Michigan Department of Education Office of Education Improvement and Innovation

1. Michigan Department of EducationOffice of Education Improvement and Innovation One Voice – One Plan Michigan Continuous School Improvement (MI-CSI)

2. To what extent does this represent your experience with School Improvement?

3. Reflection Questions DO WHY: Why is it important to strategically implement, monitor, and evaluate the School Improvement Plan? HOW: How will we communicate the plan to all stakeholders so that they clearly understand and own their roles in implementation? How do we build ownership of the strategy and the plan? How will we ensure implementation with fidelity? How is the implementation of your plan monitored and evaluated? How is the impact of your plan monitored and evaluated? WHAT: What will your school look like when this plan is implemented with fidelity? What is the expected impact on student achievement?

4. Do Vocabulary Implementation Fidelity Impact

5. Continuous School Improvement Process

6. Do: Plan Requirements • ESEA and PA 25 require annual evaluation of the following: • Implementation of the plan • Student achievement results by subgroup using data from state assessments and other indicators • Modifications to plan as needed • ISDs/RESAs are required by PA25 to provide technical assistance to schools and districts to develop annual evaluations.

7. MAKING CONNECTIONS - THE BIG PICTURE

8. DO Implement Plan Monitor Plan Evaluate Plan Plan Develop School Improvement Plan

9. Reflection What have you done to implement your school/district improvement plans?

10. Components of Effective Implementation Leadership Competency Organization Vision  Mission  Beliefs Student Achievement

11. DEVELOP ACTION PLAN - to be done prior to implementation Question 1: How will we ensure readiness for implementing the strategy/program/initiative? Question 2: How will we ensure that staff and administrators have the knowledge and skills to implement the strategy/program/initiative? Question 3: How will we ensure that there is opportunity for implementation with fidelity of the strategy/program/initiative? Question 4: How will we ensure that the strategy/program/initiative will be implemented as intended? Question 5: How will we ensure a positive impact on student achievement?

12. Questions to Reconsider Prior to Implementation How will we ensure readiness for implementing the strategy? What evidence will we have that stakeholders (staff, parent, student) understand the need and can articulate the research behind the decision to implement the strategy? (Competency) What evidence will we have that stakeholders have a shared vision and purpose and are strongly committed to it? (Competency) What evidence will we have that stakeholder concerns about the strategy have been identified and addressed? (Leadership) What evidence will we have that staff and administrators are able to integrate this strategy with other existing initiatives? (Competency)

13. Questions to Reconsider Prior to Implementation How will we ensure that staff and administrators have the knowledge and skills to implement the strategy? What evidence will we have that staff and administrators share a vision of how practice will change as a result of implementing the strategy? (Leadership) What evidence will we have that administrators have the knowledge and skills to assess the effectiveness of the strategy? (Leadership) What evidence will we have that there are sufficient opportunities for staff to learn the knowledge and skills – including the non-negotiable or acceptable variations of the elements – essential to implementing the strategy? (Organization/Competency) What evidence will we have that staff have the ability to apply the acquired knowledge and skills? (Competency)

14. Questions to Reconsider Prior to Implementation How will we ensure that there is Opportunity for Implementation with fidelity? What evidence will we have that there is sufficient administrative support to achieve the intended results? (Organization) What evidence will we have that there is sufficient professional learning during implementation, e.g., modeling/coaching? (Competency) What evidence will we have that there are sufficient resources – including financial and time - to achieve the intended results? (Organization) What evidence will we have that there is opportunity for staff collaboration? (Organization) What evidence will we have that structures are in place to collect and review implementation data? (Organization)

15. Strategy Implementation Guide

18. Ultimately….. To what extent are stakeholders fully committed to implementing the non-negotiable or acceptable variations of the elements?

19. Implementation is a Process! Monitor Implementation Evaluate Implementation Monitor Impact Evaluate Impact Adult Focused Student Focused

20. Reflection What might you do to enhance the implementation of your school/district plans?