CFIPCFIPThe Classroom-Focused Improvement Process

CFIPCFIPPlease open up the “In Class Links for CFIP

Presentation” thread in the Discussion Board :-)

CFIP “A six-step process for increasing

student achievement that is planned and carried out by teachers meeting in grade level, content, or vertical teams as a part of their regular lesson planning cycle.” mdk12.org

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“What do we know from available

data about current levels of student performance and how will we

respond to these data?”

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Why do researchers and practitioners advocate for the use of assessment data to guide instruction?

Why do the authors describe the process of developing and implementing a system of common formative assessments as "engaging in authentic professional development?”

What are the benefits and possible roadblocks for establishing PLCs (Professional Learning Communities)?

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Please click the Survey #1 link

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Survey Results

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CFIP is intended to be used as part of the regular lesson planning cycle and

encourages:• Collaboration among grade/content team

members• Use of common formative assessments• Student-specific enrichments and/or interventions Thomas & Hickey Video

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Development and

administration of common

assessments

Data analysis to identify patterns in

achievement

Identification of students’

strengths and instructional

needs

Identification of instructional factors that

contributed to patterns identified

Enrichments/ interventions

put in place for students who

need them

Addition of improvements

to future instruction

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MSDE suggests 7 pre-conditions for successful implementation of

CFIP.

Does your school meet these pre-conditions?

Would a struggling, urban school meet them??

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1. A cohesive and collaborative grade-level, departmental, or vertical team which shares common subject matter and common assessments, either developed by the state or school system or by the teachers of an individual school

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2. Common planning time for team members consisting, at a minimum, of one hour twice weekly, of which one hour every two weeks is devoted exclusively to the CFIP

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3. A principal who is a strong instructional leader and who is comfortable with the concept of shared leadership

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4. Norms to guide the team's process of collaborative data analysis

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5. Autonomy for the team to adjust teaching practices and interventions based on data from assessments of their students' learning

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6. Use of short-cycle, common, formative assessments by the team

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7. On-going professional development to enhance the team's capacity to continually adjust their teaching practice in response to student performance data

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