1. External Review Exit Report
Burke County Public Schools
September 25-28, 2016
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2. AdvancED is the global leader in providing continuous improvement and accreditation services to over 32,000 institutions serving 20 million students worldwide.
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Combining the knowledge and expertise of a research institute, the skills of a management consulting firm and the passion of a grassroots movement for educational change, we serve as a trusted partner to 32,000 schools and school systems—employing more than four million educators and enrolling more than 20 million students—across the United States and 70 other nations. AdvancED was created through a 2006 merger of the PreK-12 divisions of the North Central Association (NCA) and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS)—and expanded through the 2011 acquisition of the Northwest Accreditation Commission (NWAC).
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3. Accreditation
An international protocol for institutions committed to systemic, systematic and sustainable improvement
Builds capacity of the system and its schools to increase and sustain student learning
Stimulates and improves effectiveness and efficiency throughout the system
Note: If this is not a systems review, please change the wording in the second bullet to describe the appropriate institution type. For example: Change the word “system” to school or corporation.
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4. External Review
A diagnostic process to stimulate and guide continuous improvement with a focus on:
Impact of teaching and learning
Capacity of leadership
Use of resources
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The External Review process stimulates and guides continuous improvement through the focus on:
Teaching and Learning Impact
Leadership Capacity
Resource Utilization
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5. External Review
Professional judgment by the External Review Team results in:
Powerful Practices
Opportunities for Improvement
Improvement Priorities
Index of Education Quality
Accreditation Recommendation
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6. Stakeholder Interviewed
Stakeholders
Stakeholder Interviewed
Number
Superintendent 1
Board of Education Members 5
Administrators (District = 17 & School Level = 14) 31
Teachers 54
Support Staff (Classified = )+ (Certified = 14 ) Total 52
(Parents = ) + (Community Persons = ) Total 34
Students 98
Total
275
Notes
Insert the categories and numbers of stakeholder groups interviewed.
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7. Teaching and Learning Impact
Domain
Teaching and Learning Impact
The External Review Team examined:
Student performance results
instructional quality
Learner and family engagement
Support services for student learning
Curriculum quality and efficacy
College and career readiness data
Notes
The Teaching and Learning Domain is comprised of all of the Indicators for Standard 3 – Teaching and Assessing for Learning, Standard 5 – Continuous Improvement, and four Evaluative Criteria for the Student Performance Diagnostic.
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8. eleot® Learning Environments AEN 1 3.12 2.69 2 3.16 2.81 3 3.32 3.07 4
External Review
AEN 1
Equitable Learning Environment
3.12
2.69 2
High Expectations Environment
3.16
2.81 3
Supportive Learning Environment
3.32
3.07 4
Active Learning Environment
2.94 5
Progress Monitoring and Feedback Environment
3.13
2.79 6
Well-Managed Learning Environment
3.45
3.14 7
Digital Learning Environment
1.65
1.83
Notes:
Effective Learning Environments Observation Tool (eleot)
The purpose of eleot is to identify observable evidence of classroom environments that are conducive to learning. The focus of the tool is to ensure that learners are engaging, acting, reacting and benefiting from various contexts or environments that should be evident in all effective learning settings.
eleot™ focuses on student engagement not on what the teacher is doing.
Focuses on observed student engagement in their learning environment
Looks at patterns and trends, not individual classrooms
Used as one piece of evidence (to corroborate other evidence regarding learning)
Summary results are reported in Exit Report and External Review Report
The eleot averages by the External Review Team are listed next to the AdvancED Network (AEN) score. The AEN score is the averages of eleot scores (classroom observations) from all of the schools across the AdvancED network across the country.

9. Domain Leadership Capacity The External Review Team examined:
Institutional purpose and direction
Governance and leadership effectiveness
Stakeholder engagement
Improvement capacity
Results
Notes
This domain includes all of the Indicators from Standard 2 – Governance and Leadership, Standard 1 – Purpose and Direction and the Evaluative Criteria from Stakeholder Feedback Diagnostic.
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10. Domain Resource Utilization The External Review Team examined:
Allocation and use of resources
Equity of resource distribution to need
Level and sustainability of resources
Long range capital and resource planning effectiveness
Notes
This domain contains all of the Indicators for Standard 4 – Resources and Support Systems.
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11. Overall Themes
Supportive governing board that understands its roles and responsibilities
Commitment to shared values
Caring culture (family-like atmosphere)
Sense of pride and trust
Collaboration
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12. Overall Themes Emphasis on the whole child(wrap around services)
Effective use and management of resources: fiscal resources, personnel, facilities, safety, food services, transportation
Persistent efforts at parental engagement and communication on student learning
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13. POWERFUL PRACTICE
The governing board is a cohesive unit that operates responsibly and respects the autonomy of the administration to attain goals for student achievement and instructional growth, while effectively managing the day-to-day operations of the school system.
