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The MI Excel Statewide Field Team at Calhoun Intermediate School District proudly recognizes our partners in this work: Eastern UP Intermediate School District Gogebic Ontonagon Intermediate School District Muskegon Area Intermediate School District We are grateful for their willingness to share their expertise with us and the entire state. Thank you!

Communications Driver System Ann La. Pointe, MI Excel Statewide Field Team These materials were produced with Title I, Part A funds and are in the public domain.

Dramatic Improvement in Student, Teacher, and Leader Performance in a short amount of Time. The Blueprint: Systemic Reconfiguration

Session Description “Good communication doesn’t just happen; it is the result of good design. ” (Stephen Few) What does the communication driver system really LOOK like in Blueprint installing districts? In this session participants will take this driver system beyond the protocol and explore examples of how it changes as we progress through installation.

Session Outcomes Participants Will: ● Develop understandings of the Communications Driver System; ● Examine multiple district approaches with using this vital driver system; ● Understand how to monitor and adjust the use of this driver system.

Outcome 1: Develop understandings of the Communications Driver System

What is wrong with this communication?

Communications Driver System This system provides clear internal and external communication to present the district’s approach to systemic reconfiguration, to illustrate how the district guides and supports improvements in teaching and learning, and to clarify the distinct but interconnected roles of both the district and the school in the Blueprint installation process. In your own words, what is this system really about?

Summary of Research � Effective organizational change practices related to communication: Identifying and articulating a clear vision, encouraging the recognition of group goals, providing individualized enhancement, providing academic and intellectual motivation, providing a proper model, and setting high performance expectations, all of which involve effective communication.

Summary of Research �On-going, deliberate communication is essential for the change process to develop shared meanings, articulate visions, and report progress.

Summary of Research �Leading organizational change requires particular communication techniques to deliver appropriate messages, to solicit feedback, to create readiness for change along with a sense of urgency, and to motivate recipients to act.

Processing How does the Communications Driver System connect to the other driver systems, district systems and routines?

Outcome 2: Examine multiple district approaches with using this vital driver system

Communication Driver System Example

Communication Driver System Example

Communication Driver System Example

Communication Driver System Example

Outcome 3: Understand how to monitor and adjust the use of this driver system

Assessment Tools ● Installation Assessment Tool - Communications Driver System ● Installation Observation Tool - Communications Driver System ● Installation Artifact Review Tool - Communications Driver System

Evolving Communication Driver System wh oc wh omm en , to unic wh ates om , w h w, Ho s, ate nic m mu ho om o w o c n, t wh he w, t, w a wh Artifact Review Tool data Ho at, Installation Assessment Tool data *Utilization of data Increases likelihood of successful BP installation *Data prompts revisions to Planning Tool and protocol How, who communicates, what, when, to whom Observation Tool data

Assessment Tools: Perception Survey

Assessment Tools: Observation

Assessment Tools: Artifact Review

Installation Assessment Tools: Processing Activity Assessment Tools Purpose of Tool Administered to whom? Who would look at the data? How might the data be used? Installation Assessment Tool Installation Observation Tool Installation Artifact Review Tool

Sample Assessment Tool Data Based on the assessment tool data, as a district network what would you advise as potential next steps? How might this assessment tool data inform the district’s BITT?

Sample Assessment Tool Data 1= Strongly Disagree 5= Strongly Agree

Sample Assessment Tool Data 1= Strongly Disagree 5= Strongly Agree

Sample Assessment Tool Data

Evolving Communication Driver System How ol n atio Ins tall To BP ing nn When Who Communicates Pla Whom (Stakeholders) Assessment Tools What

Closing Reflection So what, now what? ● What are your takeaways and next steps to improve communication and advance installation efforts in your context?

References Blueprint Tools and Resources in the MI Excel Online Warehouse (miexcelresourcecenter. org) Chandler, G. A. & Haun-Frank, J. (2015). The Blueprint for Systemic Reconfiguration.

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