Fall District School Improvement Committee Meeting DSIC 2010

Fall District School Improvement Committee Meeting (DSIC) 2010 -2011

Meet and Greet • Partner Talk: What brings you here today? • What is it that your school needs to improve on?

Conferences • School Improvement • Michigan Educational Research Association • Regional Development Initiative (RDI) – Developing Collaborative Data Teams

What is a Data Team ? ? ? 4

Data Teams The data team members must: • Be seen as leaders. • Be willing to learn about data in depth. • Must have skills in collaboration, communication, and leadership. The functions of the data team are: • To develop expertise on data. • To share data information with staff members of the schools. • To assist is setting up support systems at the schools. • To create and complete action plans based on the data. The data team members need: • Information about systems to support data based decision making. • Training in the problem solving process. Data team members should be expected to: • Meet regularly as a team to develop a plan to establish using data to improve student performance. • Have conversations about student achievement. • Show examples of successful schools. • Set up a system that supports the collection and use of student data. • Help staff members understand how to use student data to guide decision making. • Work to secure commitment from staff 5

District School Improvement Committee Pillars Mission: Clear Purpose Vision: Compelling Future Values: Collective Commitments Goals: Targets, Strategies & Objectives To develop a district school improvement process that provides a cohesive, data based approach, which supports the needs of the students in each building. To ensure that all schools in Linden work collaboratively and that their focus in on student achievement and improving our schools in all aspects of the educational system. -Communication -Collaboration -Consensus -All stakeholders -Teaching & Learning - Research-based instruction - Cyclical improvement in Goal 1: All students will increase proficiency in writing Strategy 1: Develop and implement units to correspond to district's year long plan Strategy 2: K-8 teachers will implement writer's workshop Strategy 3: A common/shared language will be implemented and developed for staff and students our schools Goal 2: All students will increase proficiency in mathematics Goal 3: All schools will implement a Building School Improvement Committee (BSIC) with appropriate representation that functions as a steering committee to implement DSIC goals at the building level. Goal 4: TBD DSIC 2009 – 2010 Establish Tasks & Prioritize: -Approve math goal, strategies and assessment -Ensure that all BSIC/s support the DSIC Goals -Develop purpose for BSIC as a system to promote their school (newsletters, podcasts. . . ) -Monitor MDE school improvement indicators & their implementation in our school district

District School Improvement Committee Pillars Mission: Clear Purpose Vision: Compelling Future Values: Collective Commitments Goals: Targets, Strategies & Objectives To develop a district school improvement process that provides a cohesive, data based approach, which supports the needs of the students in each building. To ensure that all schools in Linden work collaboratively and that their focus in on student achievement and improving our schools in all aspects of the educational system. -Communication -Collaboration -Consensus -All stakeholders -Teaching & Learning - Research-based instruction - Cyclical improvement in Goal 1: All students will increase proficiency in writing our schools Goal 2: All students will increase proficiency in mathematics Goal 3: All students will increase proficiency in reading Goal 4: TBD DSIC 2010 -2011 Establish Tasks & Prioritize: -Analyze all content goals and ensure strategies, assessments and activities are aligned to each goal -Ensure that all BSIC/s support the DSIC Goals -Develop purpose for BSIC as a system to promote their school (newsletters, podcasts. . . ) -Monitor MDE school improvement indicators & their implementation in our school district

What is the role of a DSIC Member? • DSIC committee member • Plan/Coordinate building level BSIC/HSRC & staff meetings • Annual Report – w/Principal – input of data • Collection/analyze data-admin/teacher site support • Ed Yes – Report card (School Process Rubrics) • Submit School Improvement Plan (Advanc. ED) • Generating agendas/minutes • Communication via email • Support building strategies • Prepare for subs to attend quarterly meetings

Action Portfolio: • Michigan Curriculum Framework (MSIF) – Provides schools and districts with a comprehensive framework that describes the common elements and processes/protocols of effective schools • School Improvement Framework Rubrics – Assess the framework at the benchmark level, and provide a continuum of practice that allows buildings to identify gaps that exist between where they are in their current practice and where they want to be. • Comprehensive Needs Assessment – Demographic, Perceptual, Student Achievement Data

Alignment • Curriculum Mind Maps • District Strategic Improvement Plan • District School Improvement Plan

