School Improvement Plan SIP Purpose of SIP

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School Improvement Plan (SIP) Purpose of SIP

• The purpose of School Improvement is to build
  each school's capacity for continuous advancement
  toward the goal of all students meeting or
  exceeding state standards.
• The purpose of the PDSA planning process is to
  ensure ongoing evaluation and adjustment of
  site-based strategies for improved student
  achievement.

Review Update
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SIP Process Next Steps

• Meet w/ Leadership team
• Analyze 2008-2009 Data
• Complete Self Assessment
• Where/How does overall goal align with Strategic
  Plan
• Check for Gaps
• Do you need to amend overall goal?
• Do you need to adjust yearly target goal?
• Identify Strengths, Weaknesses and Opportunities
  for Improvement in terms of your target goal
• Assess Strategies based on data (continue,
  revise, revamp)
• Create 1st Quarter Deployment Plan

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Core Philosophy of SIP Process

• The PDSA Cycle

• What are we trying to accomplish?
• How will we know that a change is an improvement?
• What change can we make that will result in
  improvement?

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Smart Goals

• Specific
• Measurable
• Attainable
• Results Orientated
• Timely

Schools write smart goals for priority areas
The plans include Overall Goals (three -year
goals) and Target Goals (one-year goals).
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Supporting Data

• What do the data points tell you?
• What do the data points not tell you?
• What are the schools celebrations?
• What are the opportunities for improvement?

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Quarterly Deployment Plan

• Resources
• Professional Development
• Parent and Community Involvement
• Evaluation
• Did you implement your strategy?
• How well did you implement? (fidelity)
• What were your results?

• Schools determine the best strategy or approach
• Focused and comprehensive
• Research-based
• May have more than one

1st Qtr Review
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Quarterly Deployment Plan

• Step-by-step plan with accountability
• Shared responsibility
• Goal team function

• Quarterly Review
• Did it work?
• What is your next step? (Continue? Abandon?
  Modify?)

1st Qtr Review
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Make the Connections SIP Strategic Plan

• Alignment of School Improvement Goals to the
  districts Strategic Plan priorities
• Increase the percentage of students graduating
  from high school in four years.
• Increase the percentage of students performing at
  level III or higher on EOG reading tests.
• Increase the percentage of students performing at
  level III or higher proficiency on all End of
  Course (EOC) exams.
• Increase the percentage of students in grades 3-8
  scoring at a Level IV.
• Reduce the scale score gap on EOG mathematics
  tests by 30 percent and by 15 percent on EOG
  reading tests.   Reduce the achievement gap by 20
  percent on EOC exam composites.
• Area I.H- No schools will be designated as
  low-performing. (low-performing schools may need
  to insert / replace this as a goal in the SIP. )
• Alignment of SIP implementation to
  Regionalization
• Alignment of SIP implementation to
  Regionalization
• Implement critical SIP friend reviews across the
  region.
• Provide training for new SIT members.
• Facilitate /broker district/regional support for
  SIP  review and development.

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SIP Timeline

• Now
• Revisit your mission, vision, values, and
  beliefs.
• Do your data analysis including student
  achievement data and perceptual data(surveys).
• Have site-based training for your new SIT.

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SIP Timeline Cont.

• Training for New Principals and New
• Members of School Improvement
• Teams
• Aug. 17th High Point
• Aug. 18th Greensboro
• Locations and Times to TBA

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SIP Timeline Cont.

• Meet w/ leadership team Aug. 20th Sept. 11th
• Peer Review with paired leadership team of
  revised plan Week of Sept. 14th
• Begin Implementation of Strategies to maximize
  use of time, ASAP
• SIP Due to be uploaded to website Sept. 21, 2009
• Update Self Assessment
• 1st quarter Deployment Plan
• Other Revisions

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SIP Timeline Cont.

• End of 1st quarter - Oct. 23rd
• Analyze 1st quarter data create 2nd quarter
  deployment plan
• Group/Peer Review Work Session for 2nd quarter
  deployment plan TBA

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Peer Review with Paired Leadership Team Week of
Sept. 14th

• Serve as a critical friend.
• Provide reflective feedback on the draft SIP.
• Look to see that data analysis is evident.
• Look to see that the SIP is aligned with the
  Strategic Plan.
• Look to see that the S.M.A.R.T. goals and
  results indicators align with assessment
  analysis.
• Look for purposeful, focused, linked strategies
  and action steps that include frequent monitoring
  and review, professional development, and
  stakeholder involvement.

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SIP Template

• SIP Template