Indiana Student Achievement Institute InSAI MEETING 4 AREAS OF CONCERN InSAI Raising the bar: Meeting the challenge 1.

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MEETING 4AREAS OF CONCERN

InSAIRaising the bar:

Meeting the challenge

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PAIRS WARM-UP

1. Find your partner

2. Share something positive from this school year

3. When finished, please take your seat.

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Vision-to-Action School Improvement

Process

Vision-to-Action School Improvement Process

Steering Team / Community Council / Full Faculty / Student Body

6StrategySelection

7 Strategy PlanImplementation

Professional DevelopmentAnti-Resistance

Evaluation

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5 Areas of ConcernExpectations Curriculum InstructionAssessment Extra Help Guidance

Environment

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Data

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Targets

1 VISION

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Local Meeting 1 - Rationale


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Local Meeting 2 - Vision


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Local Meeting 3 – Data Targets


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Local Meeting 4 - Concerns


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Local Meeting 5 – Strategy Selection


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Strategy Groups – Develop Plans


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Next School Year – Implement Plans


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REVIEWData Targets

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Local Data TargetsStudent Group Benchmark Current Target

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Areas of Concern

What is an Area of Concern?

SOMETHING THAT INTERFERS WITH LEARNING

Situation

o Policy

o Resources

Behavior or attitude

o Students

o Teachers

o Parents

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How to express concerns?WE ARE CONCERNED THAT . . .

Students are suspended for being chronically absent.

Teachers don’t have high expectations for student achievement.

Students don’t turn in homework.

Parents don’t talk to their sons / daughters daily about school.

Members of the business community don’t help teachers develop real-world applications.

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Areas of Concern

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General Specific

Definition Concerns that impact all subject areas and all student groups

Concern that primarily impact:a)One benchmarkb)One student group

Examples We are concerned that:•Students have many absences•Teachers have low expectations•Students aren’t engaged

We are concerned that:

• Teachers don’t give writing assignments.

• Many Hispanic parents unable to help with homework due to language barriers

• Parents of low-income students have two jobs and aren’t home to help with homework.

Impact Level

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HIGHINSIDE

HIGHOUTSIDE

LOW

LOCATION Inside the classroom

Outside the classroom

Inside / outside

EXAMPLES 1. Curriculum rigor

2. Student engagement

3. Classroom assessment

4. Extra help

5. Student behavior

1. Extra help

2. Student guidance

3. Parent involvement

1. Daily schedule

2. Classroom arrangements

3. Lunch menu4. Sports and

clubs

High-Inside / High-Outside / Low

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We are concerned that . . .

1. Teachers don’t cover the IN Academic Standards High-Inside

2. Students don’t ask questions in class. High-Inside

3. Student don’t complete a career interest inventory. High-Outside

4. Teachers don’t use classroom tests to help them make instructional decisions.

High-Inside

5. Parents don’t come to schools. High-Outside

6 Students chew gum in class. Low

Think AboutWhy do many schools

shy away from high impact concerns inside the

classroom?

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Ask OurselvesDo we have the courage to:

• Examine our practices?

• Accept feedback from others?

• Provide feedback for others?

Courage“Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.”

- Ambrose Redmon

What is more important than fear?

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TrustHigh achieving schools have a culture of trust where tough questions are put on the table for discussion.

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How do we Create a Culture of Trust?

• Focus on the goal. (High Achievement /Growth for kids)

• Put kids before our fears.

• Find the good within others. (Share what we see)

• Know that others see the good within us.

• Don’t take things personally.

• Have each other’s backs.

• Tell the truth.

• Apologize when appropriate.

• Be forgiving. 25

State and Federal

REQUIRED

Areas of Concern

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Required Concerns – Document 4.4

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State Required Concerns

1 Encourage Rigorous Curriculum

2 Attendance

3 Focused Academic Area

4 Focused Student Group

5 Graduation Plan (Grades 6-12 only)

Required Concerns – Document 4.4

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Title 1 Compliance TasksDOE Office of Grant Management may still require schools to complete

these tasks to receive funding, but these tasks are not required in the SIP monitored by DOE Office of School Improvement and Turnaround.

