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Continuous Improvement System

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Continuous Improvement System


“We can not solve our problems with the same level of thinking that created them.”

Albert Einstein

A Quote Worth Considering


The key to continuous improvement is to

• Determine your current reality

• Imagine your ideal reality

• Work over time toward closing the gap

Simply put…


Elements of the Improvement Journey

LEARN AND SHARE… What is our Data? An opportunity for the community of stakeholders to share their perspective and experiences and learn about how the work of the school impacts every stakeholder including, most importantly, students.

EXAMINE AND PLAN… So what does our Data tell us ? A critical self-analysis examining the work of the school against a set of research-based factors. Engaging stakeholders in defining the vision for the school as well as setting the strategic direction to achieve the vision.

ACT AND EVALUATE…Now what do we do with the information gleaned from the data analysis? Initiate actions to begin the journey. Gather evidence of actions initiated and determine the results. Based on the results, determine with stakeholders the next steps necessary to advance the journey.


LEARN AND SHARE

• Initiate or continue your institution’s Improvement Journey

• Communicate your commitment to the journey to your community

• Engage stakeholder groups to provide experience and perspective to inform the journey

• Bring voice to the community stakeholders that will shape and traverse the journey

TOOLS and RESOURCES

• Surveys…gathering stakeholder perspectives

• Inventories...capturing student and teacher experiences

AdvancED Continuous Improvement System


AdvancED Continuous Improvement System EXAMINE AND PLAN

• Analyze and consider conditions that impact the quality of your institution

• Collect and examine evidence that reflects the work of your institution

• Communicate what you learn to your community

• Establish, with stakeholders, your vision to guide the journey

• Define the key strategic goals that will drive the journey

TOOLS and RESOURCES

• School Quality Factors Diagnostic…self-assessment of the work of the school


ACT AND EVALUATE

• Embrace and start the journey - Take Action

• Gather and consider what the community learns progressing through the journey

• Adjust and adapt as needed to remain committed to the vision and the strategic goals

TOOLS and RESOURCES

• Surveys, Inventories and Diagnostics...conduct an annual array of surveys, inventories and diagnostics to learn and share how the work of the school including its annual actions are impacting the success and support of students.

AdvancED Continuous Improvement System

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Collects direct feedback from students regarding their level and quality of engagement in the learning process.

Available late spring 2017

Student Engagement Survey

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• Grades 5-12

• 29 items aligned with 7 key learning environments • Equitable Learning

• High Expectations

• Supportive Learning

• Active Learning

• Progress Monitoring and Feedback

• Well-Managed Learning

• Digital Learning

• Student experience in a given classroom



• Cognitive Engagement – Includes a student’s perceptions and beliefs associated with school and learning.

• Behavioral Engagement – Student’s observable actions or participation while at school that is investigated through a student’s positive conduct, effort, and participation (e.g., participation in extracurricular activities, attendance, and work habits

• Affective Engagement – A student’s feelings toward his school, learning, teachers, and peers

Type of Engagement


• Committed (Authentic Engagement) • The student volunteers time, effort and attention

• The student is attentive to the task because he/she find personal meaning and value in the task.

• The student persists with the task even when he/she experiences difficulty and does not compromise personal standards for the completion of the task.

• Compliant • The student spends only as much time, energy and resources as are required to get the reward offered or designed.

• The student is attentive to the task because he/she perceives the receipt of some desired extrinsic reward

• The student does only those things that must be done and does little or nothing outside the context of direct supervision by the teacher.

• Disengaged • The student does nothing and when forced through direct supervision to do the task, either engages in compliance or

rebellion.

• The student employs strategies to conceal his/her lack of involvement.

• The student overtly refuses to comply with the requirement of the task.

Quality of Engagement

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Committed Compliant Disengaged

Cognitive

Engagement 22% 45% 33%

Behavioral


Affective


OVERALL 14% 50% 36%


Reporting for improvement & accountability

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Improving Student Engagement

eleot + Student Engagement Survey =

Powerful and Actionable Data

Learning Environments

Equitable Learning

High Expectations

Supportive Learning

Progress Monitoring & Feedback

Well-Managed Learning


School Quality Factors Examine and Plan



• This is not a “scoring tool”

• Engage in critical discussions

• Organize deliberations

• Evaluate overall effectiveness of improvement efforts

School Quality Factors Diagnostic

Examine and Plan


• Focus on Student Achievement to data to support instructional decision- making

Instruction and Achievement Examine and Plan


Improvement Planning

Strategic Planning

Critical Initiatives

Action Plans

• Vision/Mission

• Five Year Goals

• Key Metrics

• Annual Measurable Objectives & Targets

• Strategies (evidenced based)

• Activities

• Timelines/Milestones

• Measures of Success

• Ownership

• Funding

Examine and Plan





To engage and embrace the continuous nature of the journey, each year, the school should:

• Identify and commit to a very focused, short list of priorities in pursuit of their vision.

• Conduct and consider the results of stakeholder surveys as well as student and teacher inventories.

• Analyze student performance results.

• Gather evidence of actions taken and associated outcomes in support of the annual priorities.

• Share with community what the school learned from the results of surveys, inventories, diagnostics, and priority actions.

• Determine what, if any, adjustments need to be made for the next step in the journey.

Take Action: Execution is the Key

Act and Evaluate


• Promote and support professional development

• Assess internal processes

• Remain current in best practices

• Set an example

• Adopt an actionable data process

Strategies to Foster Data-Driven Cultures


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