Results By Design Simple not Easy The Journey from Good to Great

Getting Student Results is Simple, Just not Easy … All you have to do is: –Find out what kids know –Find out what kids do not know –Do something(teach them) about what they do not know

What are the Simple Things We Need to Do? All we have to do is: –Apply Good to Great –Plan, Teach and Assess at the Student Expectation Level ( the SEL) of the TEKS –This is another way to say we are focused on deep alignment between the written, taught, and tested curriculum –Lead for deep implementation

Good to Great Study Companies selected for study had stock returns 6.9 times higher than general market Then, the company had to have 15-year cumulative stock returns at or below general market, but Definite transition point where they were 3 times over the market over the next 15 years

Good-to Great Companies Abbott Circuit City Fannie Mae Gillette Kimberly-Clark Kroger Nucor Philip Morris Pitney Bowes Walgreens Wells Fargo

Comparison Companies Collins compared Great companies to similar companies who failed to make the leap to greatness His researchers identified what was unique to the Great Companies and what was missing in the comparison companies The “ what was missing ” formed the foundation principles of Good to Great

Foundation Principles Flywheel Effect Culture of Discipline First Who, then What Confront the Brutal Facts (Stockdale Paradox) Hedgehog Concept

2 Key Principles from our Experience Culture of Discipline — Leadership Hedgehog Concept — At what will we be the best in the world?

Culture of Discipline Stage I — Disciplined People Stage II — Disciplined Thought Stage III — Disciplined Action

Levels of Leadership Level 5 Executive Level 4 Effective Leader Level 3 Competent Manager Level 2 Competent Manager Level 1 Highly Capable Individual

Leading a District-Wide Implementation Ambitious for the organization Ferocious will to make it happen

Hedgehog Concept What are you passionate about? What can you do better than anyone else in the world? How do you deploy your resources to support what the research says has the greatest impact on student achievement?

In Suburban ISD, we believed that: We would be the best in the world at using data to drive instruction. We cannot be all things to all people, but we can focus on the learning and make informed decisions about what the learners know and do not know.

The Results Equation R = L + D + A Leadership Data Action

Leadership Build the Case Determine Your Targets Set Standards of Quality Announce Plan for Accountability Give Energy to the Initiative

Building the Case Determine the audience Differentiate the message as needed Consult the research (internal and external) to support the job as “ doable ” Articulate the student benefits Make connections to personal mission (why teachers teach) Make connections to organizational mission (why our school exists)

Determine Your Targets Create plans to build your case to the appropriate audience in a frequent and consistent manner Create plans to keep the case focused and on everyone ’ s radar screen

Set Standards of Quality Determine measures to be used to document success along the way Search for early examples of success and hold up these staff members as positive examples

Give Energy to the Initiative Talk about it … Talk about it … Talk about it … -- Never let your team forget that it is a priority to you as a leader Identify your current group of champions for this initiative Delegate responsibility to other leaders to monitor and intervene where appropriate Recognize your trendsetters and determine the best practices that have contributed to his/her success Standardize the implementation of these practices

Data↔Action Continuum Do we take action without considering the data? Do we take action with a cursory understanding of the data? Do we take action that is driven by the data? Do we differentiate our actions based on the data?

Data and Action Set the Stage with Leadership Data Analysis at Every Level of the Organization Data Married to Action Interventions –Student –Teacher

Data Meeting Analysis using the Assessment Reports What does the data mean? What are the leadership implications? What interventions will be established?

Results By Design Simple not Easy The Journey from Good to Great