Overview of District Self Study
Objectives
To understand specific aspects
of the District Self Study:
A. Purpose and use
B. Recommended Practices
C. Content: the Iowa Core
Curriculum outcomes
D. Roll out schedule and future
directions
E. Process of completion of the
self study and related forms
A. Purpose and use
• Baseline for each of the six
stated outcomes
• Progress monitoring of
implementation
• Prioritization of need for action
planning
• State evaluation of Iowa Core
Curriculum roll out and
implementation
B. Recommended Practices
• Diverse stakeholder input
– Full District Leadership Team
– Processes used that elicit ownership in self study
results and implementation plan
• Facilitators
– Review all materials
– Adept at facilitation at district or AEA level
• Data collection/reporting
– Scoring Rubric, Consensus Rating form and Feedback
– Self study completed as baseline and annually
• AEA as Partners
C. Content: Iowa Core
Curriculum Outcomes
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Outcome 1 – Leadership: School leaders build and sustain
system capacity to implement the Iowa Core Curriculum.
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Outcome 2 – Community: Community members and other
supporting agencies work together to support the
implementation of the Iowa Core Curriculum.
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Outcome 3 –Schools: A continuous improvement process to
improve teaching and learning is used at the district and school
level.
Content-Instruction-Assessment
Outcome 4 – Content Alignment: District leaders and other
educators monitor and use data to increase the degree of
alignment of each and every student’s enacted curriculum and
other relevant educational opportunities to the Iowa Core
Curriculum.
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Outcome 5 – Professional Development: Educators engage
in professional development focused on implementing
Characteristics of Effective Instruction and demonstrate
understanding of Essential Concepts and Skill Sets.
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Outcome 6 – Instruction and Assessment: Educators
implement effective instructional practices to ensure high levels
of learning for each and every student.
Advance Organizer: Facilitation Of
District Self Study
1.
Identify: Members of the leadership team who
will complete the self study
2. Present: Overview of the self study
3. Review: Individually review the content of the
Outcome Guidance and Scoring Rubric
4. Discuss: Questions and answers
5. Rate: Individually rate the Scoring Rubric
6. Vote: Consensus rating/Completion of
Consensus Rating form
7. Prioritize: Identify 2-3 priorities for action
planning
8. Record: Consensus vote, priorities and
informal next steps/activities on Consensus
Rating form
9. Evaluate: Complete evaluation of self study
process and products
10. Submit: One consensus rating form and one
feedback form per district
Step 1- Identify: Self Study
Respondents
• Representative group
• Persons on your Iowa Core
Curriculum district leadership
team
• Persons with knowledge of
your district’s structures,
policies and procedures
Step 2 - Present: Scoring Rubric
Represents
actions to get to
final outcomes
Represents the
desired final
result
Description of Action
Levels of Practice
Possible
Sources of
Documentation
Step 3 - Review: Self Study Reading
Step 4 – Discuss: Q and A
• Each member receives copy of
Scoring Rubric
• Each member reads documents
without making ratings
• Group question and answer
Step 5 - Rate: Individual Rating
• Each member rates each action
on Scoring Rubric
Step 6 - Vote: Consensus Rating
Fist-to-Four process – Round 1
• Within each table/team, identify:
– Facilitator
– Time Keeper
– Recorder
• Starting with Action 1, Fist-to-Four Vote
– Identify the number that is most frequent - “Modal
Number”
– One “Modal Number” voter explain – amendments
from other “Modal Number” voters
– Round robin, “Non-Modal Number” voters explain
Step 6 - Vote: Consensus Rating
Fist-to-Four process – Round 2
• All persons vote again on this action.
– “Modal Number” on this vote becomes group’s
answer for this item on the consensus rating
• Record this answer on the Consensus
Rating form.
• If consensus not reached, further
discussion and further votes till “Modal
Number” emerges
• Continue voting process through actions
Step 7 - Prioritize: Identify Top
Areas For Action Planning
• Have a conversation among
your team
• Identify top 2 or 3 areas that
would be priorities for initial
action planning within this
outcome
• Identify initial ideas about
possible actions steps for
each priority
Activity Time: 10-20 minutes
Step 10 – Submit: Forms to
AEA
• Send a copy of your completed
Consensus Rating form and
Feedback form to:
• Katy Evenson, NW AEA