Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” The New Look of School Improvement January 25, G-CASE Conference Savannah, Georgia Dr. Barbara Lunsford, EdD Associate Superintendent, School Improvement Georgia Department of Education Friday, November 15, 2013

Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” The New Look of School Improvement January 25, Merge of School Improvement Division and School Turnaround Division Delivery Plan 4 Regional District and School Improvement Network Teams based on geographic location North Georgia Metro Atlanta Middle Georgia South Georgia

Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” The New Look of School Improvement January 25, Regional District and School Improvement Network Teams Lead Network School Improvement Specialist Students with Disabilities/RTI/UDL Regional Improvement Specialist Mathematics/UDL/MDC Regional Improvement Specialist Literacy/English Language Arts/UDL/LDC Regional Improvement Specialist Data/Professional Learning School Improvement Specialist Leadership Development/Indistar  Improvement Specialist Turnaround Field Specialist District Effectiveness Regional Lead GAPSS Team Member

Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” The New Look of School Improvement January 25, Focus on building capacity of district level and school level administrators AND school level leadership team members. (Instructional Coaches, Department Chairs, etc.) Focus on building capacity and knowledge transfer with district and school level administrators, school level leadership teams, and whole school staff.

Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” The New Look of School Improvement January 25, What is your school’s game plan for surviving changes in  Curriculum?  Assessment?  Teacher Evaluation?  Leader Evaluation?  School/District Accountability?  CCRPI?

Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” The New Look of School Improvement January 25, Alignment to Teacher and Leader Keys Revision of School Keys Development of District Keys Understanding of the CCRPI

Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” The New Look of School Improvement January 25, Revision of School Keys Align with new research and new initiatives.  Teacher Keys and Leader Keys  Professional Learning Standards  Family and Community Engagement  Common Core GPS Create a high quality, user-friendly feedback system for schools. Streamline the number of rubrics. Provide clear, concise, consistent language. Resolve the Saddle Effect: “All” and “None”.

Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” The New Look of School Improvement January 25, Revision of School Keys Create a self-assessment tool for schools. Connect to the School Improvement Process. Stronger focus on classroom management. New focus on internal/external communication. More focus on the principal as the leader of curriculum, assessment, instruction, and PL. New focus on leaders to effectively monitor, accurately evaluate, and support teachers. More focus on the students as accountable, active participants in their own learning.

Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” The New Look of School Improvement January 25, Revision of School Keys Aligned with Teacher and Leader Keys Old Performance Levels Not Addressed Emergent Operational Fully Operational New Performance Levels Exemplary Operational Emerging Not Evident

Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” The New Look of School Improvement January 25,

Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” The New Look of School Improvement January 25, Have the right people at the table to engage in the planning process. School Improvement Curriculum Title I Special Education CTAE Counselors

Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” The New Look of School Improvement January 25, The planning process SIPs July August SeptemberOctober District Plans Title I MarchAprilMayJune Start SIP Process X

Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” The New Look of School Improvement January 25, Assign “reporters” for each strategy. Review each strategy at SLT meetings. Input data and information into the SIP. Locate and solve kinks in implementation. Determine next steps. Using the SIP as a monitoring tool.

Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” The New Look of School Improvement January 25, Next Steps in the Field Engage the leadership team to review SIP strategies now. Have them “build a case” with data for each strategy. Identify and solve kinks in implementation. Start the process to replace ineffective strategies in the spring.

Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” The New Look of School Improvement January 25, Key Advantages of CCRPI Monitors a school’s ability to close the gap. Assesses progress down to the subgroup level. Provides a strong focus on literacy/writing. Brings science/social studies into the mix. Shares the responsibility for graduation rate. Shines a light on CTAE performance. Sets high expectations for high performers.

Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” The New Look of School Improvement January 25, TKES District Keys School Keys CCRPI GAPSS LKES District Assessment

Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent “Making Education Work for All Georgians” The New Look of School Improvement January 25, Barbara Lunsford Associate Superintendent, School Improvement