IndianaStudent
AchievementInstitute
InSAI
STEERING TEAMTRAINING
Writing StrategyTitles & Descriptions
Analyzing Your Collective Strategies
Writing Your Strategy Titles
and Descriptions
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Where will what you write appear?1. Strategy Summary Report
2. Strategy Implementation Plan Report
3. Professional Development Summary Report
Who will read what you write?1. Indiana DOE – Accreditation Office
2. Indiana DOE – Title I Office
3. Federal DOE / Inspector General Offices (if
audited)
4. Local School Board
5. Public – On file at DOE for public review
6. Public – InSAI Website (optional)3
1. Enter the strategy title
2. Enter the subtitle (optional)
If the strategy is requiredo The required title will be auto-populatedo Add a subtitle (optional)o May use a required title more than once
– with different subtitles
If the strategy is not requiredo You create the titleo 3-5 wordso Descriptive
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Title
Big Al
Problem: Title not descriptive
Common Mistake
Title Description
An extended (two period) Algebra I class will be offered for freshmen who failed 8th grade ISTEP. In addition, math tutoring will be offered before school.
Problem: Two strategies
Common Mistake
Extra Help for Algebra I
GROUPERS
Title Description
The parent liaison will 1) create a parent volunteer program, 2) hold monthly parenting workshops, 2) distribute a monthly parent newsletter, and 3) organize a “Family Night” with stations.
Parent Involvement
SPLITTERS
TITLE SUBTITLE
Parent Involvement Parent Volunteer Program
Parent Involvement Monthly Parenting Workshops
Parent Involvement Parent Newsletter
Parent Involvement Family Night
3. Enter the strategy description
(for local and required strategies)
VERY IMPORTANT – BE CONCISE
o What will happen?
o Who will do it?
o When will it occur?
Example:
Teachers will provide tutoring on a daily basis during activity period for students who did not pass the most recent benchmark test in English and/or Math.
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Common Mistakes
Description
All students will improve problem solving skills across the curriculum
Problem: Vague, not descriptive
4. Enter the strategy chair
Emerging leader
Will be responsible for:
o Writing the Strategy Implementation Plan
o Monitoring implementation
o Coaching and mentoring colleagues
o Evaluating the strategy (collect & analyze data)
o Recommending whether the strategy should be:• Continued• Revised• Discontinued
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5. Enter the impact level
High Impact – Classroom Strategy will impact an adult practice inside the classroom Examples:
o Curriculumo Instructiono Assessmento Extra helpo Environment (classroom discipline)
High Impact – Outside Strategy will impact an adult practice outside the classroom Supports or compliments classroom practices Examples:o Guidanceo Extra helpo Environment (parent involvement)
Low Impact No or remote impact on classroom practices Implemented too infrequently to have a significant impact Not well-thought-out (vague description); implementation
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Low Impact StrategiesNot likely to impact achievement
Tend to be “add-ons”
Why do schools implement low-impact strategies? Safe – don’t ask for change of current practices Harmony / collegiality
What’s the danger of low-impact strategies? Make us “feel good” Give the impression of doing something when really aren’t Create a false sense of security so we don’t do the things
that really make a difference
Strategy Why it’s low impact
Provide some extra help. VagueNot well-thought-outNot likely to be implemented
Tutoring once a month Infrequent
Book bags for every student No or little impact on classroom
6. Enter the energy level
High Energy Will take significant energy from the entire faculty to implement Usually requires significant professional development
Medium Energy Will take medium energy from the entire faculty to implementor Will take high energy from a few faculty members to implement
Low Energy Will take minimum energy from a few staff members to
implement
Low Energy - Continuation Once a high-energy strategy Now takes minimum energy from a few staff members to
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7. Check the components you want to appear in the Strategy Implementation Plan
Title & Description Required
Task Force Roster When tasks need to be delegated to many people When you want every teacher to be assigned to a task force
Strategy Data For new or unproven strategies Measures changes in adult practices Time consuming
To-Do Lists When you want tasks to appear on the calendar Required for high and medium energy strategies
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8. Check 1-3 forces being addressed:
Expectations
Curriculum
Instruction
Assessment
Extra Help
Guidance
Environment
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9. Check the Areas of Concern that this strategy was designed to impact.
