Facilitators of School Improvement ELEMENTARY LISA GUZZARDO ASARO DEANE SPENCER OCTOBER 2015

Today’s Outcomes Ex 2 Experience Cutting Edge Math presentation from MISD Math Consultants Receive Important Updates Engage in FSI Materials, Websites and more Review a Monthly Continuous School Improvement Checklist Access Resources and register to receive newsletters during the school year Open the conversation for monitoring the fidelity of implementation Understand Your Program Evaluation Tool Results Explore MI School Data, Data Director, and Macombfsi.net

3 Key Working Agreements A Facilitation Tool Respect all Points of View Be Present and Engaged Honor Time Agreements Get All Voices in the Room These breathe life into our Core Values

4 Parking Lot A Facilitation Tool Rest questions that do not benefit the whole group Place questions that do not pertain to content at this time Place questions that pertain, but participants do not want to ask at this time

Action Required Chart Any request by you that I need to respond to must be placed on the Action Required Chart You need to PRINT your complete name, school, and address 5

FSI Materials New Participants to FSI ◦Notebook ◦Plastic Folder ◦FSI Bag All Participants ◦Bookmark of Acronyms ◦Flashdrive (load new handouts only) ◦School set of Placemats with Mind Maps ◦The formative Assessment Action Plan, Nancy Frey and Doug Fisher 6

7 Creating a Formative Assessment System to inform Instruction CHECKING FOR UNDERSTANDING: Where am I now? FEEDBACK: How am I doing? Feed Forward: Where am I going next?

Elementary Principal Resource Packet  OFS District Monthly Activity Organizer  Spring 2016 Testing Schedule (Summer)  AdvancED Team Member Invitation for MI Educators  Student Growth Percentile  CEPI Announcement…Educational Entity Master (EEM)  2016 NWEA Measures of Academic Progress 8

Accreditation Labels Changed AdvancED 9 INOUT Accredited Accredited on Review Probation Warned Advisement AdvancEd takes all the IEQ index scores in the nation and rank orders them. If your school falls in the bottom 5% for the NATION, additional reviewing will be conducted by AdvancED.

Do You have ACCESS to the RIGHT RESOURCES?  Annual Education Report… sources  2015 AER letter from Deputy Superintendents  MI School Data Announcements from CEPI  Spotlight on Student Assessment and Accountability  AdvancED ASSIST Newsletter  MDE Recommended use of 2015 Assessment Data  Testing Schedule 10

MDE moves forward with AdvancED eProve 11 Complete launch with new AdvancED standards October 2015: eProve website launched for access to background information to eleot and surveys January 2016: Customize your surveys September 2017: Other New Features Strategy and Activity Bank Analytics Possible Pilot for Macomb

eProve Features: Custom Surveys ◦Add questions to Certified Surveys…school logo ◦Create custom surveys ◦Online Multi-language ◦Mobile response ◦Share surveys ◦Survey landing page ◦Reporting ◦Report builder ◦Top/Bottom 5 (highest to lowest survey items) ◦Benchmarking 12

Math is in the House Math Consultants: ◦Trish Dunn ◦Kristi Hineman ◦Marianne Srock 13

FSI Curriculum and Tools 14

Creating a Culture of Continuous School Improvement Revised August 2015 MONTHLY CHECKLIST macombfsi.net/FSI Series 15

Macomb ISD School Improvement 16 This is where the FSI link to resource can be accessed.

MDE FSI Website Facilitators of School Improvement ◦FSI Series: PPTS, Agendas and Calendar ◦MDE School Reporting Requirements ◦MDE District Reporting Requirements ◦FSI Series Handouts by Stage and Step ◦School Data Resources: MI School Data and Data Director ◦School Improvement Timelines ◦District Office Corner ◦Principal’s Corner 17

2015 Priority and Focus Schools  Focus Schools Released/Retained  Priority Schools Released/Retained  Released schools have until to have goals in ASSIST  Begin to transition now by identifying goals  No new Cohort of schools named in

Save the Dates AdvancED Conference (2-days) November 4 and 5, 2014 Suburban Collection Showplace, NOVI OEII School Improvement Conference (2-days) November 16 and 17, 2014 Lansing Center, LANSING ◦School Improvement Framework (26 quality indicators) ◦District Improvement Framework (10 quality indicators) ◦New E-prove Platform project for 2017 OEII School Improvement Conference (2-days) 19

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Professional Learning Opportunities MISD Sponsored Recommended by MISD Flyers and Brochures The Macomb ISD has a plethora of professional learning opportunities listed in courseware. Search by month or content. Flyers and brochures will be placed on the shelving in the back of the room to my left. 21

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MI-CSI Process Cycle

Making Connections Annual Education Report How did we do? School Improvement Plan Where do we want to go and how are we going to get there? Comprehensive Needs Assessment Where are we now?