District Improvement Plan Reading All students will demonstrate proficiency in reading Strategy #1 Review Reading Program Strategy #2 Intervention for Reading Strategy #3 Extended Learning in Reading Activities: Curriculum Learning Teams Professional Development Intervention Support Summer School Extended Day Professional Development

School Improvement Plan Reading All students will demonstrate proficiency in reading Strategy #1 Review Reading Program Strategy #2 Intervention for Reading Strategy #3 Extended Learning in Reading Activities: Curriculum Learning Teams Professional Development Intervention Support Professional Development Summer School Extended Day Hyatt Elementary Grade Level Meetings Building School Improvement Staff Meetings DRA Star Reading Balance Literacy • Making Meaning • Word Study • Fontas & Pinnell • Shared/Independent Reading • Rigby Hyatt Elementary Student Assistant Teams Reading Intervention New Heights Reading Plus Soar to Success Early Success Raz Kids Starfall Developmental Reading Assessment Reading Recovery Leveled Literacy Intervention Guided Reading A-Z Books SIPPS Reading Response Parent Meetings RTI Parent Intervention Meetings Hyatt Elementary Daily Five Literacy Centers Raz Kids Starfall Guided Reading Plus Buddy Reading A-Z Books Reading Response Book Projects Battle of Books 3 rd-5 th Spelling Bee

District Improvement Plan Writing All students will demonstrate proficiency in writing Strategy #1 Review Writing Program Strategy #2 Intervention for Writing Strategy #3 Extended Learning in Writing Activities: Curriculum Learning Teams Professional Development Intervention Support Summer School Extended Day Professional Development

School Improvement Plan Writing All students will demonstrate proficiency in writing Strategy #1 Review Writing Program Strategy #2 Intervention for Writing Strategy #3 Extended Learning in Writing Activities: Curriculum Learning Teams Professional Development Intervention Support Professional Development Summer School Extended Day Hyatt Elementary Conference Expanded Expressions Tool Small Group Writing Literacy Centers Daily Five Hyatt Elementary Grade Level Meetings Building School Improvement Staff Meetings District Writing Assessment Write Time for Kids Balance Literacy • Writers Workshop • Lucy Calkins • District Units • Focus Lessons-Grammar, attributes of writing, style, voice, detail, • Content/ideas, conventions • Practice • Sharing

District Improvement Plan Mathematics All students will demonstrate proficiency in math Strategy #1 Review Mathematics Program Strategy #2 Intervention for Mathematics Strategy #3 Extended Learning in Mathematics Activities: Curriculum Learning Teams Professional Development Intervention Support Summer School Extended Day Professional Development

School Improvement Plan Mathematics All students will demonstrate proficiency in math Strategy #1 Review Mathematics Program Strategy #2 Intervention for Mathematics Strategy #3 Extended Learning in Mathematics Activities: Curriculum Learning Teams Professional Development Intervention Support Professional Development Summer School Extended Day Hyatt Elementary Grade Level Meetings Building School Improvement Staff Meetings Star Math Spring District Local Assessment (optional Fall) Math Workshop Mc. Graw Hill Unit Focus Lessons • Evan Moore Daily Spiral Review • Mental Math • Problem Solvers • K-2 Common Core Camp Hyatt Elementary Math Manipulatives Math Games Do the Math Videos Math Facts in a Flash Math Songs & Rhymes Small Groups After-school tutoring Math Games Versitles-students below benchmark Math Videos Math Intervention-target grade levels by need

High Stakes Test Prep • What is the role of BSIC/HSRC in monitoring test preparatory practices? • Do teachers have resources available to prepare for upcoming state and national assessments? • How do you communicate to students and families regarding student testing schedules?

Department Chairs & Curriculum Coordinators • How might building curriculum representatives support your BSIC/HSRC?

School & Community Relations • The SIF guides schools in strengthening school and community relations -knowing that stakeholders need to be involved in school improvement how might we approach this task at the school or district level?

MEAP/MME Item Analysis Focus Questions: • Where are we in relation to our AYP targets? • How do we analyze our MEAP data to identify strengths and challenges? • What questions do our data raise for us? • How do we use this data to identify school improvement goals? • How do we engage staff in the data analysis process? • What are the limitations of state assessment data?

What does the following statement indicate? Without data you are just a person with an opinion.