1. ©UChicago Impact

2. 2 Welcome and Introductions Molly Quish, Senior Manager 5Essentials UChicago Impact Elliot Ransom, Director 5Essentials UChicago Impact

3. 3 ©UChicago Impact Agenda  UChicago Impact and the 5Essentials  North Chicago Partnership  Evanston Pilot  Professional Development Series

4. Our Belief Every student deserves an excellent education in an excellent school.

5. 5 ©UChicago Impact Scalable Tools and Innovations UChicago Impact 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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7. 7 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

8. North Chicago Partnership

9. 9 ©UChicago Impact North Chicago SD 187 2012 Bottom 10 districts in State State dissolved school board Independent authority appointed New Superintendent and Deputy Superintendent hired Impact Partnership with District, Impact, and LCCF In-depth trainings/professional development provided

10. 10 ©UChicago Impact 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)

11. 11 ©UChicago Impact 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%

12. 12 ©UChicago Impact 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)

13. Evanston Pilot

14. 14 ©UChicago Impact 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.Relationship 2.Capacity 3.Familiarity 4.Diversity 5.Proximity Evanston Partnership

15. 15 ©UChicago Impact Evanston Pilot 5 schools: elementary and middle schools Participants included instructional leadership teams Supplemental coaching sessions, presentations to staff and PTA, were also provided

16. Professional Development Series

17. 17 ©UChicago Impact Improvement Cycle

18. 18 ©UChicago Impact Professional Development Phase 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