Principal Professional Development

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Getting Ready for SIP Identifying Root Causes

• Principal Professional Development
• Summer 2006

Office of School Intervention Support
Office of Accountability, Assessment,
Intervention
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Goals

• Participants will gain skills for their use of
  the Getting Results! frameworks.
• Participants will
• review all of the steps in School Improvement
  Planning including analyzing data and
  synthesizing findings from multiple sources of
  data
• engage in discussion of root causes

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What is Getting Results! ?

• Framework for school improvement planning
  developed by PDE that the School District of
  Philadelphia has adapted.
• Access through the School District of
  Philadelphia homepage.

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Keep In Mind

• AYP - Grades 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 11
• Reported Results - Assessment Anchors
• Parent Involvement Action Sequence
• SIP is online
• PDE Review of SIPs
• Science Action Sequence

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PSSA Reading Reporting Categories
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PSSA Mathematics Reporting Categories
Reporting Category Standard
A. Numbers Operations 2.1 Numbers 2.2 Computation
B. Measurement 2.3 Measurement
C. Geometry 2.9 Geometry 2.10 Trigonometry
D. Algebraic Concepts 2.8 Algebra
E. Data Analysis Probability 2.6 Statistics Data 2.7 Probability
Standards assessed over the five reporting categories 2.4 Mathematical Reasoning 2.5 Problem Solving
Not Assessed/Integrated in others 2.11 Concepts of Calculus
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Getting Results!
A 5 Step Process
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2006-2007 Student Achievement Improvement Targets

Every school improvement plan must address the
following areas of student success
1. READING At least 54 of all students will be
proficient in Reading, as measured by the annual
state-wide PSSA assessments. 2. MATHEMATICS At
least 45 of all students will be proficient in
Mathematics, as measured by the annual state-wide
PSSA assessments. 3. STUDENT PARTICIPATION IN
STATE ASSESSMENTS At least 95 of eligible
students will participate in required state-wide
assessments. 4. STUDENT ATTENDANCE Student
attendance in school will improve continuously
(to an average of at least 90 by 2014). 5.
FOUR-YEAR GRADUATION RATE (high schools only) The
4-year graduation rate for high school students
will increase consistently (to at least 80 by
2014).
If your school has already met these targets
for all students and student groups, consider
setting your own challenging, stretch targets
that will ensure continuous improvement of
instructional practices and student achievement.
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Getting Results Process Flow
DATA SOURCES
DOCUMENTATION
TARGETS
ACTION SEQUENCES
Step 3
Step 2
Step 5
Student Performance Goals ------------- Strategie
s Interventions
Data Summary
Step 1
Achievement
School Profile
Walk Through
Step 4
SAT Team
Professional Development
Reporting
Repeat Steps 1 through 5 for each component of
the SIP.
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Summarize the Shared Values

• Summary includes the shared values, mission, core
  beliefs, and vision of the school community

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• analyze student data
• identify most significant weaknesses/gaps
• prioritize weaknesses/gaps

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Data Analysis Guide
Worksheets to Assist in Analysis of Multiple Data
Sources for School Improvement Planning
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Step 1 DataWhere are we now?

• Summary includes highlights of the analyses of
  student data
• Identification of root causes that prevent or
  promote student achievement

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Step 2 Design Where do we want to go next?

• Select research based, high leverage strategies
  that address the root causes
• Action sequence for reading, mathematics and
  science is required
• Thematic schools may select a strategy to support
  their theme

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Step 3 Delivery How are we going to get there?

• Same process
• Importance of building capacity of staff
• Maximum use of resources (human and financial)

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• Determine training and skills needed by staff
• Professional development calendar aligns to
  address root causes/student needs

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• Effectiveness of strategies
• Documentation process (time intervals)

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Milestones of Progress

• Quality of Teaching
• Quality Leadership
• Artful Use of Infrastructure
• Continuous Learning Ethic

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Checking for Understanding
What are your questions about the action sequence?
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Root Causes

• Introduction Exercises

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Root Causes
A Root Cause is the deepest underlying cause or
causes of positive or negative symptoms within
any process, which if removed, would result in
elimination, or substantial reduction, of the
symptom.
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Why Root Cause Analysis ?
Root Cause Analysis helps to eliminate the
problem, not just the symptom conserves
scarce resources promotes discussion and
reflection provides rationale for strategy
selection
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Determining Root Causes
Will correcting or eliminating this root cause
result in success? If yes, then it is a root
cause. If no, then it is a contributing
factor.
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Problem, Root Cause, Solution Problem/Symptom
Your water bill is extremely high! Possible
Root Causes
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A Guide for Identifying Root Causes
We can talk or
dream about the glorious schools of the future or
we can create them .
Marilyn
Ferguson
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Dimensions of School Improvement SUPPORTING
REALM parents governance personnel ENABLING
REALM materials schedules professional
development organizational structures CORE
REALM instruction curriculum assessments school
leadership monitoring staff accountability for
performance others identified by the
school funding student readiness to
learn others identified by the school
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Checking for Understanding
What are your questions about analyzing data and
identifying root causes?
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What can you expect for September?
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