Doubling Student Performance... and finding the resources to do it Allan R. Odden and Sarah J. Archibald

Chapter One Case Studies  Rural Districts  What worked?  What can you gain for your site?  Medium-Sized Districts  What worked?  What can you gain for your site?  High-Minority, High-Poverty Schools  What worked?  What can you gain for your site?  Rural Districts  What worked?  What can you gain for your site?  Medium-Sized Districts  What worked?  What can you gain for your site?  High-Minority, High-Poverty Schools  What worked?  What can you gain for your site?

Chapter Two Educational Change Process  Pressure to improve student achievement  Large-scale organizational change process  1. Laying foundation for change  2. Creating a new educational strategy  3. Implementing, monitoring, and continuously improving  Pressure to improve student achievement  Large-scale organizational change process  1. Laying foundation for change  2. Creating a new educational strategy  3. Implementing, monitoring, and continuously improving

Pressure to improve student achievement  Defining what success is important  Many of you are already at schools that are considered successful  How is that determined?  How can you challenge this?  Defining what success is important  Many of you are already at schools that are considered successful  How is that determined?  How can you challenge this?

Laying foundation for change  Read quote from page 49 of text  Needs assessment or self-study  Data you do have  Data you don’t have  Deep understanding of the school  Critical analysis  Trusting environment  WASC? - not traditionally  Read quote from page 49 of text  Needs assessment or self-study  Data you do have  Data you don’t have  Deep understanding of the school  Critical analysis  Trusting environment  WASC? - not traditionally

Creating a new educational strategy  Read quote page 53  Structuring, scheduling, and staffing the schools according to the imperatives of their new educational strategy  Without this schools would have not known what resources to drop and what resources to add  Read quote page 53  Structuring, scheduling, and staffing the schools according to the imperatives of their new educational strategy  Without this schools would have not known what resources to drop and what resources to add

Reflection  What is your current educational strategy?  Does the way you allocate your resources at the school reflect this?  How do you know?  What is your current educational strategy?  Does the way you allocate your resources at the school reflect this?  How do you know?

Implementation, monitoring, and continuous improvement  This sounds pretty straight-forward  Take time to write down five different programs at your school  How were they implemented?  How are they monitored?  How do you know they are effective?  What drives programs to be adjusted or changed?  This sounds pretty straight-forward  Take time to write down five different programs at your school  How were they implemented?  How are they monitored?  How do you know they are effective?  What drives programs to be adjusted or changed?

Discussion  Discuss what you wrote down with your table  Could you answer all the questions?  Which questions are you struggling with?  Discuss how you could begin to start answering some of those questions about your programs.  Should some of the programs exist?  Discuss what you wrote down with your table  Could you answer all the questions?  Which questions are you struggling with?  Discuss how you could begin to start answering some of those questions about your programs.  Should some of the programs exist?

Assignments  Book review - Good to Great: Social Sector  Financial Office/Superintendent Interview and Reflection  Develop Questions  We will develop specific questions in class today  Will send me question answers so can be posted anonymously  2-4 page reflection on what you learned and made you think about for you as a school leader  Professional Development Plan and Audit  Describe a PD plan that will encompass the 6 key components  Then conduct an audit p.109 thinking about the 6 resource areas  Reflect on what resource allocation decisions you would need to make this a viable plan for your school  Book review - Good to Great: Social Sector  Financial Office/Superintendent Interview and Reflection  Develop Questions  We will develop specific questions in class today  Will send me question answers so can be posted anonymously  2-4 page reflection on what you learned and made you think about for you as a school leader  Professional Development Plan and Audit  Describe a PD plan that will encompass the 6 key components  Then conduct an audit p.109 thinking about the 6 resource areas  Reflect on what resource allocation decisions you would need to make this a viable plan for your school

Ten Steps to Doubling Student Performance  1. Understanding the performance problem and challenge  2. Set ambitious goals  3. Change the curriculum program and create a new instructional model  4. Formative assessments and data-based decision making  1. Understanding the performance problem and challenge  2. Set ambitious goals  3. Change the curriculum program and create a new instructional model  4. Formative assessments and data-based decision making

 5. Ongoing, intensive professional development  6. Using time efficiently and effectively  7. Extending learning time for struggling students  8. Collaborative, professional culture (PLC)  9. Widespread and distributed instructional leadership  10. Professional and best practices  5. Ongoing, intensive professional development  6. Using time efficiently and effectively  7. Extending learning time for struggling students  8. Collaborative, professional culture (PLC)  9. Widespread and distributed instructional leadership  10. Professional and best practices

Activity  Break into 3 groups of 3 and 2 groups of 2  I will assign your group 2 of the 10 steps  You will be presenting out each step  Explain what the step is and helpful insights  Also challenge yourself to apply it to your local context  How could use this step at your school?  Can you give a local example?  Break into 3 groups of 3 and 2 groups of 2  I will assign your group 2 of the 10 steps  You will be presenting out each step  Explain what the step is and helpful insights  Also challenge yourself to apply it to your local context  How could use this step at your school?  Can you give a local example?

Chapter Four Reducing Class Size  Reallocating staff  Reallocating resources  Schoolwide strategies  Districtwide strategies  Reallocating staff  Reallocating resources  Schoolwide strategies  Districtwide strategies

Strategies for effective professional development  Effective Professional Development = change in teachers’ instructional practice  Key Components: 1. Form of activity 2. Duration of activity 3. Collective participation 4.Content focus 5.Active learning opportunities 6.Coherence  Effective Professional Development = change in teachers’ instructional practice  Key Components: 1. Form of activity 2. Duration of activity 3. Collective participation 4.Content focus 5.Active learning opportunities 6.Coherence

Professional-development fiscal and program audit  Teacher time for training  Time during the school day and year for collaborative planning  Trainers  Instructional Coaches  Administration  Miscellaneous resources for supplies  Teacher time for training  Time during the school day and year for collaborative planning  Trainers  Instructional Coaches  Administration  Miscellaneous resources for supplies

Chapter Six Funding Extra-Help Strategies  Individual and small-group tutoring  Extended time  Individual and small-group tutoring  Extended time

Chapter Seven Linking School Finance Adequacy to Doubling Performance  What is meant by?  School finance adequacy  Evidence-based approach  How do you feel your school does in these two areas?  What is going well?  What would need to change?  What is meant by?  School finance adequacy  Evidence-based approach  How do you feel your school does in these two areas?  What is going well?  What would need to change?

Practical Application