Transcript Priority and Focus Schools: INCREASING CAPACITY FOR IMPROVEMENT April 2015 OSPI’s Office of Student and School Success Travis Campbell, Director Paul Wieneke, Indistar Program Specialist Sue.

Priority and Focus Schools:
INCREASING CAPACITY FOR IMPROVEMENT
April 2015
OSPI’s Office of Student and School Success
Travis Campbell, Director
Paul Wieneke, Indistar Program Specialist
Sue Cohn, School Improvement Specialist/Contractor
Agenda
• Welcome
• Goals
• Foundation for our work:
Theory of Action,
Identification of schools,
Expectations,
Supports/Services, Indistar®,
Timeline
• Action Planning & Next Steps
• Questions
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Goals
Participants will have clear answers to the
following questions:
 How was our school identified as a Priority or Focus school?
 What are the requirements for Priority and Focus schools?
 What supports and services will be provided?
 What are the highest leverage actions we can take to increase
capacity and improve outcomes?
 What are the expectations for using Indistar®, and what support
will be provided?
 How do we incorporate our Instructional Framework into this
work?
 What are the next steps for our school leadership team?
Foundation for Our Work
• Theory of Action for the Office of
Student and School Success
• Multi-tiered Framework of
Supports and Services
• Research-based Practices
(Student and School Success
Principles)
• Research-based Planning Process
and Tool (Indistar© Online Tool to
Assess, Create, and Monitor
Plans)
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TRANSFORMATIONAL
TEACHING
FOR
LEARNING
COURAGEOUS
LEADERSHIP
REQUIRED ACTION DISTRICT
LEVEL II
REQUIRED ACTION DISTRICT
LEVEL I
ACTIONS
PRIORITY, FOCUS, AND SCHOOL
IMPROVEMENT GRANT (SIG) SCHOOLS &
DISTRICTS
AUTONOMY
ALL SCHOOLS &
DISTRICTS
STATE ACTIONS
SCHOOL & DISTRICT
ACTIONS
RECOGNITION & ACCOUNTABILITY
SCHOOL & DISTRICT
ACTIONS
STATE ACTIONS
ASSISTANCE & INTERVENTION
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Methodology to Identify
Schools
• Priority Schools
• Focus Schools
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Consideration Set
• Title and Non-Title Schools
• Data in each of 3 years (2012, 2013, & 2014)
• At least 20 continuously enrolled (CE) students
(N >=20) each year
• ES and MS/JHS: Reading and Math
• HS: Reading and Math AND/OR Graduation
Rates
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Priority Schools (N=121*)
Lowest 5% Based on “All Students” Performance
(Title and Non-Title; uses 3-year averages for “All
Students”)
State
and/or
Federal
Number
1. Floor (“LT40”): Reading/Math (combined) < 40%
State
48
2. Floor (“GR60”): Adjusted 5-year Cohort Grad Rate
< 60%; schools generate an Achievement Index
State/
Federal
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3. Lowest performing schools based on Achievement
Index (“Bot5”); SBE requires #1 + #2 + #3 = 90
State
25
4. Current Priority schools continuing to 2015–16
Federal
34
5. Lowest 5% of stack-ranked list of persistently lowest
achieving schools in Reading and Math (“PLA”)
Federal
5
*27 New & 94 Continuing
Focus Schools (N=133*)
Lowest 10% Based on Subgroup Performance
(Title & Non-Title; uses 3-year averages for
subgroups)
State
and/or
Federal
Number
11. Floor (“GR60”): Adjusted 5-year Cohort Grad
Rates for All Students < 60%; applies only to Title I
schools that do not generate an Achievement Index.
Federal
15
State/
Federal
118
12: Title Schools (“MinTitle”) - Lowest 10% in
Reading/Math (combined): Threshold for subgroup
performance - Less than 13.82% proficient in
Reading/Math (combined)
13. Non-Title Schools (“MinNonTitle”): Threshold for
subgroup performance - Less than 13.82% proficient
in Reading/Math (combined)
*28 New & 105 Continuing
Exit Criteria for 2015-16 – Priority*
• All: Implemented Turnaround Principles for 3 years
(only SIG I and SIG II meet this criterion)
• ES/MS/JHS: 3-year average R/M (combined) >= 40%
• HS: 3-year average R/M (combined) >= 40% AND
3-year average for Grad Rates >= 60%
• All: Not in lowest 5% based on Achievement Index
• All: Not in lowest 5% of stack-ranked list of PLA schools
*12 exited, 6 moved to Focus, & 7 remain
Exit Criteria for 2015-16 – Focus*
• All: Implemented Turnaround Principles (all Focus
schools meet this criterion)
• ES/MS/JHS: 3-year average R/M (combined) for all
subgroups >= 13.82% (exceeds threshold)
• HS: 3-year average R/M (combined) for all
subgroups >= 13.82% AND 3-year average for Grad
Rates >= 60%
• All: Not identified as Priority school for 2015-16
*49 exited and 105 remain
Priority and Focus Schools – 2015-16
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Supports and Services
Requirements
Student and School Success Principles
Action-Planning Process and Tool (Indistar)
Evidence-Based Practices (Indicators in
Indistar)
 Timeline and Next Steps
PRIORITY & FOCUS SCHOOLS – Supports/Services
Leadership Coach - Provides technical assistance,
coaching, and monitoring
Data packages for newly identified Priority and
Focus Schools
OSPI review of Student and School Success Action
Plan on Indistar®
Access to OSPI/AESD professional development
and services
Minimal iGrants to support engagement in
professional development and services aligned
with Student and School Success Action Plan
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PRIORITY and FOCUS SCHOOLS – Requirements
Engage in “Deep Data Dive” (Data Analysis) in Spring 2015
Implement Student and School Success Principles (i.e., turnaround
