Building a Collaborative School Culture

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Building a CollaborativeSchool Culture

• Pierre School District
• Dr. Kelly Glodt, Superintendent
• Ruth Smith, Director of Instruction
• Kathy Cruse, teacher
• Peggy Rose, teacher
• PSD School Improvement Steering Committee

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Why we are here? Because we
were asked..

• The Pierre School District is an exemplary model
  of shared leadership and collaboration at all
  levels.
• The establishment of Building Leadership Teams
  (BLTs) has created opportunities for shared
  leadership and building level ownership of the
  processes related to school improvement and
  professional development.

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4 Critical Questions

• What do we want students to learn?
• How do we know they have learned it?
• What do we do when they dont learn?
• What do we do if they already know it??
• Richard Rebecca DuFour

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Non-Negotiables

• Love Kids
• Willingness to continually improve

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• We are all support staff for our teachers

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• Isolation is the
• enemy of
• improvement

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Building Capacity vs. Staff Morale

• Definition
• Demands on staff
• Time
• BLTs

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Beginnings

• District School Improvement Steering Committee
  Est. 2003
• Professional Development
• Building Leadership Teams

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PSD School Improvement Steering Committee

• Membership
• Purpose
• Recommendations/Strategies

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Professional Development
Then
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Our Wall of Wisdom
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Building Leadership Teams

• 2007-2008 Focused efforts on
• PLC research
• Data Retreats
• Achievement Series
• Test-Taking Strategies
• Building level needs
• 2008-2009
• Good Plan.different results

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Current Practices

• BLTs Building Leadership Teams
• Analyze data and set goals
• Receive training and carry that to schools
• Conduct monthly in-services
• CWGs Cooperative Work Groups
• School groups
• District groups
• PLCs Professional Learning Communities
• Book studies
• Best practices studies/training
• Department/Grade level meetings
• STAT Student/Teacher Assistance Teams

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Why it Works

• Teachers opinions are valued
• Supportive attitude across the district
• School Board provides early release time to allow
  time for discussions
• Administrators provide time in school day for
  collaboration
• BLTs plan and coordinate in-services
• Money is allocated for professional development

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