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Continuous
Improvement
In the CRCSD
Putting the Pieces Together
Why This, Why Now?
• Mission: To develop
world-class learners
and responsible citizens
• Core Value: Data
Driven Decisions
• Goal: Improve all
student performance,
enhance social,
emotional & behavioral
development
The Big Question???
-Why is the CRCSD
Embracing Quality
and Continuous
Improvement?
The World is Flat
• Numbers Gap
• Education Gap
• Ambition Gap
Thomas Friedman
Nations' Average Mathematics
Performance Compared with the U.S.
100%
50%
0%
Grade 4
Grade 8
Grade 12
Nations' scoring higher than the U.S.
Nations scoring the same as the U.S.
Nations scoring below the U.S.
Source: Highlights From TIMSS
Squirm Factors…
• Computer programmer…
• United States
• India
• China
$70,000
$8,250
$3,000
Employment: 1970’s
High Skill
Low Skill
Employment: 1990’s
High Skill
Semi Skill
Low Skill
Employment: 2010
High Skill
Semi Skill
Low Skill
Employment Skills
1970’s
1990’s
2010
Necessary Employment Skills Are Changing
3 Factors Change the Game
• America is now part of a
global economy
• World’s economy based
increasingly on information
• Low cost countries are now able
to compete on talent
Changing Jobs
None of the top 10 jobs in 2010
exists today
-Former Ed. Secretary Richard Riley
The average person today will have
10 - 14 careers
The average job will last 3 – 5 years
-U.S. Department of Labor
Our Challenge
• How do we create the learning
environments that engage this
generation?
• How do we equip these students
with the skills and knowledge they
need to be competitive in a global,
information-based economy and
contributing citizens?
What Should We Teach?
• Critical thinking skill areas must
be addressed:
• Information processing skills
• Information presentation skills
• Independent problem solving
skills
• Interdependent team-working
skills
TransformationTeachers’ New Role:
Teachers as Collaborators
Teachers as Data Users
Teachers as Customizers
-Learning Point Associates 2004
Leading from the Future
• Only way to prepare students
for a moving world is to
project where it will be when
they arrive - to have a vision of
the future
• Leaders must think
ahead to see what’s
coming
So What Will Help Us Get There?
• Continuous Improvement
Process & Tools
• PDSA/Action Research
• Data driven decisions
• Systems thinking
Lotus Diagram
Alignment
Systems
Thinking
PDSA/Action
Research
Data-Driven
Continuous
Decisions & Improvement Quality Tools
Measurement
Leadership
Stakeholders
& Customers
Staff
Development
How Can Schools Create An
Integrated Structure To Manage
Continuous Improvement?
How Will We Measure
Our Progress?
Balanced Scorecard
• 1.F: Increase % of students proficient
(above the 40th percentile) on
ITBS/ITED in grades 3-12 in Reading,
Math and Science
• 1.H: Increase % of students reading at or
above grade level by the end of 2nd grade
• 2.G: Decrease student discipline office
referrals
• 3.H: Increase ratio of SIP/Department goals
to updated and publicly displayed PDSA
Story boards
How Does The Balanced
Score Card For The District
Impact Our School?
• District Data & School Data
• Taft Score Card
• Plan for Improvement
90.0%
80.0%
ITBS RC
7th
&
8th
‘04 &‘05
78.7%
2004
2005
80.6%
70.0%
59.0%
60.0%
61.4%
50.0%
40.0%
30.0%
21.4%
20.0%
19.7%
19.4%
19.2%
10.0%
0.0%
Low
Intermediate
High
Proficient
90.0%
80.0%
2004
ITBS MT 7th & 8th ‘04 &‘05
2005
76.5%
80.0%
70.0%
63.4%
61.0%
60.0%
50.0%
40.0%
30.0%
23.6%
20.0%
19.0%
20.0%
13.1%
10.0%
0.0%
Low
Intermediate
High
Proficient
Action Research/PDSA
Lotus Diagram
Alignment
Systems
Thinking
PDSA/Action
Research
Data-Driven
Continuous
Decisions & Improvement Quality Tools
Measurement
Leadership
Stakeholders
& Customers
Staff
Development
“The world we
created today has
problems which
cannot be solved
by thinking the
way we thought
when we created
them.”
Change Process
Rebuild
SHOCK
Acceptance
Depression
CHANGE
is more a matter
of CHOICE and WILL than of
ABILITY or CAPACITY.
The question is:
“Do you really want to?”
Quality And Continuous
Improvement Is Here To Stay!
• How Will Your School Set &
Communicate Direction Of
Continuous Improvement?
• How Is Your School Structured
& Organized?
• What is your plan for
improvement?
Resources
• It’s a Flat World, After All
• http://www.iowacontingencyplanners.org/librar
y/published/FlatWorld.pdf
• District Web Site
• http://intranet.cr.k12.ia.us/ActionResearch/inde
x.html