STRATEGY REVIEW TEAM (SRT)

February 26, 2015

SRT LAUNCH &PRIORITIES IDENTIFICATION

SRT & the larger community working together

~11,000 responses to the survey & 3,000 committed to continued involvement

~150 people organized into teams to provide feedback:

Strategy Review Team (SRT), RIDE staff

~20 Community organization

partners convening 600 conversational

partners

26 community-based Ambassador Design Team (ADT)

12 core Ambassador Design Team (ADT) Members

The Blueprint for the Final Product7-10 page document, limited narrative, measurable, and actionable

Values

The 5-7 core principles that will be the drivers of the plan and the litmus test for eventual content

Priority Areas & Key Outcomes

Approximately 3-5 high level priority areas with ~ 3 key outcomes that characterize each

Strategies

The 3-5 significant actions that RIDE will take over the next five years to advance each priority areas and achieve the key outcomes

Established by RIDE:

Measureable Objectives, Resourcing, and Operational Plans

SRT ROLE & SCHEDULE~Provide feedback to ADT between each prototype iteration

Values

The 5-7 core principles that will be the drivers of the plan and the litmus test for eventual content

Priority Areas & Key Outcomes

Approximately 5 high level priority areas with ~ 3 key outcomes that characterize each

Strategies

The 3-5 significant actions that RIDE will take over the next five years to advance each priority areas and achieve the key outcomes

Established by RIDE:

Measureable Objectives, Resourcing, and Operational Plans

2/2 SRT Survey:Values Feedback

3/16 SRT Mtg:Priorities Feedback5:30-7:30pTBA in Providence

4/27 SRT Mtg:Strategies Feedback5:30-7:30pTBA in EG

5/30 All Teams:Statewide Conversationto ready for local adoption and implementation1-day, location TBD

2/26 SRT Launch:Priorities Input

SRT input so far on the First Two Products

Values – The Whys

The core principles or beliefs that drive the plan and are the litmus test for content

Priority Areas – The Whats

The “big bets”

SRT E-Survey, 2/2 – 2/6Summary Report on Wiggio

SRT Launch, 2/26 - TODAY

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Introduction Activity in Pairs – 15 min1. Introduce yourself to a fellow SRT member (preferably

someone you do not already know)

2. Scanning your own powerful learning experiences, as well as those of people near/dear to you, share a STORY of student success. What happened? Who was involved? Outcomes/impact? Insights?

3. What 2-3 “big bets” in education would you propose to improve student success over the next five years?

“Big Bets” & the Priority “Yes Test”

“A Priority Example”

Dramatically increase access to early

childhood education in every community

across the state

What is not a priority?

• Priority ≠ Everything the organization does

• Priority ≠ Everything everyone wants the organization to do

• Priority ≠ Everything we could do

• Priority ≠ A sure thing

“BIG BETS” Activity, part 1 (5 min)

1. Individually, capture your most compelling Big Bets – Take 1 – using the “Yes Test”

Big Bets, Take 1

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“BIG BETS” Activity, part 2 (15 min)2. Sharing and collision

with at least 3 other people – in similar & dissimilar categories:

• Go to a category into which your big bets fall (SIMILAR)

• Go to a category that is DIFFERENT from your big bets

Categories:

1. Family/Community Involvement

2. Educator/Administrator Quality

3. Personalized Learning

4. Technology/Digital

5. Change Test Use

6. Career Readiness/CTE

7. Equity Campaign

8. OTHER

“BIG BETS” Activity, part 3 (5 min)

3. Revise and refine your “Big Bets” as appropriate – Take 2

Big Bets, Take 2

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NEXT STEPS

1. Keep the conversation going beyond the SRT – with colleagues, family, friends. • What do others feel are Rhode Island’s Biggest Bets for PK-

12 Education, 2015-2020?

2. ASAP: Publish your “Big Bets” electronically for the ADT to see using the following link:

ALSO…

• If you haven’t done so already, review the Values Prototype Report on Wiggio (Folder Tab)

•Get ready: SRT feedback on the ADT’s next prototype iteration (Priorities)

• To be released to SRT on Wiggio: Fri 3/13

• SRT Gathering in person on Mon 3/16 to provide feedback

#edvoicesRI

Turn to a neighbor.

Share one learning, appreciation, or hope from tonight.

#edvoicesRI•Engagement with the broader public

•Transparency in the process

•Voice – ask, listen, share

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