirements.

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NCA CASI Aligns Supports3.0 Student
Stakeholder Focus

• Protects the public trust by verifying that
  schools are what they say they are, and do what
  they say they do.
• Grants accreditation when school/district meets
  specific standards.

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NCA CASI Aligns Supports 3.0 Student
Stakeholder Focus

• Moving schools to the exemplary level of
  performance through the credentialing of
  individual students as well as through the
  accrediting of schools and districts/systems.
• Recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

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4.0 Information Analysis

• The school collects and manages the information
  required to monitor school progress, support
  plans for improvement, and improve key process.

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NCA CASI Aligns Supports4.0 Information
Analysis

• NCA process collects and uses school data and
  information to guide decision-making.
• Data analysis school profile software designed
  to assist schools in analyzing organizing
  student performance.
• School profile handbook.
• Sample data collection instruments.

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5.0 Human Resource Focus

• The school work environment supports the full
  development and engagement of faculty, staff and
  students in accomplishing the school mission.

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NCA CASI Aligns Supports5.0 Human Resource
Focus

• All members of school community share the
  responsibility for improving student success.
• School has a standing committee that is
  responsible for initiating, planning and
  coordinating the schools improvement efforts.
• Ambassador training.

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NCA CASI Aligns Supports5.0 Human Resource
Focus

• Handbooks
• Developing the school profile.
• Implementing the NCA school improvement
  process.
• Writing and evaluating student performance
  goals.

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NCA CASI Aligns Supports5.0 Human Resource
Focus

• Web service - Applications and databases to
  assist with different aspects of school
  improvement process.
• Library - An electronic repository of school
  improvement
• NCA CASI Workshops (i.e., refining your school
  improvement skills)
• System thinking
• The basics of school improvement
• Software training
• Introduction to transitions
• Teacher training academy - Online
• Journals
• U.N.L. - School Improvement Specialist
  Certification

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6.0 Process Management

• The faculty, staff and students manage and
  continually improve a variety of processes
  designed to achieve classroom goals.

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NCA CASI Aligns Supports6.0 Process Management

• NCA has an improvement process with common
  protocol.
• Process for creating school profile
• Process for developing an Implementation Plan
• Process for external review
• Process for reporting and documenting results
• Process for team chair

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7.0 Schools Performance Results

• All areas of the school show improvement over
  time as well as compared to similar and world
  class schools

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NCA CASI Aligns Supports7.0 School Performance
Results

• School Performance Results
• Accreditation
• Final Documentation Report

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NCA CASI

• CAPACITY INSTRUMENT
• SIP School Improvement Plan
• IS Information System
• PS Process of Schooling
• VI Vision, Leadership - Governance and School
  Community
• RA Resources

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• Stage 1 Emerging Capacity for Improvement
• A school or system has implemented the
  improvement plan and is able to document enhanced
  student performance for at least one goal.
• Stage 2 Developing the Capacity for Improvement
• A school or system has implemented its
  improvement plan and is able to documents
  enhanced student performance for some of the
  student performance goals.

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• Stage 3 Increasing the Capacity for Improvement
• A school or system has implemented the
  improvement plan and is able to document enhanced
  student performance for all of the student
  performance goals. The school demonstrates
  continued growth relative to the NCA Standard.
• Stage 4 Exceeding the Capacity for Improvement
• Stage 4 is an exemplary level of achievement.
  The school or system has implemented its
  improvement plan and credentials individual
  students in academics, career awareness, and
  employability skills.

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Baldrige Approach for School ImprovementCapacity
Building Assessment

• Scoring System
• Education Criteria for Performance Excellence

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NCA CASI Capacity Building Standards

• Based on Research

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NCA CASI Capacity Building Standards

• Developing a shared understanding of the need for
  change
• Developing shared beliefs and vision
• Developing a focus on students and on the quality
  of work provided to students
• Developing structures for participatory
  leadership
• Developing structures for results-oriented
  decision making

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NCA CASI Capacity Building Standards

• Developing structure for continuity
• Providing ongoing support
• Fostering innovation and flexibility
• Employing technology
• Fostering collaboration

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Baldrige Core ValuesBased on Research
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Baldrige Core ValuesBased on Research

• Learning-Centered Education
• Learning-Centered education places the focus of
  all school activities on the real needs of
  students.
• Leadership
• The setting and communication of school vision,
  creating a sense of urgency to accomplish
  mission, and visible commitment to and modeling
  of continual improvement principles and
  practices.
• Continuous Improvement Organizational Learning
• A well-executed approach to continual
  improvement that engages faculty, staff, and
  students as full participants in learning and
  contributors to improvement processes.

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Baldrige Core ValuesBased on Research

• Valuing Faculty Staff
• Investment in the on-going development of
  knowledge, capabilities, skills and motivation of
  faculty, staff and students.
• Partnership Development
• The practice of building internal and external
  partnership to better accomplish overall goals.
• Design Quality Prevention
• A strong emphasis on effective design of
  educational programs, curricula and student
  learning environments.
• Management by Fact
• Decision making based on measurement,
  information, data and analysis.

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Baldrige Core ValuesBased on Research

• Long-Range View of the Future
• A future orientation and a willingness to make
  long-term commitment to students and to all
  stakeholders - communities, employers, faculty
  and staff.
• Public Responsibility Citizenship
• The practice of the school serving as a role
  model in its operation as a member of the
  community.
• Fast Response
• Faster more flexible response to the needs of
  the customers, students and stakeholders.
• Results Orientation
• A focus of the schools performance system is on
  driving results which reflect and balance the
  needs and interests of students and all
  stakeholders.

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NCA CASI

• NCA CASI has provided my school a framework of
  services, products and staff training that
  supports Baldrige Continuous Improvement Model.
• Baldrige Continuous Improvement Model aligns
  with NCA CASI accreditation and school
  improvement process.

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• Fritsche Middle School
• William G. Andrekopoulos, Principal
• 2969 South Howell Avenue
• Milwaukee, WI 53207
• 414.294.1000
• Fax [phone]
• To view this PowerPoint presentation, please go
  to Fritsches website at www.milwaukee.k12.wi.us/
  fritsche