Dr. Willard R. Daggett

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Comprehensive Services for Schools Through the
Successful Practices Network

• Dr. Willard R. Daggett

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Connecting K-12 Schools Nationwide to Support
Sustainable School Improvement
SPN
RapidlyImprovingSchools
High PerformingSchools
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Successful Practices Network

• Mission
• Rigor for ALL

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Successful Practices Network

• Mission
• Rigor for ALL

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Successful Practices Network

• Mission
• Rigor, Relevance, and Relationship for ALL
  Learners
• Good to Great
• Best Practices
• Sustainability

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Successful Practices Network

• Support
• ICLE
• Bill Bonnie Daggett
• Bill Melinda Gates Foundation
• Memberships
• Services

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Successful Practices Network

• 2003
• SPN 1.0
• 600 Schools
• 2008
• SPN 2.0
• President Chief Operating Officer
• Patrick Carrese
• Chief Academic Officer
• Dr. Linda Lucey
• 200 Additional Schools

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Sustainability

• 10 lbs. Loss
• Personal Trainer

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System Coherence

• Engaging 21st Century Learners
• Rigorous Relevant Content
• Teachers Skills and Knowledge

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10 Point Program

• Team of Experienced Educators

- Built Around 8 Components
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Components of School Excellence
1. Create a Culture to Support RR R For ALL
Students
2. Build and Use Data to Guide Whole-School
/ District Reform
3. Create and Support Leadership Teams
4. Define Student Learning Expectations
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Components of School Excellence
5. Concentrate on Effective Instructional
Practices
6. Address Organizational Structures
7. Monitor Student Progress
8. Review and Refine Process
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10 Point Program

• Team of Experienced Educators

- Built Around 8 Components - Ongoing
Information
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Example Instruction

• ELA teacher struggles with how to bring quadrant
  B and D instruction into state-mandated
  curriculum.
• Response
• SPN network staff identifies several gold seal
  lessons on the website
• SPN network staff connects the teacher with Chris
  LaRocco a well-known and respected ELA leader

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Example Networking

• Your school is considering establishing a uniform
  policy, you reach out to the Network for
  assistance.
• Call the Network staff member 518-723-2063
• Network staff member connects you with three
  leads
• Marion Technical Institute, each career academy
  wears a different color collared polo shirt
• Atlantic Community Middle School chose 5 colors,
  black, grey, white, khaki and navy.
• Belleville East and Belleville West High Schools
  in IL established appropriate dress codes for
  males and females and developed a pictorial/chart
  to distribute.

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10 Point Program

• Team of Experienced Educators
• On-Site Visit

- Orientation - To SPN - To School
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10 Point Program

• Team of Experienced Educators
• On-Site Visit
• Web Site

- Customized for Administrators and Teachers -
Searchable Repository of Successful Practices -
Member Profiles - Podcasts - Network
Monthly/Technical Bulletins
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10 Point Program

• Team of Experienced Educators
• On-Site Visit
• Web Site
• CORR

- Online training - Guide to developing Quad D
Lessons - Aligning Instructional Strategies to
GSLs
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10 Point Program

• Team of Experienced Educators
• On-Site Visit
• Web Site
• CORR
• Graduate Credit

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10 Point Program

• Team of Experienced Educators
• On-Site Visit
• Web Site
• CORR
• Graduate Credit
• Web Ex

- Online Monthly Conferences Phone/Internet -
Focused on Pressing Issues - Teachers,
Administrators, Network Coaches
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10 Point Program

• Team of Experienced Educators
• On-Site Visit
• Web Site
• CORR
• Graduate Credit
• Web Ex
• Gold Seal Lessons

- Quadrants B / D - Per Grade / Per
Discipline - Tie to Standards
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10 Point Program

• Team of Experienced Educators
• On Site Visit
• Web Site
• CORR
• Graduate Credit
• Web Ex
• Gold Seal Lessons
• Semi-Annual Training

- Prior to Model Schools Conference - Prior to
Symposium - Additional Training
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10 Point Program

• Team of Experienced Educators
• On-Site Visit
• Web Site
• CORR
• Graduate Credit
• Web Ex
• Gold Seal Lessons
• Semi-Annual Training
• Research

- NESS, Lexile, Quantile, Student Survey
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PSSA English LAAnchors/Eligible Content Tested
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Lexile Framework for Reading Study Summary of
Text Lexile Measures
Interquartile Ranges Shown (25 - 75)
1600
1400
1200
Text Lexile Measure (L)
1000
800
600
High School Literature
College Literature
High School Textbooks
College Textbooks
Military
Personal Use
Entry-Level Occupations
SAT 1, ACT, AP
Source of National Test Data MetaMetrics
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Quantile Framework

• Numbers and Operations
• Algebra / Patterns Functions
• Data Analysis Probability
• Measurement
• Geometry

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Quantile Framework for Math StudySummary of
Quantile Measures
Interquartile Ranges Shown (25 - 75)
1500
1400
1300
1200
11th
10th
1100
Quantile Measure (Q)
1000
8th
900
800
700
600
500
Personal Use
Employment
High School
First-Year College
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Do you Know Me?Student and Faculty Survey

• Built on the 4 Dimensions of the Learning
  Criteria
• Perceptions of learners about your school
• Do they align with yours?
• Sustainable school reform
• Needs assessment

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Deliverable

• Report Analysis and disaggregation of data
• Special Education, ELL, etc.
• Comparison between students/faculty

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Student Survey Percentages
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Student Survey Percentages
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Student Survey Percentages
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Student Survey Percentages
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Student Survey Percentages
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High School Students vs. Staff
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Successful Practices Network
Do you Know Me?Student Survey Faculty Survey
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Do you Know Me?

• Perceptions of learners about your school and the
  value placed on student engagement and student
  aspirations
• Do they align with yours?

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10 Point Program

• Team of Experienced Educators
• On-Site Visit
• Web Site
• CORR
• Graduate Credit
• Web Ex
• Gold Seal Lessons
• Semi-Annual Training
• Research
• ICLE Discount

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Example Instructional Leadership

• During an on-site visit the SPN coach observes
  little quadrant B and D instruction
• Response
• SPN coach describes services to increase B and D
  instruction to staff (CORR/GSL service/WebEx)
• SPN coach provides contact information of other
  similar schools that have an abundance of B and
  D instruction.

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Example Rigor and Relevance

• The school has embraced the philosophy of rigor,
  relevance and relationships but has yet to see
  this translated into daily practice.
• Response
• SPN staff work with school staff to develop a
  professional learning community.
• Teachers participate in CORR Quadrant D Lessons.
  The course facilitator is trained by SPN staff,
  lessons are reviewed and sent through the gold
  seal lesson process.
• Technical Bulletins are focused on strategies for
  administrators to share in faculty meetings.

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Example Literacy

• Identifying a school with similar demographics
  where literacy is a major focus.
• Response
• Search the members-only website of school
  profiles and in seconds, find several schools
  like yours
• Participate in September webinar with experienced
  educator, Lin Kuzmich

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Available Services

• Team of Experts
• On-Site Visit
• Web Site
• CORR

• 6,000
• 2,500 - Plus Travel
• 2,000
• 4,000
• 400 Per Person for Non Member

• Graduate Credit

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Available Services

• Web Ex
• Gold Seal Lessons
• Semi Annual
• Research
• Discounts
• Member School Total

• 2,000
• 2,000
• 195 Per Person
• See Schedule
• Members Only
• 7,200

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For more Information

• Email info_at_spnet.us
• Call Jackie Gonyo 518-723-2063
• Visit SPN Information Booth
• (Northern Foyer Dolphin)

www.successfulpractices.org