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Creating and Implementing
Improvement Plans for Impact
Leadership for Improvement Plan
Implementation
Session Questions
• Why is leadership critical for the effective
implementation of the improvement plan?
• What roles must leaders carry out to support
implementation of the plan?
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Quote to Consider
“As anyone knows who has worked in
the field, implementation of new practice
is the biggest challenge of all.”
Hollin, C., & McMurran, M. (2001). Series editors’ preface. In G. A. Bernfeld, D.P.
Farrington, & A.W. Leschied (Eds.), Offender rehabilitation in practice: Implementing
And evaluating effective programs (p. xvii). London: Wiley.
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Implementation Bridge
Communicating clear expectations
Building capacity
Monitoring and reviewing
Adapted from Hall, G. E., & Hord, S. M. (2006). Implementing change: Patterns,
principles, and potholes. Boston: Pearson.
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From Your Experience
• What are some leadership factors that promote
implementation of improvement plans?
• What are some leadership factors that hinder
implementation of improvement plans?
Leadership Roles
• Communicating Clear Expectations
• Building Capacity
• Monitoring and Reviewing
At all levels of the system
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What Does Research Say About
Leadership for Implementation?
Articles*
• What We Know about Successful School Leadership
• Partners in Progress: A Framework for Raising Student
Achievement in Under-Performing School Districts
• Systems for Improved Teaching and Learning
• Studies of the Charles A. Dana Center in Texas
(pg. 11–21 in Supporting School Improvement)
• Restructuring Through Learning-Focused Leadership
*Articles were selected from resources available from the Center on Innovation
and Improvement as well as a review of multiple documents that represent
consensus in the field and professional wisdom.
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Table Group Activity
• Each member of the table group will select a
different research article to review.
• Locate specific examples of leadership actions;
write them on sticky notes (one action per note).
• Place each sticky note in the center of the table as
you finish it.
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Communicate
purposes.
Articulate
direction for the
school and
establish buy-in
for the goals.
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Apportion
resources.
Reallocate
resources to
support specific
goals.
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Monitor
progress.
Engage
teachers in
assessing and
monitoring
student mastery.
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Table Group Activity (continued)
Work together as a table group to sort your
leadership actions into three categories:
1. Communicating Clear Expectations
2. Building Capacity
3. Monitoring and Reviewing
Post them in the corresponding Research column
of the chart.
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Leadership Roles: Implications for
Improvement Plans
• What did you observe about the placement of your
leadership action in the three categories?
• Did any not fall in one of the three categories? If so,
why?
• In what ways do these leadership actions relate to
the implementation of improvement plans?
Delightful’s Path to Improvement
This is on
Delightful’s
CIP handout
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Objective 3 from Delightful’s CIP
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Delightful’s Campus Improvement Plan
Ideal State (G oal):
In order toincrease student achievement, Delightful School hasa system to supportand ensure that teachers know and use research-based literacy
practices and they continuou
sly collaborate to plan lessonsusing research-based practices and align instruction tostate standards.
Objective 3:
100% ofteachers will apply the 4 research-based literacy practices in their classroomsthroughoutthe 2008-09 schoolyear.
Strategy 1:
Monitor theuse of research-based literacy practices for continuous impr
ovement
Title 1
Person(s)
Completion
Evidence of
Evidence of
Benchmark
Schoolwide
Action Steps
Resources
Responsible
Date
Implementation
Impact
Timeline
Components
1a. Conduct walkthroughs and infor
mal
Complete 3
P rincipal
Time and
P DASwalkthroughs
observations focused
P DASwalkthroughs
documented
and assistant completed walkOngoing
completed for
on use ofresearchcompleted by March
walkthroughsper
principals
through reports
P DAS requirements
based literacy
week
practices
Teachers and
P D on analyzing
Beginningof the
AYP scores
1b. Analy ze data on use
Data analyzed by 3 rd, coaches identified
schoolyear
Teachers
of research-based
4th, & 5 th grade
areas in reading in
completed on 2nd
AYP data & time
and coaches
professional
literacy practices
teachers
whichstudents need day of staff
development
support
development
The administrative
Calendar of school
team, instructional
Review of
and district staff
specialists, literacy
1c. Use data to plan for
Instructional
Staff attends PD on
completed walkdevelopment days,
coaches, and the
P D on researchedspecialists
research-based
through reports
and calendar of PD Once a month
campus leadership
based literacy
and literacy
gathered during
provided by E
SC,
team use AYP data to literacy practices
practices
coaches
LA time blocks
monthly staff
developa plan for
meetings
providing supporto t
staff
Staff reports
Instructional
1d. Share data on use
Time & walktrainingattended
specialists
Month ly at
Agendas from faculty
Every month
of practices with
through feedback
and can name
and literacy
faculty meetings meetings
discuss practices
faculty/staff
forms
successful literacy
coaches
practices
Time during
At monthly
Agendas from faculty
faculty, gradeleadership team
Instructional
& team m eetings and Instructional staff
1e. P rovid e coaching
level team/
and faculty
specialists
and coaches respond Sharingsessions at
notes and meetings
to faculty/staff on
department
meetings, team
and literacy
to teachers requests
faculty meetings
scheduled with
literacy practices
meetings, and
meetings, and
coaches
for needed coaching
teachers upon
teacher planning
with indiv iduals,
teacherÕs request
periods
as needed
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Examining Delightful’s Improvement Plan
• Reflect on evidence of the three leadership roles in the action
steps on this portion of Delightful’s improvement plan
• Examine the sticky notes under each leadership role to offer
recommendations for additional action steps that could be
included in the plan
You have 10 minutes.
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Leadership for Improvement Plan Implementation
• Monitoring the improvement plan
– Implementation
– Impact
• Research on leadership for the improvement work
– Communicating clear expectations
– Building capacity
– Monitoring and reviewing
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