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Turning Around Low Performing Schools:
Getting StartedDr. Joy Eichelberger, Turnaround Specialist and RtII Consultant, PA SchoolsApril 14, 2011
Getting Started: Double Your Fun!
PA’s Standards Aligned System (SAS) PA’s RtII Framework
Blueprint for SIG Action Planning
Align The Action Planning Approach
• Signal Urgency– Superintendent’s Vision and Challenge
• Disseminate and Communicate SIG Goals– We have the grant, now what?
• Develop SIG Action Plan– Establish and Convene SIG Steering Committee – Confirm Reality: Status of current initiatives– Identify Critical Actions/Interventions– Establish timelines and evaluation measures
Blueprint for SIG Action Planning
Bi-level Approach to Change and Intervention
District Level
• Administrative PLC • Implementation Research• Systems change• Instruction• Learning Walks and
Instructional Rounds• Accountability Measures
Building / Classroom• TLCs (formative
assessment)– Effective Teaching/Instruction
• Collaborative Planning and Data Analysis Teaming
• SAS/RtII• Effective
Teaching/Instruction• Monitoring student
Learning
Blueprint for SIG Action Planning
• SIG Goals and Year I Priorities– Systems Alignment (SAS)
– Instruction– Building Teacher and Leadership Capacity
• Establish PLCs and TLCs
– Building Infrastructures• Administrative Cabinet (District and Building)• Schedules• Data Teaming• Teacher Collaboration and Planning Periods
Blueprint for SIG Action Planning
Reading and Mathematics Goals1. Conduct needs assessment to determine teacher
knowledge of PA curriculum standards2. Ensure district courses and curriculum alignment with PA
standards, Common Core Standards, and /or Keystone Assessments
3. Ensure rigorous core curriculum for all students4. Establish a system of tiered interventions for students
(RtII)5. Examine current practice against research based
Blueprint for SIG Action Planning
Reading and Mathematics Goals
5. Develop a comprehensive system of assessment – Align assessment to their intended purpose– Implement formative assessment strategies – Use data to inform instructional decisions
6. Provide professional development for all staff in the following areas:
– Knowledge and use of PA Standards Aligned System– Effective classroom practices and instructional strategies– Implementation of appropriate interventions
Blueprint for SIG Action Planning
Special Education1. Develop standards based IEPs using IEP tracker
2. Provide professional development for all Special Education teachers in the following areas:
– functional behavior assessment– transition planning– compliance requirements
3. Evaluate the effectiveness of resources and assistive technology available for IEP students
Blueprint for SIG Action Planning
Special Education1. Review secondary special education caseloads and
range of services
2. Ensure all special education teachers are highly qualified
3. Delineate roles and responsibilities of all special education personnel
4. Review all out-of-district placements to determine if less restrictive settings are feasible
Blueprint for SIG Action Planning
Leadership and Infrastructure
1. Determine administrative knowledge and skill in transformational leadership
2. Develop administrative professional development program
3. Adjust schedules to ensure the availability of an intervention period for all grade levels
4. Develop a system to identify students for appropriate interventions
Blueprint for SIG Action Planning
Leadership and Infrastructure
1. Establish a grant committee and grant selection and development process
2. Implement a school-wide Positive Behavior Intervention Program
3. Establish data dialogue sessions and appropriate training4. Develop a curriculum review and textbook selection cycle
5. Explore teacher and administrative incentive program
models
Blueprint for SIG Action Planning
School Improvement Action Plan: Reading
TARGET AREA: CLEAR STANDARDS
REQUIRED ACTIONS
ACTION STEPS DUE DATE LEAD(S) SUMMATIVE MEASUREMENT
STRATEGY:
FORMATIVE MONITORING
STRATEGY:
INCREASE STAFF KNOWLEDGE OF AND PROFICIENCY WITH STANDARDS, ANCHORS AND ELIGIBLE CONTENT
1. Conduct needs assessment to determine knowledge and skill of teachers on standards, anchors and eligible content
12/30
ASSESSMENT COMPLETED AND ON FILE AND USED TO SHAPE PD
DRAFT COMPLETED AND REVIEWED BY TEAM BY 12/15
