Continuous Improvement towards Performance Excellence
Goal Team PDSA Form
School: Silverbrook
Grade Level and/or Department:
English Language Arts
Date: November 12, 2012
Goal Team:
Justin Goffard, Barb Baumgartner, Heidi Cassel, Karen Rankin, Amanda Pentler, Michelle Kaehne, Zach Daniels Lisa
Geib, Julie Belfiori, Roxanne Feider
Brief Description/Summary:
Teachers will use direct instructional practices to model the college readiness skills to ensure improvement on the Explore
Exam.
What Needs to be improved and what specific outcome needs to occur?
STUDY
Students will increase their scores on the English portion of the Explore Exam
Students will improve their overall scores by one point on the Explore Exam
West Bend School District: Department of Curriculum and Instruction 3/01/2011 (Adapted Jim Shipley & Associates 2003)
What is the current condition and data that supports the need for improvement (Insert
Data)?
2010-11 Explore test 7th grade -- average for English was a 16.2
7th Grade
8th Grade
6th Grade
Who are the direct customers (students, staff, administration, community…) of the
improvement and how will this benefit them?
Silverbrook students and Staff, East and West High School students and staff, MPTC students
and staff, UWWC students and staff, employers / employees in the West Bend Community
Alignment --- What District Strategic Goal does this improvement support?
Strategic Plan Goal
Goal Statement: Students will earn an average score of 24 on the
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ACT
West Bend School District: Department of Curriculum and Instruction 3/01/2011 (Adapted Jim Shipley & Associates 2003)
School Goal #
Goal Statement: Students will earn an average score of 20 on the
Explore test
Objectives:
1. Monthly assessment on a particular college readiness skill.
2. Evaluate data to identify students who need re-teaching on that specific skill.
PLAN
Strategy
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What is the general approach to achieving the outcome?
All ELA teachers will model and instruct the targeted college readiness skill.
Students will practice these skills 2-3 times each month.
End of month students will be assessed with a benchmark.
Teachers will evaluate data and re-teach if necessary.
(75% of class needs to demonstrate proficiency before moving to next skill)
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What resources may be needed and who else will be involved?
Current CRS assessments
Model CRS for each skill
Data Warehouse
All ELA teachers
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When and how will the improvement be evaluated for results?
During monthly ELA content meetings
All ELA teachers by grade level
DO
Step
s
Actions to Accomplish Plan
Person
Responsible
Results
Justin Roxanne
November 28. 2012
~5 CRS’s in Data
Director
~ 2 Existing CRS’s
validity checked and
changed
Action
Step
Completio
n Date
#1
Volunteers to write CRS activities (Data
Director) targeting learning strands/CCSS
Justin, Roxanne
Zach, Michelle
#2
Volunteers to write Mechanics and Usage
CRS activities (Data Director) targeting
learning strands / CCSS
Roxanne and
Karen Cassel
June 2013
#3
Gather and Analyze data using data
warehouse
All ILA Teachers
Monthly
2012-2013
#4
Move to next skill, or re-teach – based on
data
Align existing CRS ‘s to units
All ILA Teachers
Monthly
2012-2013
All ILA Teachers
June 2013
All ILA Teachers
Content Meetings
Middle l
June 2013
#5
#6
Check validity of current CRS activities
June 2013
West Bend School District: Department of Curriculum and Instruction 3/01/2011 (Adapted Jim Shipley & Associates 2003)
STUDY
#8
What were the accomplished
improvements and outcome results
(Insert Data)?
What was the impact of the improvement on
the direct customers and how do you know?
How can this be refined or improved?
ACT
Can the improvement be transferred to other areas of the organization? (How/Strategy)
What modifications/refinements will be put in place for the next improvement cycle?
Short Cycle Review: When will this be evaluated again and by whom?
West Bend School District: Department of Curriculum and Instruction 3/01/2011 (Adapted Jim Shipley & Associates 2003)