1. Local Areas of Concern
o Will appear online
(based on what you entered)
2. Required Areas of Concern
o Will auto-populate
(based on the reviews that you selected)
3. Don’t get “click happy”
In other words, don’t make claims that the strategy will “fix” a concern when it won’t have much impact on that concern.
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10. Check the student groups that will be impacted by this strategy.
All students (if all students, only select this option)
Gender selection
Ethnicity selection
Income selection
Limited / Non-Limited English
General or Special Education
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11. Exclude from Strategy Database
Only check this box if you want your strategies to be excluded from a public searchable database that lists: Strategy title
Strategy description
School name and location
School contact information
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Analyzing Your Collective
Strategies
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Everything you’ve done up to now has
been a waste of time if your strategies
don’t make a difference.
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Review the Combined Strategies Impact Report
1. DATA TARGET IMPACTOne by one, consider each data target. Do you find strategies that will significantly impact the data
target? Do you need to add strategies? Omit data targets?
2. LOW-IMPACT STRATEGIESDo you have low-impact strategies? How can you change these strategies to make them high-impact?Should you omit these strategies?
3. MEANINGLESS STRATEGIESDo you have strategies that don’t support any data target? If so, why are you doing these strategies? Do you need to omit them? Add a data target?
4. CLASSROOM STRATEGIESAre the majority of your strategies “classroom” strategies?If not, why have you avoided making changes in the classroom?Do you need to add classroom strategies?
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Review the Energy Commitment Report
1. TOO MANY HIGH-ENERGY STRATEGIESHow many high-energy strategies do you have in your plan?Are you spreading your faculty too thin?Do you need to omit one or more high-energy strategies?
2. TOO FEW HIGH-ENERGY STRATEGIESHow many high-energy strategies do you have in your plan?Are you expending enough energy to bring about change?Are you avoiding classroom strategies?Do you need to add one or more high-energy strategies?
Note: If you say you’re going to implement a strategy, then the expectation is that you will implement it and implement it well. Omit strategies that you don’t think will be implemented well.
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NEXTSTEPS
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Individual Team MeetingsYour Steering Team will meet individually with an
InSAI staff member to review your collective strategies.
Bring1. Collective Strategy Energy Commitment
Report2. Collective Strategy Impact Report3. Strategy Summary Report
Agenda1. Review (and approve) all strategy titles &
descriptions2. Discuss energy commitment3. Discuss collective impact on data targets
IMPORTANT: ALL strategy titles and descriptions must be entered at this time.
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“Passing the baton” to the Strategy Chairs1. Selection:
Identify a Strategy Chair for each strategy requiring more than a title and description.
Strategy Chair Point Person - serves as the Strategy Chair for all strategies that require only a title and description.
More information: See Document 5.X
2. Strategy Chair Workshop:
Attended by:Strategy Chair Point PersonUp to 6 Strategy Chairs (for more comprehensive
strategies)
Must register online
Bring a laptop with a) online capacity and b) a full battery
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Year end:
1. All submissions are approved
• Congratulatory balloons will appear on your website• You will be able to download and print your school’s
SIP Summary Report (PDF)• You will be able to publish your SIP online
2. InSAI Update Email – May: Will include instructions for• Submitting your SIP to DOE electronically
3. On June 30• InSAI will send DOE a list of all schools that meet the
PL221 requirements for school improvement planning
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IndianaStudent
AchievementInstitute
InSAI
STEERING TEAMTRAINING
Writing StrategyTitles & Descriptions
Analyzing Your Collective Strategies