2. Eligible content: Provide professional development on eligible content (focus for the 2010-2011
1/11 and ongoing
PD completed and instruction is aligned to eligible content
PD SCHEDULED AND CONDUCTED DURING GRADE LEVEL MEETINGS, DEPARTMENT MEETINGS AND PLCS
3. Infuse career ed. Standards into curriculum maps as appropriate (staring at grade 3)
6/11
Maps include career standards
Draft on file by 6/15/10
4. Develop standards based IEPs using IEP tracker (modify form as needed)
7/10
Standards based IEPs on file
Draft ready for review by 6/30/10
5. Develop a common walk through tool
12/10
Administrators, Consultants, DEs and teacher peers use iObservation for walk throughs
Completed
TARGET AREA: CLEAR STANDARDS
REQUIRED ACTIONS
ACTION STEPS DUE DATE SUMMATIVE MEASUREMENT
STRATEGY:
FORMATIVE
MONITORING STRATEGY:
IMPLEMENT EFFECTIVE TEACHING PRACTICES ACROSS ALL CONTENT AREAS K-12
1. Examine current practice against research based recommendations (IES Practice Guide)
2. Develop professional development plans to implement effective teaching practices across all content areas (k – 12) and access SAS portal resources
11/2010
02/2010
1. Professional Development agenda will indicate when the strategies were introduce, reviewed and refined.
2. (As above)3. Progressive growth data
from iObservation will detail results
4. Learning Walk data should indicate growth
5. Approved budget
1. Collaborative meeting will take place with LSI consultant, TA, Utley and Washington
2. Data from Learning Walks will detail progress
3. Monthly Progressive growth data from iObservation will detail results
4. Reflective summaries from participants
School Improvement Action Plan: Math
"All organizations [and systems] are designed, intentionally or unwittingly, to
achieve precisely the results they get."R. Spencer Darling, Business Expert
Systems Change Strategy
• Adopt a change strategy and Plan for Change1. Patterson et.al. Influencer: The Power of Influence
2. Heath, Chip and Heath, Dan. Switch: How to Change Things when Change is Hard
3. Fixsen, D. L., Naoom, S. F., Blase, K. A., Friedman, R. M. & Wallace, F. (2005). Implementation Research: A Synthesis of the Literature.
Systems Change Strategy
1. Clarify desired results2. Identify a handful of high-
leverage behaviors that lead to rapid and profound change
3. Use personal and vicarious experience to change thoughts and actions
4. Marshall multiple sources of influence to make change inevitable
Resource
17
Systems Change Strategy
4 Key Principles of Successful Influence
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Six Sources of Influences: The Model
Motivation Ability
PersonalMake The
Undesirable Desirable
Surpass Your Limit
Social Harness Peer Pressure
Find Strength in Numbers
StructuralDesign Rewards
and Demand Accountability
Change the Environment
2008. Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, David Maxfield, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler, Influencer: the Power of Change.
Fixsen, D. L., Naoom, S. F., Blase, K. A., Friedman, R. M. & Wallace, F. (2005). Implementation Research: A Synthesis of the Literature. Tampa, FL: University of South Florida, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, The National Implementation
Research Network (FMHI Publication #231).Download all or part of the monograph at:
http://nirn.fmhi.usf.edu/resources/publications/Monograph/index.cfm
Implementation Research: A Synthesis of the Literature
Systems Change Strategy
Stages of Implementation
• Exploration
• Installation
• Initial Implementation
• Full Implementation
• Innovation
• Sustainability
Fixsen, Naoom, Blase, Friedman, & Wallace, 2005
2 – 4 Years
Blueprint for SIG Action Planning
• SWITCH – The Elephant and the Rider– Direct the Rider– Motivate the elephant (emotions, values)– Shape the Path
• Provide tools and environments• Administrative and teacher PLCs• Communication and accountability systems
Blueprint for SIG Action Planning
– Create Urgency and Set direction• Specific goals and target areas (active student
engagement, data analysis teaming, abolish tracking)
– Identify targets Interventions for Behavior Change –what we want teachers and administrators to “do”
• random reporters, provide feedback. white boards, peer talk
• Curriculum alignment• Data teaming tool
Blueprint for SIG Action Planning
Getting Started: Double Your Fun!