1. Kansas Education Systems Accreditation
Outside Validation Teams
Kansas leads the world in the success of each student.

2. What is an Outside Validation Team?
Responsibilities / Expectations
An Outside Validation Team (OVT) is made up of education professionals charged with coaching, mentoring and supporting the district to which they are assigned for the duration of the five-year accreditation cycle.
An Outside Validation Team (OVT) is made up of education professionals charged with coaching, mentoring and supporting from the district to which they are assigned for the duration of the five-year accreditation cycle.
This team will assist the district with analyzing the results of its needs assessment and building a plan of action .
*It is the responsibility of the district to acquire an OVT I.

3. Why Is an OVT important? Provides an objective perspective.
Ensures process-fidelity.
Fosters cross-district collaboration.
Outside Validation Teams provide a critical function during the five-year accreditation process.
When we’re too close to a situation, we can underestimate or overestimate our performance. An OVT provides an objective perspective that sets emotion aside and simply addresses the facts.
An OVT provides a level of accountability to keep districts on track and focused to achieve the goals they’ve identified.
Perhaps most importantly, the process of using an OVT ultimately fosters cross-district collaboration. This isn’t a competition between districts. It’s an opportunity to learn from one another and help each other move the state toward its goal of leading the world in the success of each student.

4. Why Serve on an OVT? Learn from one another
Earn professional development credit
Gain exposure to other system cultures

5. Responsibilities & Expectations
Membership
Expectations
Training
Visits
Membership
-Adhere to validation team responsibilities - (save this for the next few slides where you talk about year 1-5 responsibilities.)
-Members will have professional experience relative to the role on the team
-Members may not be employed by the district they serve
-May not serve concurrently on committees and the district they serve
-Must notify KSDE of any potential conflicts of interest serving a district
Expectations
-Actively participate
-Contribute to the sustainability of the OVT
-Give adequate notice prior to leaving the OVT during any 5-year cycle
Training (detail TDB)
-Attend required professional learning events
Outside Validation Team Visits

6. Developing the team Kansas Learning Network (KLN)
OVT Developing the team
Kansas Learning Network (KLN)
Kansas Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS)
AdvancED
Service Centers
Other options
A question that many have is “Where do we find people to serve on our district’s Outside Validation Team?”
1. KLN
2. MTSS
3. AdvancED
-They have been vetted by the KSDE Accreditation Advisory Council.
4. Service Centers
-Develop a list of volunteers, applicants
-Identify chairpersons ( to receive specific training from KELI at KSU)
5. Other options

7. System OVT Composition Superintendents Other Professional Staff
Teachers
Building Leadership
Superintendents
Other Professional Staff
(Counselors, Curriculum Coordinators, etc.)
Higher Education
The education professionals on the OVT would conceptually be from several different districts coming together as a team. Each colored rectangle represents a different district/entities coming together to form the OVT. These are suggestions.
It’s recommended that the OVT be confirmed sometime during the fall of 2017.

8. Year 1 Routing the course. Obtain documentation Schedule visit
OVT Responsibilities & Expectations
Routing the course.
Obtain documentation
Schedule visit
Develop agenda
Review goal areas
Obtain year 1 documentation and schedule first site visit before March 15 of first year in cycle
-Provide district team an agenda for first meeting
-Needs assessment discussed
-Goal selections discussed
***Submit KESA Initial Report (web application), in Spring

9. Year 2 Ready. Set. Go. Implement system strategies
OVT Responsibilities & Expectations
Ready. Set. Go.
Implement system strategies
Tour facilities and programs
Provide coaching as needed
Schedule follow-up visit
Year 2
-OVT Chairperson will have a follow-up visit of first year progress by January of year two

10. Year 3 Digging in. Conduct site visit Provide coaching as needed
OVT Responsibilities & Expectations
Digging in.
Conduct site visit
Provide coaching as needed
Discuss goal progress
Submit progress feedback to system leadership
-All OVT members conduct onsite visit prior to March 1
-Agenda provided to district by Chairperson prior to visit
-Goals progress discussed
-Progress feedback to district by March 30 (format to be decided by OVT and USD)

11. Year 4 Moving the needle. Provide coaching as needed
OVT Responsibilities & Expectations
Moving the needle.
Provide coaching as needed
Review progress where applicable
Conduct site visit
Prepare for year-five wrap-up
Year 4
-Chairperson onsite visit- preparing for year 5

12. Year 5 Assessing progress. Conduct final full-day visit
OVT Responsibilities & Expectations
Assessing progress.
Conduct final full-day visit
Complete final report
Present to local board of education
Submit final report to KSDE
Year 5
-Formal final visit. Recommend one full day
-All OVT members onsite
***Complete KESA Final Report (web application), as a team
VI. KESA Final Steps
-Present to local board of education as receive item – can be done by system leadership or OVT
-Submit Final KESA Report (web application), to KSDE

14. Kansas leads the world in the success of each student..
A NEW Vision for Kansas….
Kansas leads the world in the success of each student..
Based on the feedback received across the state, the board has adopted as its new vision for education “Kansas leads the world in the success of each student.”
We intend to challenge the status quo, move away from placing emphasis on a single test score and focus more on helping each student identify and achieve their career aspirations.
Teachers, administrators and support staff already are doing great work preparing Kansas’ students for success, and this new vision stands to unite our efforts across the state. You will hear us say we need to rethink how our schools are asked to operate. From a state perspective, we will look at every requirement to determine if and how we are supporting or impeding our schools’ abilities to address the needs of each child.

16. Rigor, Relevance, Relationships, Responsive Culture
Curriculum
Instruction
Leadership
Resources
Early Childhood
Professional Learning
Career & Technical Ed
Staff
Community
Parents
Data
District Climate
Nutrition & Wellness
Technology
Student Engagement
Students

18. ?? Questions to ask yourself or your team ??
Have we gone through a PreK-12 needs assessment lately? How?
Have we looked at academic and non-academic data? How & What?
Have we engaged stakeholder groups? How & Who?
Have we found anything new about ourselves and our students? What?
Do we like what we are seeing? Why?
Can we improve on what we are seeing? How?
What will it take to get better? How?
Is it worth the effort? Why?
For whom is it worth? Who?
Am I doing what I was called to do? Why or Why Not?
If I was gone tomorrow, would the next person clearly be able to move my/our work forward? How?

19. Who’s your Audience?

20. Dr. Scott Myers Bill Bagshaw Kelly Slaton Director
Teacher Licensure and Accreditation
Bill Bagshaw
Assistant Director
Teacher Licensure and Accreditation
Kelly Slaton
Education Program Consultant - Accreditation
Teacher Licensure and Accreditation