New England Regional Colloquium Series “Systems of State Support” B. Keith Speers January 24, 2007
Dec 26, 2015
Intended Outcomes:• Become more aware of issues
facing states as they partner with regional providers / personnel to support School Improvement.
• Discover new approaches to School Improvement Support work through shared dialogue with colleagues.
Intended Outcomes:• Learn more about Ohio’s
Statewide System of School Improvement Support.
• Develop greater networks through which they can problem-solve and continuously improve their State’s System of Support.
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New England Regional
Colloquium Series
Key Element 1: System Overview
• Participants will be more aware of Ohio’s Statewide System of School Improvement Support.
• Participants will develop greater networks through which they can problem-solve and continuously improve their State’s System of Support.
Technical Assistance Model
• Cognitive Coaching Model http://www.cognitivecoaching.com/
• Increasing Support Over Time
• Continuum from Technical Assistance toward Compliance
Technical Assistance Model
• Support Aligned to NCLB:
Needs Assessment and Goal Setting
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation and Feedback
Technical Assistance Model
• High Quality Technical Assistance:
is purposeful, structured and a continuous process
is informed by multiple sources of data
is collaborative
Technical Assistance Model
• High Quality Technical Assistance:
includes varied learning experiences that accommodate individual educator’s knowledge and skills
results in acquisition, enhancement of refinement of skills and knowledge
is evaluated by its short and long term impact on professional practice and achievement of all students
Technical Assistance Model
• A brief 16 minute video overview of Ohio’s Statewide System of School Improvement Support is available on our website.
• Go to www.ode.state.oh.us.
• Type “Statewide” in the search engine.
Opportunities for Growth
• Communication of School Improvement Support products, programs and services provided by the State Agency
Opportunities for Growth
• Ensure quality of professional development provided across the state meets the HQPD Standards adopted by the Ohio State Board of Education
Opportunities for Growth
• Better integrate and coordinate State Agency initiatives to ensure an aligned system of support that is considered value-added by District and Building Leaders
Key Element 2: Scope of Work
• Confessions about our Rubrics
1,000 little pieces possible
Attempt to model the concept of “focus”
Recurring references in School Improvement research
You may think some pieces should fall in other parts of the rubric…GOOD!
District Partnership Agreement Rubrics
• Curriculum
• Instruction
• Assessment
• Conditions / Climate
• Leadership
Focus of Our Work
• District and Instructional Leaders
Teachers acting in roles typically assigned to administrators
• Commitment and Capacity
Research-based District assurances Partnership Agreement process
Focus of Our Work
• Build capacity to plan and implement School Improvement processes
• Roles and Responsibilities
What needs to happen in and what support is needed for each role?
Innovation Configuration Maps
• Services not Funding
District Partnership Agreement Rubrics
• Four point scale
• Self-scored
• Evidenced-based
• Sets standard while allowing district to determine the strategies
District Partnership Agreement
• Supports existing District Improvement Efforts
• Focused intended outcome aligned to movement on the scales
• Logical and sequential action steps yield the intended outcome
• Long term focus with short term timelines
District Partnership Agreement
• Requires evidence of implementation and impact
• Identifies responsible person
• Connects District Systems change efforts to formative and summative student achievement data
• Iterative documents that grow and change
Opportunities for Growth
• Refinement of evidence listed in each box on the scales to provide greater clarity and support for District self-assessment efforts
Opportunities for Growth
• Identification of tools, templates and resources to support improvement in each system
Opportunities for Growth
• Compilation of research summary for each system that includes “milestones” and exemplar practices to reach those milestones
Opportunities for Growth
• Prioritization of the systems arranged in a building block fashion to assist Districts in knowing where to start
Opportunities for Growth
• Identification of how much time it takes to accomplish the work and whether adequate resources and time have been set aside to provide the necessary support.
Performance Measurement
• Infrastructure
Efficiency
Effectiveness
• Service Delivery
Implementation
Impact
Infrastructure
• Effectiveness
Timeliness
Responsiveness
Reaching our Target Customers
Customer Perceptions of added value
Service Delivery
• Implementation
Did we do what we said we would do by the time we said we would do it?
What evidence / artifacts do we have?
Service Delivery
• Impact
What difference did it make as measured by movement on the Rubrics?
What does the District do or have now that it did not do or have before?
What evidence / artifacts do we have?
Performance Measurement
• Impact Measures
Improvement of student achievement demonstrated on formative and summative assessments
Movement within state designations
Movement regarding Adequate Yearly Progress rating
Continuous Improvement Metric
• Systems for data collection
System to Achieve Results with Students (STARS)
Comprehensive Continuous Improvement Plan (CCIP)
Elluminate – tracks virtual meetings
Camtasia – tracks recorded video professional development
Continuous Improvement Metric
• District Portfolio Summary
Artifacts not collected electronically
Focus on telling the District’s story
Progress to date
Barriers to progress
Potential strategies to address barriers
Continuous Improvement Metric
• Quarterly Implementation
Data collection and reporting
Data validation by Teams
Cut score for each indicator established
Corrective Action Plans as required
Opportunities for Growth
• Identification of measures to assess quality of service providers
Content knowledge
Process knowledge
Credentialing
Opportunities for Growth
• Narrowing the number of measures and determining which measures are most critical and will yield the greatest improvement
Opportunities for Growth
• Refinement of evaluation of quality of the District Partnership Agreement document
Debate over whether we should assess the written plan or only the implementation of the plan with the District
How much time should we spend revising our written agreement with the District?