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A New School Improvement Model
Jan Vesely, Ed.D, Vice President, School Achievement Services,
Pearson
Walt Gibson, General Manager, School Achievement Services, Pearson
Building SIM – What the research says about school
turnaround:
Turning a school around requires a comprehensive approach
Turnaround requires an external Lead Partner who deeply embeds
support within the school (MassInsight Report, Calkins et al., 2007)
One size does NOT fit all! – Strategies must be comprehensive,
flexible, adaptable, and sustainable (Brookings Institute, 2002; Century,
(MassInsight Turnaround Report, Calkins et al., 2007; Bryk et al.2010)
2009; Center on Education Policy, 2009)
Turnaround requires dramatic academic and non academic change
(MassInsight Turnaround Report, Calkins et al., 2007)
Fidelity of Implementation matters (Borman et al., 2003)
Districts must support the change with system-wide commitment,
effective professional development, and a plan for sustainability.
(Supovitz, 2007)
Pearson
Schoolwide
Improvement
Model (SIM)
Comprehensive
Flexible
Evidence-based
Affordable
Sustainable
SIMply results
Prepare your students to be college and career
ready
Help your students achieve the Common Core
Provide high quality instruction for all students
Reach every student, every subject, every year
Implement a data-driven approach
Provide academic support beyond the school day
In literacy, the Common Core State
Standards:
Dramatically increase text complexity at every grade level –
“The ability to read and comprehend complex text is the
best predictor of college success.”
Emphasize informational text at ever-increasing levels
across the grades
Require increasingly complex academic vocabulary
Are measured by students’ ability to reason and justify an
argument
Will assess students’ literacy in both science and social
studies
Are aligned to the expectations for entering college or the
workforce without remediation
In math, the Common Core State
Standards:
Are organized, K to 12, around key topics in mathematics
Emphasize focus and coherence
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Focus on key topics at each grade level.
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Define coherent progressions across grade levels.
Balance concepts and skills
Require both conceptual understanding and procedural
fluency
Foster reasoning and sense-making in mathematics.
Are aligned to the expectations for entering college or the
workforce without remediation
Schoolwide Improvement Model (SIM)
Why will it work in Hawaii?
The Pearson Schoolwide Improvement Model:
Can stand on its own as an effective and comprehensive
solution
• Is custom-designed for each grade span
• Can bring a schoolwide focus to disparate programs and
initiatives
• Can serve as a single school model — does not depend on a
cohort
• Does not depend on having coaches
• Is repeatable so it can be researched
• Is not dependent on on-site professional development
•
SIM may be flexed in two ways:
• Through optional additions, such as math and literacy
interventions
• By varying the intensity of support for implementation
Schoolwide Instructional Focus
Professional Development for all teachers
Emphasis on
Academic Language
Reasoning and Justification
Collaboration
Independent Learning
Content Area Concentrations
English language arts
Mathematics
Implementation Elements
Highly focused Leadership Team with distributed
responsibilities
Leadership Team responsible for:
Driving implementation process, including workgroup
facilitation; building tight linkages among settings
Assuring school organization and support for
implementation goals
Systematic monitoring of implementation and adjusting
plans and strategies to address improvement needs
Component 3: Data-Driven Culture
Implementation Elements
Ties Standards-Aligned Curriculum, Instruction, and
Assessment together with High Performance Leadership,
Management, and Organization
Systematic development of foundations for establishing
school as data-driven culture, linking leadership,
departments, classrooms, counseling & guidance
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Student achievement data
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Non-academic student data
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Schoolwide systems data
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Classroom observation data
Component 4: High Achievement and Engagement
Implementation Elements
Ties Aligned Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment together with High
Performance Leadership, Management, and Organization
Focus on:
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Engaging community in supporting high expectations
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Connecting classroom culture of engagement to school culture of
high expectations and support for achievement
•
Instituting early warning system connected to tiered supports for
students’ social and emotional development
