Transcript North Dakota Moving to Improve Learning for Everyone (NDMILE)

SD LEAP
Leading Effectively…Achieving Progress
APRIL 9, 2013
SHAWNA POITRA, SD DOE
INDISTAR - SD LEAP
 In South Dakota Indistar is called SD LEAP
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South Dakota Leading Effectively…Achieving Progress
Background On Indistar in South Dakota
 Started in November 2011
 SIG Transformation Indicators- 5 schools
 District Indicators through APD- 3 districts
 Implemented Turnaround Indicators to Focus and
some Priority schools in October 2012
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Focus and Priority schools that piloted APD- worked on School
Turnaround Indicators this year (2012-13)
Priority schools currently participating in APD worked on
District Indicators this year and will complete School
Turnaround Indicators in year 1 of implementation (2013-14)
Creating the SD School Turnaround Indicators
 In April 2012 started to review Continuous and
Rapid Improvement Indicators
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Lois Myran (CIL) and Heather Hoak (McREL)
Set up DOE groups to review indicators
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8 groups of 2-3 people from across department
Tried to get a team to review information monthly- did not
happen last spring
Completed process in May 2012
Created 85 School Turnaround Indicators (customized for SD)
 Created timelines for priority and focus schools
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Trainings
 Trained coaches in July 2012
 Trained schools in October/November 2012
 Completed a Road Show with Title I staff from SD DOE and
Heather Hoak (McREL)
 Held 9 regional trainings for school staff to attend
 District staff trained at Kickoff Meeting for APD
Reviewing SD LEAP Information
 First Reporting Date was January 31
 Have 50 schools with plans and goals to review
 Formed a team in February of 15 DOE staff to
review information
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Split into 5 groups- completed a checklist for requirements
Hopefully will continue to meet monthly-new accountability
department with DOE
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Review and revise indicators, timelines, forms
Coaches
 Each school has a Turnaround Coach
 Coach required to meet with team on-site monthly and provide
comments monthly
 Send a log to me three times a year documenting time spent
with schools and notes of progress
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Use these to help in the DOE review
Rely on the coaches to review plans/goals
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Will provide annual training to coaches
Consolidating plans
 Slow process- still getting “buy in” from DOE staff
 Added ELL plan to system in January
 In the future possibly:
 Schoolwide
 Accreditation
 SPED
Challenges
 Priority School timelines
 District and school turnaround indicators
 Small Rural schools
 Small staff, teaming, time
 USED monitoring
 Clarified one year process for Focus schools
 New timeline and vision for Focus
 Buy in from DOE staff
 Not just a Title I issue