20092010 Idaho School Improvement Overview

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2009-2010 IdahoSchool Improvement Overview
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• School Improvement Planning
• Required of Year 1 Improvement Status Beyond
• 2 Year Review Cycle
• LEA is Responsible to Review School Improvement
  Plans for Quality
• SEA is Responsible to Review District Plans for
  Quality, and Compliance Check School Improvement
  Plans
• NEW DUE DATE FOR PLANS Assurances for School
  Improvement Plans due to State by April 1, 2010
• Over the next 2 years Idaho will be moving to a
  new online system for School Improvement
  Planning WISE (Ways to Improve School
  Effectiveness) Tool
• This year Plans may be Submitted in the CIP Tool
  or in the WISE Tool

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• School Improvement Support
• School Improvement Informational Sessions
• School Improvement Plan Writing Workbook
• WISE Tool Support Webinars
• Regional WISE Tool Support Sessions
• School Improvement Webinars
• Regional Instructional Leadership Trainings
• Response to Intervention (RTI) Support
• Danielsons Frameworks Training
• Superintendents Network
• Idaho Building Capacity (IBC) Project

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9 Characteristics of High Performing
Schools Clear shared focus High standards
expectations for all students Effective school
leadership High levels of collaboration
communication Curriculum, instruction
assessments aligned with state standards Frequent
monitoring of learning teaching Focused
professional development Supportive learning
environment High level of family community
involvement
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• Idaho Building Capacity Foundation
• To significantly raise and sustain student
  achievement
• Build leadership capacity and technical knowledge
  of school improvement at all levels
• Empower local leaders to build their own internal
  capacity to sustain and continually evaluate,
  adjust, and implement school improvement efforts
• Build capacity for Idaho to systemically offer
  assistance to schools and districts in needs
  improvement status

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Cohort I
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Cohort II
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• IBC Nuts Bolts
• Three year Enrollment
• Differentiated specific support each year
• Year One 8 Hours/Week
• Year Two 15 Hours/Month
• Year Three 8 Hours/Month
• Can Only Serve Title I Schools and Districts
• Professional Development Technical Assistance
• Capacity Builders
• Outside Consultant/Highly Distinguished Educator
• Trained by the state to provide onsite and
  ongoing professional development in the technical
  aspects of school improvement
• CBs Work with School AND District Leadership
  Teams
• Cohort III Applications are due October
  31,2009Services will begin January 2010

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• Regional University Support Centers
• School Improvement Organized Regionally
• Services of Capacity Builders
• Technical Assistance
• Partnership with Idaho Universities as Regional
  Support Centers
• University of Idaho (North)
• Boise State University (Southwest)
• Idaho State University (Southeast)
• Goal to Strengthen Partnership Coordination
  between Teacher Administrative Preparation
  Programs, K-12 Districts Schools, and State
  School Improvement Efforts

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• IBC Evaluation
• Outside Consultation Evaluation Partners
• Center for Educational Effectiveness
• Center for Innovation and Improvement
• NWREL, Idahos Comprehensive Center
• Evaluating
• Student Achievement Data
• Other Evidence of District School Improvement
• Perceptual Data Staff, Students, Parents
• Instructional Observation Development
• CB Effectiveness

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• IBC - Bottom Line
• Focused on Building Leadership Capacity in
  Schools and Districts to order to Effectively
  Implement and Sustain Change that Results in
• Increased Student Achievement for All Students
• Elimination of the Achievement Gap Between
  Student Groups

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• School Improvement Webinar Professional
  Development Available to ALL
• School Improvement Webinar Trainings
• Delivered through Idaho Live
• Archived 08-09 Presentations
• Additional Offerings in 09-10
• Presentations Resource Materials Available
• Aligned with the 9 Characteristics of High
  Performing Schools
• Available to ALL at No Cost!

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WISE (Ways to Improve School Effectiveness)
Tool Over the next two years Idaho is shifting
to a new school improvement planning tool called
the WISE Tool.   To facilitate a smooth
transition, submission for school improvement
plans has been extended to April 1, 2010. This
year only, schools and districts may choose to
submit plans in the CIP Tool, or in the WISE
Tool. The WISE Tool has many support features
built into the tool that provides schools and
districts with best practice research at their
finger-tips, linked to the areas used for
planning. A number of district and school sites
in Idaho have already begun to work in the WISE
Tool and are discovering all it has to offer.
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• A Global Positioning System (GPS)
• Shows where you are relative to your destination
• Provides detailed routes for reaching it
• Adjusts to variations and even accommodates
  diversions along the way
• But the destination remains constant.
• The WISE Tool works in much the same way, only
  for School Improvement.

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The Real Work Happens in the Teams
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• Success Indicators
• The Research Evidence of What Works in School
  Improvement
• Evidence-based strategies for classrooms,
  schools, and districts
• Culled, analyzed, and organized in Handbook on
  Restructuring and Successful School Improvement
• Handbook named "outstanding publication of the
  year" by Division H of AERA at 2008 convention in
  New York City
• Organization of Success Indicators
• Improving the Performance of
• The District.
• The School.
• The Classroom.
• And Ultimately . . . The Student.

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• Assess, Plan, Monitor Success Indicators
• Self Assessment and the First Step Toward
  Improvement
• If the Team Identifies the Success Indicator as a
  Priority
• Then the WISE Tool turns it into an action item,
  and objective to be defined and accomplished
• Teams then Plan, Implement, and Continually
  Monitor
• Sorting Reporting Features

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• WISE Reference Tools and Resources
• Wise Ways is a Built-in Reference Tool that
  Provides
• A Synthesis of the Research that Supports the
  Indicator
• Written Video Examples
• Real, How-to, High-leverage Strategies for
  Attaining It
• Coaching Comments Makes it Easy and Automatic for
  Teams to Communicate with their Coaches,
  Instructors, and/or outside consultants
• Center for Innovation and Improvement
  http//www.centerii.org

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Contact Information Lisa Kinnaman, Ed.D. State
School Improvement Coordinator Center for School
Improvement Policy Studies Boise State
University 1910 University Drive, MS1745 Boise,
ID 83725-1745 Phone [phone] lisakinnaman_at_
boisestate.edu http//csi.boisestate.edu/improveme
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