1. Florida Catholic Conference Accreditation Program School Improvement Plan Process

2. School Improvement Plan 6 Main Areas
School Profile – Operational Vitality
Mission and Belief – Catholic Identity
Desired Results for Student Learning – Academic Excellence
Analysis of Instructional & Organizational Effectiveness – Academic Excellence & Governance and Leadership
Action Plan
Administrator’s Responsibility

3. Strengths & Weaknesses Specific Measurable Goals to Document
School Profile – Operational Vitality
Mission & Belief Statements – Catholic Identity
Desired Results for Student Learning – Academic Excellence
Analysis of Instructional & Organizational Effectiveness – Governance & Leadership
Plan
Action
Complete Picture
Accurate Account
Data Analysis
Student Performance
Perceptions
Strengths & Weaknesses
Specific Measurable Goals to Document

4. SIP
First 4 Areas –collecting and analyzing data to get a complete picture of the school’s history, where it is now, and setting goals for future progress
Action Plans
Make the Goals concrete and measurable
Analyze the data
Adjust the goals as needed

5. SIP – Steering Committee
Role
Communication – continual communication about the process with all stakeholders
Training of school staff in the process
Consensus Building – continual communication between Area Committees, Steering Committee, and school staff to develop ownership of the entire process and final document
Membership
Chairperson or Co-Chairs
Minimum of 4 other members (chairpersons of Committees for Areas 1-4)

6. SIP – Area Committees
Three main parts the School Improvement Plan process:
The Process
The Report
The Evidence

7. Key Parts of the Process
Review Standards and Benchmarks
Analyze data / Analyze results
What does this look like? How do you do it?
Conversations, discussions, consensus building
Use the worksheets for the benchmarks and gather supporting evidence
Dissect and compare results of student performance data (over time, by grade level, by gender, etc.)
Compare survey results between staff and parents and students

8. Area 1: School Profile – Operational Vitality
The Process
Administer the Catholic Identity Survey
Analyze the results of the related questions
Review and update profile data from previous school improvement plan
Review The National Catholic Standards, Benchmarks, Rubrics, and Evidence
Complete, through consensus, the worksheets for Standards 10-13
Determine the top 2 areas of strength and the top 2 opportunities for growth

9. Area 2: Mission and Belief Statements and Catholic Identity
The Process
Collaboratively update and/or create new statements
Review The National Catholic Standards, Benchmarks, Rubrics, and Evidence : Mission and Catholic Identity
Complete worksheets for standards 1-4
Analyze the results of the related questions from the Catholic Identity Survey
Determine the top 2 areas of strength and the top 2 opportunities for growth

10. Area 3: Desired Results for Student Learning – Academic Excellence
The Process
Analyze student performance data
Review The National Catholic Standards, Benchmarks, Rubrics, and Evidence : Academic Excellence
Complete Worksheets for Benchmarks and
Analyze the results of the related questions from the Catholic Identity Survey
Determine the top 2 areas of strength and the top 2 opportunities for growth

11. Area 4: Analysis of Instructional & Organizational Effectiveness – Academic Excellence continued & Governance & Leadership
The Process
Analyze instructional program data
Review The National Catholic Standards, Benchmarks, Rubrics, and Evidence: Academic Excellence (second half of standard 7 and standard 8) and Governance and Leadership
Complete Worksheets for Benchmarks and Standards 5 & 6
Analyze the results of the related questions from the Catholic Identity Survey
Determine the top 2 areas of strength and the top 2 opportunities for growth

12. Area 5: Action Plan The Process
Review the work and results of the committees of Areas 1 through 4
Using a collaborative process, determine the top three goals
Write an Action Plan for each of the three goals to include the Goal Statement, Evidence of success, and Strategies to achieve the goal (including timeline, person responsible and resources)

13. Action Plan
Goal Statement (includes specific audience, measurable change, and time frame)
Evidence (List of evidence that will be used to document and evaluate the success of the goal)
Strategy Timeline Person Responsible Resources
Teachers will…
Students will…

14. Administrator’s Responsibility
Compliance with Standard 14
Executive Summary – brief narrative regarding the progress the school has made since the last accreditation visitation

15. The Evidence Listed on each Rubric / Worksheet
Can be electronic, hard copy, observation, picture, video, etc.
Needed for each benchmark

16. The SIP Report Cover Page Information Page Table of Contents
Introductory Materials
Executive Summary
Area Reports
Action Plans

17. Questions

18. I am only a phone call or email away
Mary Camp
Associate Director for Accreditation
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