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Strategic Planning and AdvancEd
Accreditation
In partnership with
Quality New Mexico
Taos NMSBA Leadership Conference
July 13, 2012
We hope to share
• The value of the continuous learning cycle
• The importance of establishing baseline data
• Building relationships with Quality New
Mexico, AdvancEd New Mexico, and
aspirational peers are important
• How this process can help you?
What motivated us?
• Support from Quality New Mexico
– Mentor us in the Baldrige
• District accreditation made more sense than
just high school accreditation
– Internationally benchmarked via AdvancEd
• Board belief that we could do better
– Led to conversation about what a nationally
recognized school district looks like
What motivated the strategic plan
initiative?
• LAPS does not currently have a system for
continuous improvement that helps
– align and integrate District and community resources
to meet School Board goals and
– attain high levels of achievement by all students
• Research shows that organizations which use
systematic and systemic approaches to
performance improvement are more likely to
achieve and sustain high levels of performance
Achievement by ALL Students Is the Key to Success
Achievement by ALL
Students
Quality Teachers,
Leaders, and Staff
Aligned Resources and
Support Systems
Parent and Community
Partnerships
System for Continuous
Improvement
All strategic thrust areas are aligned to support student achievement
Why do we want to do this?
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Focus on what is important
Target scarce resources
Clearly articulates goals/path to get there
Hold people accountable to duties/timelines
Develop a continuous learning loop
Build a learning culture
Why Strategic Planning and
AdvancED Accreditation?
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Combines the best of the two processes
Commits to continuous improvement
Establishes inclusive organizational process
Defines strategies (direction)
Aligns resources with the right goals
Provides independent, third-party feedback
QNM – Progress Towards Excellence
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Mentorship and Coaching
Training for groups/individuals
Self-assessments (ask the tough questions)
Independent, third-party feedback
Chance to share best practices
AdvancEd Accreditation
• Five Standards, accompanying indicators, and performance
levels to drive excellence in student performance and
organizational effectiveness
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Purpose and Direction – commits to high expectations for learning
Governance and Leadership – promotes and supports student
performance and school effectiveness
Teaching and Assessing for Learning – curriculum, instructional
design, and assessment practices ensure success for all
Resources and Support Systems – support purpose and direction to
ensure success for all students
Using Results for Continuous Improvement – data from student
learning and school effectiveness – guides continuous improvement
Where are we in the strategic plan?
• Use the current LAPS strategic planning initiative to build
the foundation of a systematic and systemic process to
focus, align, and integrate District and community
resources to attain high levels of achievement by all
students.
• Develop process to identify best practices within the
District, learn from them, and help spread them across the
District.
• Collect and analyze data on measures from 5 thrust area
teams, as well as measurement data currently collected by
the District, and recommend ways to align and simplify.
Where are we in the strategic plan?
• Develop a District dashboard of key measures and
implement a sustainable process for District leadership to
review Dashboard to manage performance improvement.
• Identify aspirational peers, engage them to learn best
practices, and develop key improvement actions.
• Administer the “Are We Making Progress” survey to get
baseline and annual progress data.
• Use independent third-party validation and feedback to
drive improvement and demonstrate success.
What’s working for us?
• Belief system of the School Board
• Community and Staff Involvement
• Support from Quality New Mexico volunteers
We have been actively learning from
others
• Quality New Mexico NMEXL workshop with Terry Holliday
– Continuing dialogue with Terry Holliday
• Gathering input from community leaders
– Identify aspirational peers
– Input on definition of Top 100 School System
• 2011 Summit for Innovative Education
– On becoming the “Best in the World” at educating our students
– On becoming a “High Reliability Organization”
• 2011 National Science Resources Center International Coalition – Transform K-16 science education in the US and throughout the world
– Visited Thomas Jefferson High School (#1 on US New & World Report)
• Common Core State Standards Conference
– Learn about and develop implementation strategies
• Today we want to learn more from you!
How far are we along?
• Confirmed AdvancEd Accreditation visit
• Moving from Planning to Implementation
• Identifying SMART goals for the Five Thrust
Teams
Why should you consider this?
• Focuses on the entire district – not just
educational component
• Quality New Mexico staff will assist you
• Continuous improvement model
• Enables you to set standards of quality
• Internationally benchmarking your school
district with AdvancEd
Lessons learned
• Supports our belief system that we can do
better
• Align resources to goals
• Being inclusive yields better goals and
communication
– Community
– School Board
– Staff
THE PDSA LEARNING WHEEL
Adjust strategy
or, if it worked,
implement it
widely
Plan a change aimed
at improvement:
ACT
PLAN
1) gather baseline
data
2) establish a
SMART goal
STUDY
Study the results:
compare new data
to baseline data
DO
3) develop a strategy
or approach
Carry the plan out
on a small scale
Adapted from Dr. W. E. Deming
SMART GOALS
Specific, strategic
Measurable
Attainable
Results-oriented
Time bound
LAPS Strategic Planning Process Flow
School Board
Set
Expectations
Superintendent
Kickoff
Process
Steering
Committee
Select
Steering
Committee
Analyze
Results &
Develop
Focus Areas
Strategic
Thrust Area
Teams
Key
Stakeholders
Rev 1
Review &
Provide
Feedback
Updates on
Progress
Approval
Develop
Team
Assignments
Kickoffs with
Steering
Committee
5/31 & 6/1 /11
Brainstorming
Sessions
Updates on
Progress
Recruit &
Form Thrust
Area Teams
Develop Draft
Deliverables
Provide
Feedback
Report Out to
Steering
Committee
Updates on
Progress
Approved
LAPS
Strategic Plan
Approval
Present
Strategic Plan
to Board
Approval
Synthesize 5
Inputs into
Strategic Plan
Develop Final
Deliverables
Report Out on
Strategic Plan
End
Target
06/28/12
Quality New Mexico
• Improve Student, School, and District Performance through
the use of the Baldrige Education Criteria for Performance
Excellence
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on July 9, 2012