ISLLC Standard #1 ISLLC Standard #1 Planning School Improvement Name: Planning School Improvement that Ensures Student Success Workshop Facilitator

Welcome  Name of Superintendent  Welcome  Why Important © AZ Board of Regents, BEST Professional Development, All rights reserved, 2012.

Overview & Introductions  Name of Facilitator  Introductions  Overview / Agenda  Guiding Questions  Targeted Objectives  ISLLC Standards © AZ Board of Regents, BEST Professional Development, All rights reserved, 2012.

Proposed Norms & Expectations  Stay focused and fully engaged  no competing conversations please  Participate to grow  share openly and monitor your listening  Be a learner  create your own meaning and application  Get your needs met  ask questions that benefit the group  personal questions on breaks  Housekeeping  silence cell phones  handle business later  share ONE point …then next person

Leadership Model A Systems Thinking Approach: ISLLC Standards and improvement strategies are managed through Key Processes Student Achievement Teacher Quality Instructional Leadership ImplementingMonitoring Supporting CommunicatingAdvocatingPlanning

ISLLC Standards  A principal may choose to implement specific strategies to meet the ISLLC Standards and/or improve his/her performance relevant to the ISLLC Standards. The standards are: 1.Facilitating the development, articulation, implementation, and stewardship of a vision of learning 2.Advocating, nurturing, and sustaining a school culture and instructional program conducive to student learning and staff professional growth 3.Ensuring management of the organization, operation, and resources for a safe, efficient, and effective learning environment 4.Collaborating with faculty and community members, responding to diverse community interests and needs, and mobilizing community resources 5.Acting with integrity, fairness, and in an ethical manner 6.Understanding, responding to, and influencing the political, social, economic, legal, and cultural context

Application Focus

At the conclusion of this module you will identify key concepts and plan your application focus In the column labeled “Current Reality” –Rate yourself on a scale of 1-5  5 = Highly effective  3 = Satisfactorily Effective  1 = Ineffective –Describe the evidence that supports your application of this concept

Planning School Improvement that Ensures Student Success Segment Guiding Questions  What are the key components of school planning that will ensure student success?  What actions/activities need to be part of creating a school plan?

Teamwork and its Role In High Expectations and School Improvement  Watch “The Power of Teamwork Video”  Introduce yourself and share one thought about planning that resulted from your viewing of the video. 

How Do We Begin?  Form a School Improvement Planning Team  Understand the Context  Collect Information  Enhancing Curriculum Delivery  School Environment  Parental Involvement

Action Steps What Will Be Done? Responsibilities Who Will Do It? Timeline By When? (Day/Month) Resources A.Resources Available B.Resources Needed (financial, human, political & other) Potential Barriers A.What individuals or organizations might resist? B.How? Communications Plan Who is involved? What methods? How often? Step 1: Forming a School Improvement Planning Team A. B. A. B. Step 2: Understanding the Context A. B. A. B. Step 3: Curriculum Delivery A. B. A. B. Step 4: School Environment A. B. A. B. Step 5: Parental Involvement A. B. A. B. School Improvement/Leadership Team Action Plan Purpose: To create a plan to begin the School Improvement Planning Process Directions: Using this form as a template, develop a work plan for each goal identified through the needs assessment process. Goal: Results/Accomplishments: Evidence Of Success (How will you know that you are making progress? What are your benchmarks? Evaluation Process (How will you determine that your goal has been reached? What are your measures?)

Planning Model for School Improvement  The Continuous Improvement Cycle  Using a cycle matrix, expand on each element of this planning model; i.e. clarifying what needs to be done in each section and who is doing it.

How Do We Create A Plan? Handout: School Improvement Planning (pages 40 – 46)  Create 4 reading teams  Each team will read the section that aligns with their number.  Team 1 – Forming Action Teams - pp  Team 2 – Setting Goals - pp  Team 3 – Developing Strategies - pp  Team 4 – Establishing Responsibilities - pp  Prepare to share the main idea of your section and connect it to planning, school mission, and vision.  Team sharing and group discussion School Improvement Planning: A Handbook for Principals, Teachers, and School Councils. Education Improvement Commission

Action Steps What Will Be Done? Responsibilities Who Will Do It? Timeline By When? (Day/Month) Resources A.Resources Available B.Resources Needed (financial, human, political & other) Potential Barriers A.What individuals or organizations might resist? B.How? Communications Plan Who is involved? What methods? How often? Step 1: Forming Action Teams A. B. A. B. Step 2: Setting Goals A. B. A. B. Step 3: Developing Strategies A. B. A. B. Step 4: Establishing Responsibilities A. B. A. B. School Improvement Action Plan Purpose: To create a School Improvement Plan Directions: Using this form as a template, develop a work plan for each goal identified through the needs assessment process. Goal: Results/Accomplishments: Evidence Of Success (How will you know that you are making progress? What are your benchmarks?) Evaluation Process (How will you determine that your goal has been reached? What are your measures?)

 How did exploration of your plan guide you to changes that will lead to achieving the shared vision for learning in your school?  “ There is no more powerful engine driving an organization toward excellence and long range success than an attractive, worthwhile and achievable vision of the future, widely shared” Burt Nanus, Visionary Leadership. 1992, p.3 Closing Reflection

Application Focus  Consider the guiding question, and think about connections between the ISSLC Standard and Workshop’s key concepts  Use column labeled “Strategies/Ideas”  List at least THREE things per box 17

Workshop Closure  Review the following…  Targeted Objectives  ISLLC Standard (Elements, Criteria, or Targeted Behavior list on Application Focus)  Next Steps  What additional data do you need?  Who will you involve in process?  What resources do you need?  Application Focus  Do what?  By when?

Workshop Closure  Pair Share” at least TWO strategies you learned today and how you plan to implement these strategies at your school.  Please complete “Participant Feedback” form  Grant research  Improve future workshops  Thank You for your hard work