Leadership to Stimulate School Improvement

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Leadership to Stimulate School Improvement

• Cindy Koss, Assistant State Superintendent
• Mary Pearson, Executive Director, Title I School
  Support
• Office of Standards and Curriculum
• State Department of Education
• Cindy_Koss_at_sde.state.ok.us

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Goals of Presentation

• Provide information about using ARRA funds to
  drive school reform and improvement
• Identify ways to use one-time resources
  effectively

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Consider if as a Decision Maker you can Say Yes
to These Questions

• Drive results for students?
• Increase capacity?
• Accelerate reform?
• Avoid the cliff and improve productivity?
• Foster continuous improvement?

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Focus on Small Number of Related and Reinforcing
Strategies
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Adopt Rigorous Standards and High-quality
Assessments

• Increase student participation in rigorous
  advanced courses such as Advanced Placement
• For two years of ARRA funding, intensively train
  all teachers in effectively using the curriculum
  with their students

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Adopt Rigorous Standards
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Adopt Rigorous Standards and High-Quality
Assessments
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High School Standards
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Rigorous Content Standards
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Building Academic Vocabulary
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Establish data systems and use data for
improvement

• Develop or enhance existing data systems
• Train principals, teachers and counselors to use
  data to identify specific help students need to
  succeed

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The Full Year Cycle of Improvement
Reflection Retreat
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Improvement Planning Cycle CESA 7, Wisconsin,
Data Retreat
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Establish data systems and use data for
improvement

• Track the number and percentage of students by
  school who graduate high school and go on to
  complete at least one years worth of college
  credit

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Increase teacher effectiveness and equitable
distribution of effective teachers

• Establish and implement a fair and reliable
  teacher evaluation system that provides ongoing
  feedback

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Increase teacher effectiveness and equitable
distribution of effective teachers

• Ensure teacher learning opportunities are
  sustained, job-embedded, collaborative,
  data-driven, and focused on student instructional
  needs.

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Increase teacher effectiveness and equitable
distribution of effective teachers
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Increase teacher effectiveness and equitable
distribution of effective teachers

• Support new teachers in their first two years
  with structured mentoring, teacher networks, and
  extensive professional development

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Turn around the lowest-performing schools

• Restructure lowest performing schools
• Add time to the school day and year
• Create 9th grade academies

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Turn around the lowest-performing schools

• Launch a comprehensive literacy program
• Create intensive summer institutes

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Turn around the lowest-performing schools
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Turn around the lowest-performing schools
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Improve results for all students

• Extend learning time for students
• Strengthen preparation for college and careers
• Use technology to improve teaching and learning

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Improve results for all students
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Improve results for all students

• Conduct reviews, demonstrations, and evaluations
  that enhance effectiveness.

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Oklahoma Nine Essential Elements

• Academic Performance
• Learning Environment
• Efficiency

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Suggested Uses of Funds

• Increase Administrator and
• Teacher Capacity
• Extend Learning Time
• Provide Professional Development
• Provide Technology Integration
• Support Parental Involvement
• Provide Research-based Programs

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3 Big Ideas To Remember

• Learning is the fundamental purpose-
• Academic Performance
• A collaborative culture creates high-
• performing teams Learning Environment
• Results grounded in evidence -
• places a focus on results rather
• than intentions - Efficiency

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Leadership

• Developing the structure and culture that engages
  people in learning is the primary task of
  leadership and perhaps the only way a leader can
  genuinely influence or inspire others.
• -Peter Senge

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Contact Information

• Cindy Koss. Ed.D.
• Assistant State Superintendent
• [phone]
• Cindy_Koss_at_sde.state.ok.us
• Mary Pearson
• Executive Director, Title I, School Support
• [phone]
• Mary _Pearson_at_sde.state.ok.us