Leading Continuous Improvement in the School Day 3

Whats Your Definition of Quality or Continuous Improvement? How would you describe the term Quality? How would you describe the term Quality? How would you explain the concept of continuous improvement to someone who has never heard of it before? How would you explain the concept of continuous improvement to someone who has never heard of it before?

9 Common Characteristics of Successful Schools From: What we know about successful school leadership (2003). -Administration American Education Research (AERA) What we know about successful school leadership What we know about successful school leadership Clear and Shared Focus Clear and Shared Focus High Standards and Expectations High Standards and Expectations Effective School Leadership Effective School Leadership High Levels of Collaboration & Communication High Levels of Collaboration & Communication Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment Aligned with Standards Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment Aligned with Standards Frequent Monitoring of Teaching and Learning Frequent Monitoring of Teaching and Learning Focused Professional Development Focused Professional Development Supportive Learning Environment Supportive Learning Environment High Levels of Community and Parent Involvement High Levels of Community and Parent Involvement

Agenda For Today! Class Meetings An Overview of Quality Tools Hands-on with Quality Tools (if time allows)

Reviewing Yesterday! Review Plus/Delta and Parking Lot What were the Key learning's or highlights from yesterdays workshop: –SMART Goals –Data Centers –Data Folders

Video: Wildly Important Goals! © 2004 FranklinCovey. All rights reserved. For internal use only. Duplication and use for unauthorized training purposes are strictly prohibited. Permission was obtained on January 4 th, 2007.

Wildly Important Goals??? What percent of people know what the WIGs are? How much time do people spend on their WIGs? At your table, discuss how you will ensure your students know what the WIGs are in your classroom

The Continuous Improvement Classroom Class Meetings & Quality Work & FeedbackClass Meetings & Quality Work & Feedback

The Continuous Improvement Classroom Learning more about quality toolsquality tools

We get to put out our ideas, compliment stuff, before I never had a voice, but now we do and it sure feels good to have a voice. Student

Values- What are your core values? How does your classroom (or school) reflect your core values?

Wrap-Up Journal Writing (Worksheet H): –What did I learn? –How will I apply it to my classroom/school? Table reflection… Quality Quadrant

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