Transcript School Improvement Planning and Implementation

Less Red Tape, More Learning:
the Interactive Illinois Report Card
and Illinois e-Plans
Dr. Harvey Smith, Director of Interactive IL Report Card,
Northern IL University
Carol Diedrichsen, Principal Ed Consultant,
Illinois State Board of Education
Sept. 2007
Illinois e-Plans in context
• Pendulum swing of planning requirements
• The e-Plans: One Plan, One Purpose
– Electronic monitoring
– One template per NCLB/state law
– To increase student learning
• Prerequisites: regional support and district
ownership and web interface
Tools for a specific end
Less Red Tape
What’s the impact of the system of support—with school and
district plans as a central document when we
– Minimize hoop-jumping
– Focus planning on the key audience
– Focus on the “sense” of data-key factors-strategies and activities
More Learning
School and district improvement plans that lead to improved
student achievement.
The Scale of SIP Work
• State law requirements for improvement
plans
• Number and type of required plans
• 15 Federal Grants and Programs Staff
• 9 RESPRO regions
• About 870 districts and 4,280 schools
Illinois e-Plans
• Interactive Illinois Report Card
– Used prior to e-Plans to review/compare data (2003)
– Growing recognition in the state
• Illinois E-Plans (2005)available for school and district
improvement plans, restructuring plans (NCLB, Sec. 1116) and
Title I District Plans (2007) (NCLB, Sec. 1112)
• Automatically populate available data and information
• Embed analysis prompts
• Focus primarily on the relationship between key factors and
measurable strategies and activities
Continuum of District
Involvement in School Planning
MAXIMUM
School
improvement
Corrective
Restructuring
action
DISTRICT
RESPONSIBILITY
Regional System of Support
Providers (RESPROs)
• Service providers across Illinois
use Federal and State funding
to provide technical assistance
to schools.
• Other entities partner with
ISBE through state funding:
Illinois Principals Assoc. and
Illinois Assoc. of School Boards
Go “live” to iirc.niu.edu
Search for SAMPLE district and you can see the
features of the Interactive Illinois Report Card and
the Illinois e-Plans templates
e-Plan Main Menu
The Road Map
Sample Data and Analysis
Landing Page
Analysis Embedded in Data Screens
Summary of Key Factors
Deficiencies List for Action Plan
Objectives aligned to deficiencies
Strategies and Activities Screen
Strategies and Activities Screen
Strategies and Activities Screen
Monitoring the Objectives
Manage Objectives Screen
Monitoring Prompt
Final Submission Screen
In Summary
• Tools that give teachers access to state assessment
data and resources
• Planning tool with plan implementers as the key
audience
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Minimizing the sting of compliance
Easy to share links to plans
Turn around/feedback reduced
Document at the core of discussions with the district
Streamlining agency planning requirements
Feedback and Questions
Please give us feedback or suggestions for what
you see here, perhaps, based on practices in
your state.
Is there an effective way to move from
compliance monitoring to improved
learning?