(Indicators 2.2, 2.3)
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14. POWERFUL PRACTICE
Leadership and staff at all levels of the system support and encourage collaboration and shared leadership, thus fostering a caring culture that is consistent with the system’s purpose and direction. (Indicators 1.3, 2.4)
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15. POWERFUL PRACTICE
The system and all its schools implement proactive and persistent efforts to formalize opportunities for parents to have active participation and positive engagement in the system and its schools (Indicators 3.8, 5.5)
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16. POWERFUL PRACTICE
Burke County Public Schools effectively use and manage all resources (i.e., finances, personnel, facilities, food services, transportation) to achieve the purpose and direction of the school system. (Indicators 4.1, 4.2, 4.3)
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17. IMPROVEMENT PRIORITY
Develop a systematic process, including a professional development plan, for all professional and support staff in the interpretation and use of data from multiple sources to inform instruction, program evaluation, and organizational effectiveness. (Indicators 3.2, 5.2, 5.3)
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18. Conclusions Index of Education Quality™ (IEQ™)
Impact of teaching and learning on student performance
Capacity of leadership to guide and ensure effectiveness in carrying out strategic direction of institution
Utilization of resources to meet diverse needs of students and institution
Use as a tool for formative analysis and continuous improvement
Connection for the conditions, processes, and practices to evidence including student performance
Notes
The Balanced Accreditation process is reported as an Index of Education Quality. This slide illustrates the institution’s progress in each of the three categories and as an overall Index of Education Quality.
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19. IEQ Results External Review IEQ Score AE Network Average Overall Score
298.54
278.34
Teaching and Learning
Impact
283.81
268.94
Leadership Capacity
318.33
292.64
Resource Utilization
307.50
283.23
Notes
This slide contains important information for the meeting with the head of the institution and whomever he/she designates to be included. It is important to share the AEN scores are obtained by averaging the scores received by institutions conducting and External Review during the previous school year.
During the conversation it is customary to ask if there is anything in the Exit Report that might cause concern. This might be the case if the institution’s scores were lower than the AEN scores. Will announcing these results in a public meeting generate a negative impact upon the institution? This will also the first time the governing body (Board) will have seen the information. Often members of the media are also present. While the results generated by the External Review Team will not be changed, it is possible to omit sharing the scores in the public exit report. This allows the institution head to share the information with the governing body and stakeholders in a different setting. This is a decision that should be made jointly by the Lead Evaluator and the institution head. If that is the case, the next slide may be used to only share those scores generated by the External Review. The intent of the Exit report is to provide positive feedback, validation of the school’s efforts toward continuous improvement, and guidance in the next steps that will move the institution forward.
Enter the IEQ scores for the institution generated by the Master Spreadsheet.
Where do you compare? Using your IEQ score, we can calculate where your institution falls on the curve as compared to all systems in the AdvancED network. You need to understand the purpose is NOT to rank your institution, but rather to show where you are when we consider over 32,000 institutions in the AdvancED network.
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20. IEQ Results
The IEQ results indicate that the institution is performing within acceptable ranges as compared to expected criteria as well as other institutions in the AdvancED network.
Notes
For too many years, institutions have been judged based upon disparate and unrelated summative data points that fail to paint an accurate, holistic review of the quality of an institution. The scores have been used to target schools for punitive interventions as opposed to providing a formative assessment that guides sustainable progress and improvement. In 2013, AdvancED introduced an innovative and state-of-the-art framework to measure institutional performance that offers a deeper understanding of organizational effectiveness. The Index of Education Quality™ (IEQ™) provides a holistic measure of an institution’s overall performance based on a comprehensive set of indicators and evaluative criteria. As a formative tool for improvement, it pinpoints areas of strength as well as those in need of support or focus.
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21. Recommendation
The External Review Team recommends to the AdvancED Accreditation Commission that the
Burke County Public Schools
earn the distinction of accreditation by AdvancED.
Notes
Reminder: All institutions that fall under the category of “continuing” accreditation will receive this recommendation. Only institutions new to AdvancED, and undergoing their initial External Review could receive a statement not recommending accreditation.
The External Review Team can only report their findings and forward the recommendation to the Managing Office. The AdvancED Commission grants the actual accreditation.
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22. Continuous Improvement
Improvement Priorities must be addressed within two years
Beginning of a journey of improvement
Deliberate and strategic actions to ensure that every child, every day is being prepared and achieving success for their future
Notes
This slide details what the next steps for the institution will be. You might want to remind them that the steps the institution will take during the next two years will be detailed through a written plan developed in the ASSIST Goal Builder for their APR (Accreditation Progress Report).
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23. Final Thoughts The External Review Team:
Appreciates your hospitality, support and professionalism.
Respects and acknowledges the efforts to improve the quality of your institution.
Congratulates your system and community on completing the requirements for AdvancED School System Accreditation.
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Express your thanks and appreciation to the institution for their hospitality and their efforts toward continuous improvement
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