1. What’s Your Definition of Quality?
Every organization needs to understand what quality is and what it isn’t.
(Read slide first..) At the beginning of our continuous improvement journey, we knew that we didn’t have the highest quality educational system that we could have.
--> We knew that we could be better than we were.
--> The first task was to be able to know there is a better way!
--> We needed to understand what quality looks like, in order to obtain it.

2. (Read this first ) If you were an auto mechnanic, would you describe this as “quality“. Would you be satisfied with the safety factor?
--> What if you were a customer with car trouble, would you have this guy work on your car?

3. (Read this first ) Does this look like quality work
(Read this first ) Does this look like quality work? What if you were a customer of this warehouse?

4. (Read this first ) This certainly is creative. , but is it quality
(Read this first ) This certainly is creative! , but is it quality? Would you be calling this company to work on your power lines?
--> In order to achieve excellence, everyone within the organization needs to be able to define, recongize and produce quality.

5. Why Quality and Continuous Improvement?
Answer: To align 33 schools and get everyone on the same page

6. Why This, Why Now?
Mission: To develop world-class learners and responsible citizens
Core Value: Data Driven Decisions
Goal: Improve all student performance, enhance social, emotional & behavioral development

7. Random Acts of Improvement
Aim of the Organization
Goals and Measures
Goals and Measures
Aim of the
Organization
Aligned Acts of Improvement

8. Aligned Acts of Improvement
School
Improvement
Plan
= Programs
and
processes
GOALS

9. Performance Excellence at all levels

10. Alignment: The Starting Point
GOALS
GOALS
vs.
This
This

11. Getting everyone to pull the same direction.
It’s About Alignment!
Getting everyone to pull the same direction.

12. Why Quality and Continuous Improvement?
Answer: To speak the same language, to set and communicate direction

13. The 4 Quality Levels

14. Why Quality and Continuous Improvement?
Answer: It’s Research Based!

16. The Continuous Improvement Classroom
Creating the spirit and substance of continuous improvement in the classroom
How do we create the environment?
What does it look like, sound like and feel like?
PowerPoint- Intro to the Continuous Improvement Classroom

17. Lotus Diagram Alignment Systems Thinking PDSA/ Action Research
Data-Driven Decisions & Measurement
Continuous Improvement
Quality Tools
Leadership/
Quality Liaison
Stakeholders & Customers
Staff Development

18. What’s Been Done…
“Navigating change in uncertain times” concept (Michael Fullan)
L to J (Lee Jenkins)
Contemporary School Leadership
An overview of the Baldrige framework
Action Research and quality tools and processes (Susan Leddick)
Groups: Beginners, Continuing, Pioneers…

19. Building … Continue Action Research teams
Utilize quality tools and the PDSA process for data driven decisions
Continue to align student, classroom, school and District actions
Connect all employees to CSIPs and the District strategic plan
Continue driving toward student ownership and accountability for learning