The Big Picture

Process and Products StageProcessesProducts GATHER Get Ready Collect Data Build Profile School Process Profile* School Data Profile STUDY Analyze Data Set Goals Set Measurable Objectives Research Best Practices School Data Analysis (SDA)* School Process Profile Analysis PLAN Develop improvement plan Develop strategies Develop activities School Improvement Plan DO Implement the Plan Monitor the Plan Evaluate the Plan Program Evaluation Tool* Annual Education Report *Diagnostic in ASSIST

27 Stage Four Do Step 10 Monitor Plan DO Implement Plan Monitor Plan Evaluate Plan

Stage Four DO Step 10 Monitor Plan

Creating a ‘Look For’ Guide to Monitor the Fidelity of Implementation 29

‘Look For’ Guide Gradual Release Example 30

Opening the Conversation for Monitoring What are the Experts Saying? Dr. Kevin Feldman : ‘…useful or “actionable” feedback is a critical attribute in learning and continuous improvement.’ Doug Fisher and Nancy Frey : ‘True teacher leadership requires empowerment.’ City, Elmore, Fiarman, and Teitel : ‘We learn to do the work by doing the work, not by telling other people to do the work, not by having done the work at some time in the past, and not by hiring experts who can act as proxies for our knowledge about how to do the work.’ 31

Opening the Conversation for Monitoring ACTIVITY 32 DIRECTION for ACTIVITY Each school should have a stack of Monitoring Activity Cards Use the four resource articles to complete the description box for each card As a group determine if this activity is: Not possible at our school We can do this with some training This practice is in place at our school Use a blank card to record and describe a monitoring activity in your school not listed on the cards.

33 Using Teacher Learning Walks to Improve Instruction Doug Fisher and Nancy Frye Learning Walks Video 2

34 Strategy Implementation Guide Monitoring Plan Example

35 Strategy Implementation Guide Monitoring Plan Activity

36 Stage Four Do Step 11 Evaluate Plan DO Implement Plan Monitor Plan Evaluate Plan

Stage Four DO Step 11 Evaluate Plan

MDE Program Evaluation Tool (PET) 2016 Requirements Dr. Michael Radke, Director MDE Office of Field Services speaks… “Yes, schools can use the PET on the same strategy/initiative/program for the second year (and possibly beyond). This is based on the belief that it may take 2-3 years to fully implement a major S/I/P, see data showing impact on achievement/gaps, and learning how to use the PET process with fidelity.” “Yes, we only require use of the PET on ONE S/I/P just like last year.” Timeline: Program Evaluation Tool Due Date: June 30,

Program Evaluation Tool (PET) What Have YOU Learned/What Action Steps Will Follow 39

Program Evaluation Tool (PET) What Have YOU Learned/What Action Steps Will Follow 40 DIRECTIONS Use your PET Results to complete table Use the PET Rubric to score each question if you have not done this Identify what you learned from assessing implementation of your strategy Identify Action Steps Be prepared to share out

Program Evaluation Tool (PET) Beginning the 2016 Program Evaluation Process:  Complete the What You Learned/Action Steps Activity (DONE)  Decide to use the same strategy/program/initiative or identify another  Create a NEW Program Evaluation Tool Diagnostic  Respond or Revise questions on page two of the Program Evaluation Diagnostic (PET) 41

ALL RESOURCES 42

43 Program Evaluation Tool (PET) Professional Learning Timeline

Program Evaluation Deconstruct a STRATEGY at the ACTIVITY Level Open your envelop and ONLY take out the colored blank cards labeled Getting Ready Readiness, Getting Ready Knowledge and Skills 44 Getting Ready 1. Readiness Getting Ready 2. Knowledge & Skills Getting Ready 3. Opportunity ImplementMonitorEvaluate

Strengthen Strategy Implementation by including all PHASES at the ACTIVITY LEVEL READINESSKNOWLEDGE and SKILLS OPPORTUNITY TO IMPLEMENT Staff will work together to create a common understanding and shared vision for how CITW will seamlessly integrate within the context of the building ’ s other initiatives. Teacher Learning Teams utilize the CITW Implementation Guide which identifies Critical Components and Non-negotiables required to understand as a school the expectations for implementation in their classrooms. Teachers will identify a colleague to engage in peer coaching during the implementation of math models as an instructional practice. ImplementMonitorEvaluate All teachers will implement all elements of setting objectives and critical feedback into their lessons Monitors will use the Strategy Implementation Guide to focus their walk Throughs on the Creating an Environment for Learning non-negotiables of Classroom Instruction That Works AND Teachers will use common formative assessment to analyze student results and identify next instructional steps. Staff will use the Strategy Implementation Guide during their evaluation process to ensure they analyze their impact and fidelity of implementation the way the research intended.

Developing a STRATEGY at the ACTIVITY LEVEL 46

STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE Critical 47

School Process Rubrics and CNA, So What?

CONNECTING Fidelity of Implementation to Impact Data Guiding Questions to lead the identification of ACTIVITIES Current Reality Where are we now? ◦Assessing Fidelity of Implementation How do you know the adult implementation is working? ◦Assessing the Impact on Student Achievement How do you know there is a connection between the adult behaviors and the impact on student achievement? SSR or ISA/SA challenges Process Data Analysis and Perception Data challenges Researching Best Practice Is it the Right Fit?

50 Fidelity of Implementation Current Reality (Statements & Rubric Score) Data Program Evaluation Requires all THREE types of Activities Walk Through (Adult Implementation) Data Measurement (Student Achievement) Data Ready to Answer Question 5

51 Stage Four Do Step 11 Evaluate Plan Program Evaluation Tool Feedback to Dr. Michael Radke, Director of MDE’s Office of Field Services Professional Learning Opportunities PET Diagnostic in ASSIST Pilot Year covering one S/I/P What Did you Discover about the adult fidelity of implementation and student impact (achievement)?

Team Work Time  Planning to take SI back to your schools  Network with Colleagues  FERPA 52