Aligning LEA Planning Processes

1. Aligning LEA Planning Processes A Systemic Design Presented by Linda Murphy, PSP Dorothy White, PSP

2. The Big Picture

3. Aligning of improvement processes and district/campus practices

4. Goals by Stephen Covey

5. Goals • Develop foundational understanding of research based systems and needs assessment processes • Incorporate a variety of data sources in the needs assessment processes • Generate new ideas with colleagues to create local systems of improvement planning in compliance with state and federal guidance

7. Working Systemically • SEDL Developed and tested a systemic model designed to improve student achievement in low-performing districts and schools • Collaborated with the Charles A. Dana Center in Austin • 49 schools in 23 districts • Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas • Rural, suburban, and urban settings

8. Options…. Fix the parts Transfer innovations Fix the people Improve teacher/administrator knowledge and skills Fix the school Apply organizational development approaches to schools only Fix the system An approach informed by research…

9. What Working Systemically IS NOT Empowered Individuals/Schools No Systemic Approach Working Systemically in Action, SEDL, 2008 9

10. What Working Systemically IS NOT District’s Purpose Clear • District Schools Schools’ Purpose Clear Still No Systemic Approach Working Systemically in Action, SEDL, 2008 10

11. What Working Systemically IS Classrooms Increased Student Achievement Schools District • District’s Purpose Clear/Schools’ Purpose Clear • Common Focus on Student Achievement • Each Mutually Supportive Working Systemically in Action, SEDL, 2008 11

13. Bernhardt, Using Data to Improve Student Learning in School Districts, 2006

14. Data Analysis- Demographics

15. Data Analysis- Perceptions

16. Data Analysis- School Processes

17. Data Analysis-Student Learning

18. Bernhardt, Using Data to Improve Student Learning in School Districts, 2006

19. Bernhardt, Using Data to Improve Student Learning in School Districts, 2006

20. Goals by Stephen Covey

21. CNA Link: http://portal.esc20.net/portal/page/portal/NCLB/CNA.htm

22. CNA Spreadsheet

23. 8 CNA Focus Areas Data analysis should not be just about gathering data. It is very easy to get “analysis paralysis” by spending too much time pulling data together and not spending time using the data. -Victoria Bernhardt • Demographics • Student Achievement • School Culture and Climate • Staff Quality, Recruitment and Retention • Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment • Family and Community Involvement • School Organization • Technology

24. Staff Quality, Recruitment and Retention An empowered organization is one in which individuals have the knowledge, skill, desire, and opportunity to pursue success in way that leads to collective and organizational success - Stephen Covey • Staff Quality, Recruitment and Retention refers to the school organization’s level of high-quality, highly-effective staff, in high- poverty schools. This area is also focused on assessing the effect of recruitment and retention strategies on staffing patterns.

25. CNA REFLECTIVE QUESTIONS

26. Reflective Question Activity • Work in pairs or triads • Respond to reflective Questions from CNA tool. • Be prepared to share

27. Creating a School Profile There are three kinds of curricula ;they must be considered together and improved together: written curriculum, taught curriculum, and tested curriculum. – Fenwick English • Decide what you want to measure and report. • Determine who will be responsible for organizing, developing and updating the profile. • Develop a management system for collecting and organizing the data in the profile. • Be selective about the type and amount of data to collect. • Take a baseline assessment of the data available in each area of focus. • Determine any additional information that is needed and the procedures for collecting it. • Write a narrative to support the story the data presents; use varied formats for illustrating the narrative with charts, graphs, tables.

28. Process Create the kind of climate in your organization where personal growth is expected, recognized and rewarded. -Author Unknown • Step 1 – Review the purpose and outcomes for conducting the CNA • Step 2 – Establish committees for each area of the CNA • Step 3 – Determine which types of data will be collected and analyzed by the committee to develop the school profile • Step 4 – Determine areas of priority and summarize needs • Step 5 – Connect the CNA to the district/campus improvement plan development and review process

29. How can your LEA/Campus incorporate alternative planning procedures in order to implement a research based aligned process that is in compliance with state and federal guidelines and with a direct connection to improvement initiatives?

31. Resources TEA References Cowan, D., Joyner, S., & Beckwith, S. (2008). Working Systemically in action: A guide for facilitators. Austin, TX: SEDL. Bernhardt, Victoria L. (2006). Using data to improve student learning in school districts. Larchmont, NY: Eye On Education. • Guidance for the Texas Accountability Intervention System http://www.tea.state.tx.us/index2.aspx?id=2147495563&menu_id=2147483703&menu_id2=2147483716 (HINT: TEA Accountability Monitoring web page) • ESC 20 CNA tool http://portal.esc20.net/portal/page/portal/NCLB/CNA.htm

32. Contact Information Linda Murphy lmmurphy@hughes.net 936.635.6911 Dorothy White dwhite.ss4u@gmail.com 281.748.6442