Aligning LEA Planning Processes

A Systemic DesignPresented by

Linda Murphy, PSP

Dorothy White, PSP

The Big Picture

Aligning of improvement processes and district/campus

practices

Goals by Stephen Covey

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

• TEA Accountability Workbook: Improvement Plan

• 90 Day Strategy/ Plans• LEA CIP/DIP Tool

• PSP Progress Report• Site Visit Reports• Quarterly Implementation

Report (QIR)• Student Level Review (SLR)• Targeted Student Analysis

(TSA)

• TEA Accountability Workbook: Needs Assessment

• Region 20 CNA Tool• ESC Led Needs Assessment• Snapshot• LEA tool• CPE

• Student Level Review (SLR)• TEA Accountability

Workbook: Data Analysis• Approved Data

Disaggregation Tool• ESC Led Data Analysis• LEA tool

Data Analysis

Needs Assessment

PlanImplement and

Monitor

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

Options….

Fix the parts Transfer innovationsFix the people Improve teacher/administrator knowledge and

skills

Fix the school

Apply organizational development approaches to schools only

Fix the systemAn approach informed by research…

Working Systemically in Action, SEDL, 2008

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What Working Systemically IS NOT

Empowered Individuals/Schools

No Systemic Approach

Working Systemically in Action, SEDL, 2008

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What Working Systemically IS NOT

Still No Systemic Approach

Schools

DistrictDistrict’s Purpose

Clear

Schools’ Purpose Clear

Working Systemically in Action, SEDL, 2008

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What Working Systemically IS

District’s Purpose Clear/Schools’ Purpose Clear Common Focus on Student Achievement Each Mutually Supportive

Classrooms

Schools

District

IncreasedStudent

Achievement

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

Data Analysis- Demographics

Data Analysis- Perceptions

Data Analysis- School Processes

Data Analysis-Student Learning

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

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

Goals by Stephen Covey

CNA

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

CNA Spreadsheet

8 CNA Focus Areas

•Demographics•Student Achievement•School Culture and Climate•Staff Quality, Recruitment and Retention•Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment•Family and Community Involvement•School Organization•Technology

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

•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.

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

CNA REFLECTIVE QUESTIONS

Reflective Question Activity

• Work in pairs or triads• Respond to reflective

Questions from CNA

tool. • Be prepared to share

Creating a School Profile

•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.

There are three kinds of curricula ;they must be considered together and improved together: written curriculum, taught curriculum, and tested curriculum. – Fenwick English

Process

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

Create the kind of climate in your organization where personal growth is expected, recognized and rewarded.

-Author Unknown

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?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RPZmI9go00

Resources

TEA• 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

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.

Contact Information

Dorothy White

dwhite.ss4u@gmail.com

281.748.6442

Linda Murphy

lmmurphy@hughes.net

936.635.6911