Student Services staff (including deans, counselors, social workers)
form High Achievement and Engagement Workgroup for maintain
continuing focus
Component 5: Building Capacity for Sustainability
Implementation Elements
Coherent school-wide approach to curriculum, instruction and
assessment
Development of instructional leadership and distributed leadership
with tight linkages to Aligned Instruction
Systems development
•
Data-driven culture
•
Early warning system with guidance on connected tiered supports
Connected system of Professional Development and Technical
Assistance with support from Learning Teams
Monitoring and feedback protocols and resources coupled with
systematic processes for monitoring and adjusting plans
School drives implementation from the beginning with:
Scaffolded support provided by the design of the Model
On site technical assistance by Pearson Field Specialists
Pearson Schoolwide Improvement Model
Deliverables for Hawaii
Experienced, Embedded Local Team
60 days of on-site leadership, literacy, and mathematics
assistance from highly-qualified and certified Pearson field
specialists
10 days of Common Core professional development focused
on:
Tier 1 instructional practices (Schoolwide Instructional Focus)
Leadership training,
Learning Teams training, and
CCSS curriculum alignment
Ongoing implementation support from Pearson’s National
College for professional development and research
Pearson Schoolwide Improvement Model
Deliverables for Hawaii
Robust tools for teachers, students, and parents
Galileo K-12 Online Comprehensive Assessment
Teacher Compass and Principal Compass
Cloud based teacher and principal enlightenment tools delivered
via web or iPad
Developed at Johns Hopkins University to collect and aggregate
observation data, track schoolwide trends, and support self
assessment and professional learning
Built in feedback systems, social collaboration platform, and
extensive library of 3,000+ professional development videos
At-Risk/Drop-out Prevention online monitoring tool
SmartThinking 24/7 online tutoring for students
Optional Digital and print tools available for student
interventions
Pearson Schoolwide Improvement Model
Deliverables for Hawaii
A Solid Research-Based Model
Aligns curriculum, instruction, and assessment
Prepares teachers and students for transition to the common core
Provides an instructional focus emphasizing academic language and
independent learner competencies
Promotes Tier 1 instruction in every classroom through
Systematic teacher development,
Skilled technical assistance, and
Coaching from embedded Pearson staff
Expands classroom engagement to a culture of high expectations
Incorporates Learning Teams to establish regular settings for
process-driven instructional collaboration and a data-driven
approach to improvement
Includes SIOP support for ELL’s and additional support for special
education students
Headlines of the SIM
1
Quality first instruction
for all
Schoolwide
instructional focus on
college & career
readiness
Complementary focus
on students’ social &
emotional readiness
Practical strategies for
aligning curriculum &
instruction to
standards &
assessments
Tight linkages between
development settings
— leadership,
departments,
classrooms, counseling
& guidance
Capacity building for
sustainability from Day
One
Job-embedded
professional
development with
online support
Onsite support from
certified Field
Specialists as needed
Model can be flexed to
meet school needs
Customer Engagement
ProcessProcess
Customer
Engagement
Pre-Contract
Engagement
Qualification
Sales
Sales
Requirements
Conference
Sales
Sales
GM
GM
Field Designee
Field Designee
SIM
Implementation
Planning
Conference
Sales
Sales
GM
GM
Field
Designee
Field Designee
Field
Field Specialist
Specialist
Principal
Principal
Assoc.
Assoc.
Principals
Principals
Deans
Deans
& small
group
&
small group
including
the
including
the
scheduler and
scheduler
and
counselor
counselor
Launch
Institute
Continuing
Implementation
•Pearson General
General Manager,
Manager, West
•Pearson
West
•Assigned Project Manager
•Assigned Project Manager
•Content Area Field Specialists
•Content Area Field Specialists
•National Training Staff
•National Training Staff
• Principal. AP’s and Deans
• Principal. AP’s and Deans
•School Leadership Team
•School Leadership Team
•Key Content Area leaders
•Key Content Area leaders
•School Support Staff
•School Support Staff
SIMply results.
SIMply results.
Pearson’s Schoolwide Improvement Model (SIM)
is an innovative standards-based system
of comprehensive school improvement.
Forged in collaborative partnerships
with more than a thousand schools,
SIM represents the culmination of two decades worth
of verifiable third-party research, experience and…simply…results.
Flexible and affordable, SIM meets
the unique needs of any individual school or group of schools,
helping you help all students become college and career ready.
Through a data-driven, technology-supported, customizable process,
SIM helps you turn the complexities of school improvement
into sustainable results.
www.pearsonschoolimprovement.com