Miller Guidance: A New Methodology for Public Education

A New Methodology for Public Education

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• Planning

• Leadership

• Assessment

• Instruction

• Teaming

• Professional Development

• Results

Blueprint for Success Measures of Effectiveness

• Planning

• Leadership

• Assessment

• Instruction

• Teaming


• Results

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Builds upon

existing program

strengths

Promotes buy-in

and sustainability

An implementation matrix to

accompany the Miller Guidance

methodology

Used to record progress in the

organizational and systemic

alignment needed to support student

centered practices

Pre and post implementation

measure

A thorough gap analysis that

highlights program strengths

A master plan for filling in gaps

is designed with administration

All stakeholder groups are

interviewed creating a complete

picture of district operations

Systematically Builds Methodology: Leadership An infrastructure that clearly defines the methodology of a system that is well-equipped

to identify and respond to student need.

Traditional methodology is outdated and no longer is successful at identifying and

responding to student need.

District Leadership Team

THEORY OF ACTION

Shared decision making and resources across

departments

Clear organizational chart

Support of BOE, Teacher unions etc.

Plan for parent and community notification and involvement

District calendar alignment

Multi-year professional development plan

Multi-year technology plan

• Planning

• Leadership

• Assessment

• Instruction

• Teaming


• Results

Systematically Builds Methodology: Assessment

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• Planning

• Leadership

• Assessment

• Instruction

• Teaming


• Results

Assessment Hierarchy Horace Greeley Elementary School

7-20-2012

Program Evaluation K-6 ISAT

K-6 Reading/Early Literacy CBM

K-8 MAP

Universal Screening


Below the 10th percentile

Diagnostic

BRI 3rd - 4th

TPRI K-2nd

Phonics Survey-English

Phonics Survey-Spanish

Progress Monitoring


11th to 24th percentile

Diagnostic BRI 3rd - 4th

TRC K-2nd

TPRI K-2nd

Phonics Survey - English

Phonics Survey - Spanish (K-1)

Progress Monitoring


25th percentile and above

Diagnostic

K-8 MAP

K-6 Storytown Theme Tests

5-Houghton Mifflin unit

All Students K-6

Assessments are

linked to

protocols

Assessments are

arranged in a

hierarchy by

purpose and target

population

Decision Making

Framework

standardizes

decisions across

settings and

subgroups

Evidence based

Assessment Hierarchy

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Rates of Improvement Goal Actual Typical 1.5x Typical

Goal setting Ambitious and informative Grade level expectations

Cut scores Norm referenced Criterion referenced Program evaluation Adequate progress

Teachers learn to

use data in well

organized data

teams with clear

and consistent

expectations

Systematically Builds Methodology: Instruction

Creative tools support teachers as they learn to link

instruction to data

Appropriate instructional programs and interventions for

the ELL and Special Education populations

Common Core State Standards (CCSS)

• Planning

• Leadership

• Assessment

• Instruction

• Teaming


• Results

The Intervention Use Grid lists the

resources available for students in need of

supplemental instruction. It supports teams

as they learn to link instruction to student

need as defined by multiple sources of

data.

The Instructional

Planning Form

aligns curriculum to

the CCSS knowledge

and skills and leads

grade level teams

through the process

of choosing a

targeted focus,

strategies and

formative

assessment method

ensuring ALL

students receive

highly effective

instruction.

Systematically Builds Methodology: Teaming

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• Planning

• Leadership

• Assessment

• Instruction

• Teaming


• Results

District and school

improvement

teams set goals

aligned to the

methodology

The principal is the

instructional leader

at data teams

Data teams follow

protocols that are

specific to

grade and time of

year

Evidence based

Tasks on the data team

protocols are constructed

to prompt decisions that

are both effective and

conserve precious

district resources

Facilitator

Data Manager

Content Specialist

Note Taker

Data and

information

management

software is aligned

to the protocols

Teams have the

right charts, graphs

and forms at the

right time.

Systematically Builds Methodology: Professional Development

Professional development flows from administration to principals and

instructional staff.

Topics for professional development flow from the instructional staff to the

administration as they discover needed skill sets when implementing responsive

supports.

• Planning

• Leadership

• Assessment

• Instruction

• Teaming


• Results

Administration

Instructional Staff

Use of technology applications

Differentiation

Common formative assessment

Classroom management

Policies subgroups

Assessment hierarchy

Scope and sequence

Calendar

Nested communities of

learners engaged in

professional development

aligned to the theory of action

Webinars and e meetings increase

access to resources and topics

Systematically Builds Methodology: Produces Results

Actionable sequences reflect the theory of reform

Policies, routines and processes are prescriptive for

ease of implementation. Software and webinars align to

methodology

Empowered

Educators

and Increased

Student

Achievement

• Planning

• Leadership

• Assessment

• Instruction

• Teaming


• Results

A New Methodology for Public Education

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