Comprehensive and School Improvement Planning:
IMPROVING ACHIEVEMENT
Best Practices
in
Comprehensive/School Improvement Planning
Action Plans
Andrew Coonradt
Instructional Initiatives Coordinator
DCIU
Kelly Fortney
State Planning Team
CAIU
Comprehensive and School Improvement Planning:
A SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT MANAGEMENT TOOL
COMPLIANCE IS NOT ENOUGH …
USE THE PLAN AND
TOOLS TO MANAGE THE
SCHOOL
IMPROVEMENT
PROCESS
Comprehensive and School Improvement Planning:
IMPROVEMENT PLANNING PROCESS
Background Questions
• Who? School demographics, mission, vision,
and planning committee.
• What? Data – relevant facts, student
achievement and environment
• Why? Root cause analysis and systemic
questions
Web Application- District Profile
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Web Application- Needs Assessment
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Analyze Systems
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Analyze Systems
Planners engage in data-driven discussions regarding whether or
System Characteristics are present in the LEA.
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Comprehensive and School Improvement Planning:
IMPROVEMENT PLANNING PROCESS
Action Planning
• Goals – What is our direction and destination?
• Strategy – How are we going to get there?
• Implementation – What steps are we
specifically going to take?
Web Application- District Level Plan
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Comprehensive and School Improvement Planning:
Creating the Action Plan
Evaluation
IMPROVED
ACHIEVEMENT
Development /
Revision
Implementation
Comprehensive and School Improvement Planning:
IMPROVEMENT PLANNING PROCESS
Action Planning
Goals – What is our direction and destination?
Best Practices –
Use the Planning Committee
Get the right people
Communicate regularly and clearly
Be transparent
Look at all relevant data
Environment and perception as well as
achievement
Comprehensive and School Improvement Planning:
IMPROVEMENT PLANNING PROCESS
Action Planning
Goals – What is our direction and destination?
Indicators of Effectiveness
– Type
– Data Source
– Specific targets that will indicate the action plan is
having a positive impact on goal attainment
Action Planning
Indicators of Effectiveness are the specific targets for an Action Plan,
which, if attained or exceeded, indicate the Action Plan is being effective.
SMART GOALS
(Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic
and Time-sensitive)
PVAAS growth data based upon 2013 PSSA Math and Reading Assessment results
85% of students involved in at least one intervention program show at least one
year of growth.
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Comprehensive and School Improvement Planning:
IMPROVEMENT PLANNING PROCESS
Action Planning
Strategy – How are we going to get there?
Strategies are the tools we use to achieve the goals we have set.
Best practices:
Use the Planning Committee
Research basis / HistoryLook at feasibility - cost, time, history,
Imagine what full implementation would look like
Communicate with school community
Action Planning
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Comprehensive and School Improvement Planning:
IMPROVEMENT PLANNING PROCESS
Action Planning
Implementation – What steps are we specifically going to take?
• Communication
• Professional Development
• Implementation
• Monitoring
• Evaluation
Action Planning
An implementation plan is comprised of all the “to-do list” steps
needed to implement the Strategies. Each “to-do list” step is an
Implementation Step.
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Action Planning
The leadership teams from each school will determine the most appropriate groupings of
teachers (e.g. grade level, content area, etc.,) that will engage in the analysis of common
assessment results to inform those teachers about their collective and individual instructional
practices.
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Comprehensive and School Improvement Planning:
IMPROVEMENT PLANNING PROCESS
Action Planning
Implementation – What steps are we specifically going to take?
Communication
- Who is going to explain the plan?
- How will the plan will be explained?
- When will the plan be explained?
- Who will be the audience?
- What needs to be communicated
Goal/strategy steps that are
happening
Rationale for goal/strategy
Comprehensive and School Improvement Planning:
IMPROVEMENT PLANNING PROCESS
Action Planning
Implementation – What steps are we specifically going to take?
Professional Development
- Who will provide the professional development?
- Who will receive the professional development?
- When will it happen?
- How much will it cost?
- What should people know and be able to do
following the professional development?
Comprehensive and School Improvement Planning:
IMPROVEMENT PLANNING PROCESS
Action Planning
Implementation – What steps are we specifically going to take?
Implementation
- What is the date/time frame for
implementation?
- What will be the evidence of implementation?
Comprehensive and School Improvement Planning:
IMPROVEMENT PLANNING PROCESS
Action Planning
Implementation – What steps are we specifically going
to take?
Monitoring
- Who is going to monitor implementation?
- How will monitoring happen?
- When will it happen?
- What evidence will be looked for?
Comprehensive and School Improvement Planning:
IMPROVEMENT PLANNING PROCESS
Action Planning
Implementation – What steps are we specifically going
to take?
Evaluation
- Who is going to evaluate strategy effectiveness?
- When will evaluation happen?
- What will be done with the results of the
evaluation?
Comprehensive and School Improvement Planning:
THE PROCESS AND WEB APPLICATION
CP/SIP PLAN EVALUATION & REVISION
=
IMPROVED ACHIEVEMENT
PA Planning Team
[email protected]
Questions and Comments?
Thank you!
CP Planning Team