What’s Your What’s Your Definition of Definition of Quality? Quality? Every organization needs to understand what quality is and what it isn’t.
Mar 27, 2015
What’s Your What’s Your Definition of Quality?Definition of Quality?
Every organization needs to understand what quality
is and what it isn’t.
Why Quality and Continuous Improvement?
•Answer: To align 33 schools and get everyone on the same page
Why This, Why Now?
• Mission: To develop world-class learners and responsible citizens
• Core Value: Data Driven Decisions
• Goal: Improve all student performance, enhance social, emotional & behavioral development
Random Acts of ImprovementAim of the Organizatio
n
Goals and Measures
Aim of theOrganization
Aligned Acts of Improvement
Goals and Measures
GOALS
SchoolImprovement
Plan
Aligned Acts of Improvement
= Programs and processes
Performance ExcellencePerformance Excellenceat all levelsat all levels
StudentStudentC l a s s r o o mC l a s s r o o m
G r a d e L e v e lG r a d e L e v e lD e p a r t m e n tD e p a r t m e n t
S c h o o lS c h o o l
D i s t r i c tD i s t r i c t
Alignment: The Starting Point
GOALS GOALS
It’s About Alignment!
Getting everyone to
pull the same direction.
Why Quality and Continuous Improvement?
•Answer: To speak the same language, to set and communicate direction
Why Quality and Continuous Improvement?
•Answer: It’s Research Based!
The Continuous Improvement Classroom
• Creating the spirit and substance of continuous improvement in the classroom
• How do we create the environment?
• What does it look like, sound like and feel like?
• PowerPoint- Intro to the Continuous Improvement Classroom
Lotus DiagramAlignment Systems
ThinkingPDSA/
Action Research
Data-Driven Decisions &
Measurement
Continuous Improvement Quality Tools
Leadership/
Quality Liaison Stakeholders & Customers
Staff Development
What’s Been Done…• “Navigating change in uncertain times” concept
(Michael Fullan)• L to J (Lee Jenkins)• Contemporary School Leadership• An overview of the Baldrige framework• Action Research and quality tools and processes
(Susan Leddick)– Groups: Beginners, Continuing, Pioneers…
Building …
• Continue Action Research teams• Utilize quality tools and the PDSA process for data
driven decisions• Continue to align student, classroom, school and District
actions• Connect all employees to CSIPs and the District strategic
plan• Continue driving toward student ownership and
accountability for learning