Title ITAS

Title I SW

Parent Involvement X X

Educator Training – Parent Involvement X X

Outreach to Preschool Parent Involvement Programs (Elementary Schools only) X X

Parent Information Resource Center Website X X

Instruction by Highly Qualified Teachers X X

Instruction by Highly Qualified Paraprofessionals X X

Attracting Highly Qualified Teachers X

Student Transition X X

Parent Notice – Assessment Results X

School Parent Involvement Policy X

Parent Right-to-Know Letter – Qualifications X X

Parent Right-to-Know Letter – Non-HQ Teacher X X

School-Parent Compact X X

Annual Parent Meeting X X

Timely Additional Assistance X X

STEP 1

SPECIFICAreas of Concern

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Specific Areas of Concern

DEFINITIONSpecific Areas of Concern

primarily impact one a) benchmark or b) student group.

Examples

•Teachers don’t give writing assignments.

•Many Hispanic parents unable to help with homework due to language barriers.

•Little class time spent on ___ standard.30

Thinking AheadWe will later incorporate our specific concerns into our strategies:

•Subject Area Concern: Students don’t read.Teachers will provide 30 minutes each

week for “pleasure reading.”

•Student Group Concern: Boys don’t read.Male athletes from the high school will

talk about their sport and their favorite books. Those books will be available for “pleasure reading.”

Student Groups and Benchmarks

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Benchmarks

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Student Groups

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What could be interfering with the achievement for this student group or benchmark?

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Type a student group or benchmark from your data targets here.

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STEP 2

GENERAL Areas of Concern

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BEFORE TODAY

Individual Data Analysis

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You Brought to This Meeting

YOUR AREAS OF CONCERN

1. Expectations

2. Curriculum

3. Instruction

4. Classroom assessment

5. Extra help

6. Student guidance

7. Learning environment

EXTRA HELP

I am concerned that 67% of all students don’t know where to find extra help.

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SMALL GROUP

DISCUSSION

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ActivitySMALL GROUP DISCUSSION1.What concerns you in each of the seven force fields?

Note: Don’t worry if you can’t figure out how to fix an Area of Concern. We’ll discuss that in the next step.

To ensure that you have time to discuss all possible Areas of Concern, please don’t discuss strategies at this point.

Parking LotWhat Areas of Concern have we

parked from previous discussions?

If appropriate, add them to your list.

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FINDING THEMES

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Example 1

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Force Field Data Area of Concern36% of the students say they have a hard

time working at school because other students are bothering them,(InSAI Survey).

24% of the students do not believe they feel safe at school, (InSAI Survey).

34% of the students have been referred outside of the classroom for discipline purposes, (InSAI Short Answer Question)

14% of the students have been suspended (InSAI Short Answer Question)

“Students behavior is interfering with learning.” (InSAI Inquiry Question)


Student behavior is interfering with

learning.

Example 2

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Force Field Data Area of Concern

32% of the teachers do not cover the Indiana Academic Standards in their lesson plans.(InSAI Survey).


Teachers are not covering the Indiana

Academic Standards in their lessons.

Activity

SMALL GROUP DISCUSSION

1.What themes do you find in your Areas of Concern?

2. Write your group’s themes on the Areas of Concern Brainstorm Poster (document 4.4.6)

BUILDING CONSENSUS

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TASK 1SMALL GROUP CONSENSUS

TASK 1: Reach consensus.

What three general Areas of Concern should our school work to improve next year?

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POSSIBLE AREAS OF CONCERN

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TASK 3LARGE GROUP PRIORITIES - INSTAGRAPH

Place “sticky dots” (or X’s) above the Areas of Concern

that you would like to work to improve

next year.

Number of choices: _____.

Steering Team Follow-Up1. Consider Required Areas of Concern

o Self Studies: PL221, Title I

Input – General Concernso FF and CC Instagraphso Student Body Input

Input – Specific Concernso FF and CC Brainstorm

2. Consider each concern’s impact level

3. Consider the time and energy available

4. Suggest concerns that our school will Actively address next year Park for a future year

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MEETING 4AREAS OF CONCERN

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Indiana Student Achievement Institute InSAI MEETING 4 AREAS OF CONCERN InSAI Raising the bar: Meeting the challenge 1.

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