The Classroom-Focused Improvement Process CFIP The Classroom-Focused Improvement Process

CFIP Please open up the “In Class Links for CFIP Presentation” thread in the Discussion Board :-)

CFIP “A six-step process for increasing student achievement that is planned and carried out by teachers meeting in grade level, content, or vertical teams as a part of their regular lesson planning cycle.” mdk12.org

CFIP “What do we know from available data about current levels of student performance and how will we respond to these data?” The Maryland State Department of Education endorses CFIP as a method to help teachers focus on answering the question…. Put them in groups of 4

CFIP Why do researchers and practitioners advocate for the use of assessment data to guide instruction? Why do the authors describe the process of developing and implementing a system of common formative assessments as "engaging in authentic professional development?” What are the benefits and possible roadblocks for establishing PLCs (Professional Learning Communities)? Questions from readings

CFIP http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/JC5DMFQ Survey Results Please click the Survey #1 link http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/JC5DMFQ Survey Results

CFIP Collaboration among grade/content team members CFIP is intended to be used as part of the regular lesson planning cycle and encourages: Collaboration among grade/content team members Use of common formative assessments Student-specific enrichments and/or interventions Thomas & Hickey Video Introduction video from MSDE site / Keith brings up survey results

CFIP Identification of students’ strengths and instructional needs Development and administration of common assessments Data analysis to identify patterns in achievement Enrichments/ interventions put in place for students who need them Identification of instructional factors that contributed to patterns identified Addition of improvements to future instruction

CFIP Groups will evaluate and discuss the process while looking at example / copies handed out

Groups will evaluate and discuss the process while looking at example / copies handed out

Groups will evaluate and discuss the process while looking at example / copies handed out

CFIP MSDE suggests 7 pre-conditions for successful implementation of CFIP. Does your school meet these pre-conditions? Talk about capacity. Ask group to think about these questions while we go over the pre-conditions. Would a struggling, urban school meet them??

CFIP 1. A cohesive and collaborative grade-level, departmental, or vertical team which shares common subject matter and common assessments, either developed by the state or school system or by the teachers of an individual school

CFIP 2. Common planning time for team members consisting, at a minimum, of one hour twice weekly, of which one hour every two weeks is devoted exclusively to the CFIP

CFIP 3. A principal who is a strong instructional leader and who is comfortable with the concept of shared leadership

CFIP 4. Norms to guide the team's process of collaborative data analysis

CFIP 5. Autonomy for the team to adjust teaching practices and interventions based on data from assessments of their students' learning

CFIP 6. Use of short-cycle, common, formative assessments by the team

CFIP 7. On-going professional development to enhance the team's capacity to continually adjust their teaching practice in response to student performance data

Please click the Survey #2 link CFIP Please click the Survey #2 link https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dHY0eXNKY3lYMG1rYzVDMjAyTGU5OEE6MA