principles described in federal guidelines)
Implement meaningful interventions aligned with unique needs of
school and identified subgroups
Craft Student and School Success Action Plan using Indistar® online
planning tool; address results of data analysis; align plan with
Student and School Success Principles; submit plan on Indistar® to
OSPI for review by October 30, 2015
Implement plan; monitor progress toward intended goals; revise
plan as needed on Indistar®
Engage with Leadership Coach assigned to support Principal and
Leadership Team as they craft, implement, monitor, and revise the
Student and School Success Action Plan on Indistar®
Engage in professional development aligned with Student and School
Success Principles and/or meaningful interventions
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Student and School Success Principles
(“Turnaround Principles”)
• Principle 1: Provide strong leadership
• Principle 2: Ensure teachers are effective and able to improve
instruction
• Principle 3: Expand time for student learning and teacher
collaboration
• Principle 4: Strengthen the school’s instructional program
• Principle 5: Use data to inform instruction and for continuous
improvement
• Principle 6: Establish a safe and supportive school environment
• Principle 7: Engage families and community
Action-Planning Process for Continuous
Improvement
Form
Leadership
Team
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Action-Planning Tool:
Indistar®
• Web-based action-planning system
• Used by school and district improvement teams to inform,
coach, sustain, track, and report improvement activities
• Focuses on evidence-based practices (“Indicators”) aligned
with Student and School Success Principles
• Includes “filing cabinet” for teams to upload evidence of
progress
• Supported by our office (Paul Wieneke at
[email protected])
• See
http://k12.wa.us/StudentAndSchoolSuccess/ActionPlannin
gMaterials.aspx for “Indistar Resources and Materials”
Evidence-Based Practices (“Indicators”)
• “Indicators” are evidence-based practices at the district, school, and
classroom level used to improve student learning.
– Indicators relate to a Student and School Success Principle
(“Turnaround” Principle)
– Research (known as “Wise Ways” in Indistar ®) is provided for every
Indicator.
• “Expected Indicators” are high-impact Indicators that schools and
districts address in their action plans.
– Schools must have one “active” Expected Indicator per Student and
School Success Principle from the bank of 17 School-level Expected
Indicators.
– District Plans must address all 14 District-level Expected Indicators.
Student and School Success Principles &
Expected Indicators - Example
Principle 5
Use data to inform instruction
and for continuous
improvement, including by
providing time for
collaboration on the use of
data
Expected Indicators Aligned to Principle 5
P5-IID08: Instructional teams use student
learning data to assess strengths and
weaknesses of the curriculum and
instructional strategies.
(Instructional Framework, Multi-Tiered
System of Supports, Smarter Balanced
Assessments)
P5-IID12: All teachers monitor and assess
student mastery of standards-based
objectives in order to make appropriate
curriculum adjustments. (Instructional
Framework, Multi-Tiered System of
Supports)
Resources: Student and School Success
Action-Planning Handbook & Indistar
• This handbook is a step-by-step guide for
creating and implementing action plans.
• The handbook includes process for Title I
schools with Schoolwide or Targeted
Assistance Plans and Title I schools in a Step of
Improvement to address federal requirements.
• The handbook can be accessed and
downloaded from:
http://k12.wa.us/StudentAndSchoolSuccess/
ActionPlanHandbook.aspx
• Resources to support use of Indistar® are found
at:
http://k12.wa.us/StudentAndSchoolSuccess/
ActionPlanningMaterials.aspx
Timeline
May –
Aug 2015
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Collect Data
Engage in
Data Analysis
Assess
Indicators
using tools
provided
(Current
Level of
Development
tool)
Apply for
iGrant funds
(available
July 1, 2015)
Aug– Oct
2015
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ESD Action- •
Planning
Workshops
Create
and/or
Revise
Student and
School
Success
Action Plan
Submit Plan
to OSPI
(Oct 30,
2015)
Implement
Plan
Nov 2015
Coach
Critique of
Action
Plans
2015-16 school year
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Implement Plan
Progress Monitor Indicators and
Tasks
Revise Plan as necessary
Address Coach Critique
feedback
Submit Plan for mid-year review
(Feb 28, 2016)
Submit Plan for annual review
(May 30, 2016)
Next Steps
• Review Student and School Success Action-Planning
Handbook
• Attend “Deep Data Dive” Webinar on May 21; register at
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/rt/237903456577123
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• Review and reflect on school data, including data sent by
CEE
• Become familiar with Indistar® at
http://k12.wa.us/StudentAndSchoolSuccess/ActionPlanni
ngMaterials.aspx. Additional information available at
www.indistar.org
Questions / Comments???
Contact Information:
• Office of Student and School Success: (360) 725-4960 or
[email protected]
• Travis Campbell at [email protected]
• Sue Cohn at [email protected]
• Paul Wieneke (for Indistar support) at [email protected]
THANK YOU!
OSSS is here for your support.
Please contact our office with your questions.
[email protected]
(360) 725-4960