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Welcome and Introductions

Molly Quish, Senior Manager5EssentialsUChicago Impact

Elliot Ransom, Director 5EssentialsUChicago Impact

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Agenda

UChicago Impact and the 5Essentials

North Chicago Partnership

Evanston Pilot

Professional Development Series

Our Belief

Every student deserves an excellent education in an excellent school.

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Scalable Tools and Innovations

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Teacher Preparation

Chicago UTEP

Charter Management Organization

The University of Chicago Charter School

Applied Research

Consortium on Chicago School Research

Reliably Excellent Schooling

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5Essentials Partners

Contexts where the 5Essentials Survey has been used:

• 15 states and 30 cities beyond Chicago

• State of Illinois, State of Florida, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Twin Cities suburban area, Kansas City, Baltimore, Portland, private, parochial and public schools in Detroit, and schools Iowa, Montana, Louisiana, D.C., Massachusetts, Connecticut, Oregon, Colorado

• District leaders, school leaders, teachers, parents, philanthropy, district partners

North ChicagoPartnership

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North Chicago SD 1872012

• Bottom 10 districts in State

• State dissolved school board

• Independent authority appointed

• New Superintendent and Deputy

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• Partnership with District, Impact, and

LCCF

• In-depth trainings/professional

development provided

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Engagement in North Chicago

"This work [partnering with UChicago Impact] has fostered further engagement among faculty, staff, families and

students. We are very pleased with the progress made among UChicago Impact and District 187."

- Maggie Morales, Manager of Community Engagement, The Lake County Community

Foundation (Source: Chicago Tribune, January 6, 2015)

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Progress in North Chicago

Student Outcomes5Essentials Results

- Increased 4 of 5 Essentials at District Level (Supportive Environment)

- 5 of 8 schools improved on 2 or more Essentials

- Graduation: 50% 69%- Attendance: 75% 89%- An 80% drop in office referrals- PSAE M/E: 13% 17%- ISAT M/E: 27% 30%

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Moving Forward

"We still have a very long way to go to get to where we need to be for our students. But the data points are clearly

moving in the right direction."

- Joel Pollack, Deputy Superintendent of Instruction,

North Chicago District 187 (Source: Chicago Tribune, January 6, 2015)

EvanstonPilot

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Objective: Find a safe space to design, pilot, and evaluate a new sequence of capacity-building workshops that enable schools to use their 5Essentials results for improvement.

Criteria:

1. Relationship2. Capacity3. Familiarity4. Diversity5. Proximity

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Evanston Pilot

• 5 schools: elementary and middle schools

• Participants included instructional leadership teams

• Supplemental coaching sessions, presentations to staff and PTA, were also provided

Professional Development Series

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Improvement Cycle

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Professional DevelopmentPhase 1: Orientation

to the 5Essentials

o Learn about the research behind 5Essentials

o Learn about the administration process

o Learn about the 5Essentials Reports

Phase 2: Understanding the

Data

o Adopt team norms and protocols for data analysis

o Understand 5Essentials scoring

o Identify and analyze areas of strength in the data

Phase 3: Analyzing Results

o Identify areas of growth in the data

o Establish a vision of success

o Brainstorm root causes for areas of growth

Phase 4: Action Planning

o Brainstorm and prioritize actions to address area for growth

o Develop an action plan to address area for growth

Phase 5: After Action

Review

o Review action plan and analyze formative data

o Evaluate the success of action plan implementation

o Make adjustments to action plan