Raymond J' McNulty

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LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE ORANGE UNIFIED SCHOOL
DISTRICT

• Raymond J. McNulty
• Senior Vice President

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Rigor/Relevance Framework
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Selection of Strategies Based on
Rigor/ Relevance Framework
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Components of School Excellence
Learning Criteria to Support 21st Century
Learners
Rigor/Relevance Framework

• Embrace a Common Vision and Goals
• Inform Decisions Through Data Systems
• Empower Leadership Teams to Take Action and
  Innovate
• Clarify Student Learning Expectations
• Adopt Effective Instructional Practices
• Address Organizational Structures
• Monitor Progress/Improve Support Systems
• Refine Process on an Ongoing Basis

Core Academic Learning Stretch Learning Learner
Engagement Personal Skill Development
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Implementation Components for School Excellence
Embrace Common Vision and Goals
Inform Decisions Through Data Systems
Empower Leadership Teams to Take Action and
Innovate
Clarify Student Learning Expectations
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Implementation Components for School Excellence
Adopt Effective Instructional Practices
Address Organizational Structures
Monitor Progress / Improve Support Systems
Refine Process on an Ongoing Basis
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Components of School Excellence
Refine Process on an Ongoing Basis
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Needs Assessment Objectives

• Learn more about and adapt to the Needs of Your
  Students
• Reaffirm Strengths and Areas of Need
• Advance a Culture to Support Rigor, Relevance and
  Relationships

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Needs Assessment Objectives

• Learn more about and adapt to the Needs of Your
  Students
• Reaffirm Strengths and Areas of Need
• Advance a Culture to Support Rigor, Relevance and
  Relationships
• Upstream process improvement vs. downstream
  damage control

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Needs Assessment Objectives

• Learn more about and adapt to the Needs of Your
  Students
• Reaffirm Strengths and Areas of Need
• Advance a Culture to Support Rigor, Relevance and
  Relationships
• Upstream process improvement vs. downstream
  damage control
• Develop a Data-Driven Focus on Student Learning
• Build Support and Consensus for Change

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Basic Assumptions
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Interaction and Collaboration will Lead to

• New Learning
• More Sharing of Best Practices
• Common Success Criteria

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• Align the data footprint to the mission, vision,
  and values of the school

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Tools

• Learning Criteria Rubric
• Components of Excellence Rubric
• School Characteristics Questionnaire

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Tools

• Components of Excellence Rubric

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Rubric for Implementation Components of School
Excellence
Prior to completing this portion of the
checklist, please review and reflect on
School Observation Classroom Observation
Curriculum Review Student Work Analysis Student
Assessment Analysis Curriculum Processes
Prior to completing this portion of the
checklist, please review and reflect on
School Observation Classroom Observation
Curriculum Review Student Work Analysis Student
Assessment Analysis Curriculum Processes
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Tools

• School Characteristics Questionnaire

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School Characteristics Questionnaire
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The Report A Collective Perspective

• Expression of Collective Understanding
• Evidence-Based
• Develop Ownership

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Data understandings judgments of
fact judgments of value decisions
QUESTIONS
insights
verification
reflection
action plans
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What got us to where we are in education
today,will not get us to where we need to
be!
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• Learning is developing the individual and the
  organization day after day within the culture.

Michael Fullan
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SYMPTOMS OF DECLINE
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Twelve Symptoms of a School in Decline

• Symptom 1
• Lack of leadership The principal is not
  providing focus and direction around addressing
  key priorities.

Daniel Duke, University of VA
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Twelve Symptoms of a School in Decline

• Symptom 2
• More rules and harsher punishments
• Schools in decline often experience more student
  behavior problems, sending them into a downward
  spiral of increasingly harsh disciplinary
  measures and loss of instructional time and
  trusting relationships.

Daniel Duke, University of VA
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Twelve Symptoms of a School in Decline

• Symptom 3
• Lost Focus The School lacks clear academic
  priorities. If everything seems to be a priority
  time nothing is a priority. This leads to wasted
  resources.

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Twelve Symptoms of a School in Decline

• Symptom 4
• Poor Alignment Classroom instruction is not
  lined up with state standards and tests, and
  students are blindsided.

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Twelve Symptoms of a School in Decline

• Symptom 5
• Inadequate monitoring of progress at the
  student, classroom and site level.

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Twelve Symptoms of a School in Decline

• Symptom 6
• Ineffective staff development Schools that
  begin to decline are frequently the recipients of
  one-shot inservice programs and staff development.

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Twelve Symptoms of a School in Decline

• Symptom 7
• Lower staff expectations Teachers increasingly
  give up on struggling students and dont hold
  themselves to high standards of professional
  practice.

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Twelve Symptoms of a School in Decline

• Symptom 8
• Undifferentiated assistance Non-I.E.P.
  students who are having difficulty are assigned
  to generic supplementary programs with a lot of
  repetition and extended practice.

Daniel Duke, University of VA
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Twelve Symptoms of a School in Decline

• Symptom 9
• Rigid daily schedule The inflexibility of the
  daily schedule prevents students from getting
  timely and targeted help.

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Twelve Symptoms of a School in Decline

• Symptom 10
• Hasty hiring It is tempting for principals in
  declining schools to approach the hiring process
  fatalistically.

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Twelve Symptoms of a School in Decline

• Symptom 11
• Increased class size Class sizes mushroom,
  making it difficult for even the best teachers to
  be productive.

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Twelve Symptoms of a School in Decline

• Symptom 12
• Overreliance on untrained helpers Programs to
  help struggling students are often staffed by
  volunteers, teacher aides, and unqualified
  personnel.

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Components of School Excellence
Embrace Common Vision and Goals
Inform Decisions Through Data Systems
Empower Leadership Teams to Take Action and
Innovate
Clarify Student Learning Expectations
Adopt Effective Instructional Practices
Address Organizational Structures
Monitor Progress / Improve Support Systems
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