Transcript Using Existing Resources to Improve Student Learning Dr

“WE” is Smarter Than “ME”
Team I-SS – A Way of Work
Amy Rhyne
Principal, Third Creek Elementary
Iredell-Statesville Schools
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Iredell County
population 146,384
Iredell-Statesville Schools
population 21,274
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School Year
I-SS Academic Rank in NC
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55
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35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
55th
Indicates
Improvement
2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09
Academic Ranking
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Work with your team to name at least three
movies that honor education.
•Dead Poet’s Society
•Mr. Holland’s Opus
•Dangerous Minds
•Stand and Deliver
•Freedom Writers
•The Great Debaters
What do these movies say
about collegial practice?
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Imagine a different feature film…
•A place where teacher teams analyze data and
fluidly move students between classrooms
based on learner needs.
•A place where student success isn’t left to the
“luck of the draw” in the yearly classroom lottery.
•A place where EVERY employee knows that
what they do impacts student learning
and a different way of educating students!
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Great organizations
“row as one;”
they are quite clearly in
the same boat,
pulling in the same
direction in unison.
There is a palpable sense
of “we.”
~~ Lickona and Davis 2006
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Moving from “silos”
Instruction
Finance
Human
Resources
IT
Support
Services
To Cross-functional Teams
Instruction
Process
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Finance
Human
Resources
IT
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Mission
Iredell-Statesville Schools will rigorously challenge all
students to achieve their academic potential and to lead
productive and rewarding lives. We will achieve this
mission with the support of parents, staff, and the
community.
Vision
A school system committed to improving student learning
by igniting a passion for learning.
Values
*Student and learning focus
*Management by fact
*Motivated faculty and staff
*Results focus
*Partnerships and teamwork
*Continuous Improvement focus
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District
School
Interlocking
plans connect
the work at all
levels of the
system and
provide
synergy!
Classroom
Student
Department
Work Unit
Worker
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H-1
Data Analysis sets Direction
• SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses,
Opportunities for Improvement,
Threats)
• End of Year/MY Review
• Quarterly Reports on
Leading Indicators
• Environmental Scan
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System-wide use of 4 Data Questions
• What are our celebrations and the data to
support them?
• What are our opportunities for
improvement and the data to support it?
• What data do we need that we do not
have?
• What are our next steps?
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H-2
Appropriate Planning Tools Facilitate the Work
• District Strategic Plan
• Department Improvement Plans
• District PDSAs (Plan-Do-Study-Act)
All of these have undergone multiple improvement
cycles based on stakeholder feedback.
Keep the focus “user-friendly”
Emphasize “it’s what we do”
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Strategic Planning that includes:
• SMART goals
Specific, Measurable, Aligned to Standards, Resultsfocused, Time-framed)
• Measures: Implementation, Fidelity,
Impact
• Regular reporting cycles
• Coaching and Support
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H-3
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Bus Driver Overtime
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National Best
at 5 yearmark
.
Energy Savings as % Cost Avoidance
35
30
Current 2009
25
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ISS Goal 25%
for 2009
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REGIONAL
NATIONAL
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Results from 2002 to 2009
Other areas of improvement – bus discipline,
energy savings, faith based partners, highly qualified
teachers, overtime costs, child nutrition costs,
maintenance, custodial, workmen’s compensation
ratio, fund balance, credit recovery
Expenditures per Pupil – 111/115 LEAs in NC
remain in bottom 10 - $700 below state average
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H-3
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School Year
I-SS Academic Rank in NC
60
55
50
45
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
55th
Indicates
Improvement
3rd
2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09
Academic Ranking
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% of Dropouts Grades 9-12
Dropout Rate
6
5
Indicates
Improvement
4
ISS
Peer
NC
3
2
1
0
2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09
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SAT Average
Average SAT Score
1060
1040
1020
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980
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860
Indicates
Improvement
04-05 05-06 06-07 07-08 08-09
ISS
Peer
NC
US
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% of Students Graduating
Cohort Graduation Rate
90
80
70
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40
30
20
10
0
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Improvement
ISS
Peer
NC
05-06
06-07
07-08
08-09
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We measure what we treasure
and use the data to:
• Make corrections in real time
• Provide coaching and support
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Professional Development that
Supports Change
Presentation :
Models/Examples
Practice
Feedback
Coaching
1:7
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A Model of Coaching and Support
Knowledge
Skill
Acquisition
Present Information
40-80%
10%
Present + Model
80-85%
Classroom Student Effect
Application
Sizes*
5%
0.01
10-40%
5-10%
0.03
80-85%
80%
10-15%
0.39
90%
90%
80-90%
1.68
Present + Model +
Practice + Feedback
Present + Model +
Practice + Feedback +
Coaching
National Staff Development Council, 1995; Fullan, 1991; Joyce & Showers, 1984; Joyce &
Showers, 1988; Mehring, 1999.
We’ve realized
improvement
is a marathon,
not a sprint,
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And leaders at every level commit to creating
the conditions for sustainable change by…
• Building relationships and teams
• Actively working to build the capacity
of every employees to do the work
• Pacing change and innovation
• Modeling the change we want to see
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It’s a different way of thinking about education
that defies the traditionally scripted ending
played out in districts
across the country:
visionary leader brings
change and when
he/she leaves, the
change goes with them.
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But we know we’re on to something when we see the way it
empowers students!
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It’s about creating and refining processes
that break down our silos and move us from
a teaching system to a learning system…
and
ANY district can do it!
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Amy Rhyne, Ed S.
Principal, Third Creek Elementary
[email protected]
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