can you dig it? ©2013 tcdss. “ a problem well put is half solved.” -john dewey “it's so...
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Can you dig it?
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“a problem well put is half solved.” -John Dewey
“It's so much easier to suggest solutions when you don't know too much about the problem.” -Malcolm S. Forbes
"The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with, but whether it is the same problem you had last year.“ -John Foster Dulles Former Secretary of State
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Examine the problem statement
Determine causal factors
Refine need/focus area
We Will...
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Learn how to lead a group from problem statement to a
need/focus area
We Will...
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Data Analysis (What)
Needs Assessment
(Why)
Improvement Plan
(How)
Implementation and Monitoring
TAIS Continuous Improvement Process
Problem Framing
Action Planning
Collecting Data
Analyzing Data
Celebrating and Sharing
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WHY?
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… are identified by the campus based upon the information gathered through the NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
Campus NEEDS or FOCUS AREAS
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Campus NEEDS or FOCUS AREAS
…are a determined by conducting a ROOT CAUSE analysis of the problem stated in the problem statement.
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Campus NEEDS or FOCUS AREAS
…are a hypothesis of WHY the problem is occurring.
Focus/Need area
5 Whys
2 Circle
s
10,5,5
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PROBLEMAverage annual attendance
for the campus is 88%.
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10
5
5
Reasons
More
More
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Control
Influence
2 Circles
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Where do you spend most of your
time and energy?
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Control
Influence
2 Circles
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ACTIVITY:
Control Influence
School is boring
Class schedule
Have to wear uniforms
Have children of their own
Education isn’t valued at home
No system in place for tracking attendance
Homeroom is first period
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Team Consensus©2013 TCDSS
ACTIVITY:
Control Influence
School is boring
Class schedule
Have to wear uniforms
Have children of their own
Education isn’t valued at home
No system in place for tracking attendance
Homeroom is first period
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5W H Y S©2013 TCDSS
Problem statement:“ Average annual attendance for the
campus is 88%”
Consensus: “School is boring.”
1. Why are the students bored at school?--because classes are boring for the students.
2. Why are students bored with their classes?--because students aren't connecting with the material.
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3. Why aren't students connecting with the material?--because students are not finding the classes to be relevant.
4. Why aren't classes relevant to the students?--because the lessons aren't centered around students and their interests.
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5. Why aren't lessons centered around students and their interests?
--because teachers don't know how to plan lessons relevant to the interests of the students.
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LAST ANSWER to “5 WHYS”becomes the
NEED/FOCUS AREA.
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Teachers lack knowledge and skills needed to plan lessons relevant to the
student’s interest.
Transformation High School’s Need/Focus Area is:
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Step 1: Locate your problem statement.
Step 3: Locate 10,5,5 handout for note taking
Step 2: Identify a scribe to record responses on chart paper.
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Step 4: Begin 10,5,5 and record answers on 1st piece of chart paper.
Step 5: Remove 10, 5, 5 chart paper and set aside to be used in next step.
Step 6: On 2nd piece of chart paper have scribe create t-chart. Left side indicates “Control”, right side “Influence”.
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Step 7: Using 10, 5, 5 list, plug answers into T-chart columns as voiced by the team.
Step 8: Using the list from the “Control”column, vote on which reason the team will further examine.
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Step 9: Begin 5 Whys protocol using the agreed upon reason from previous step. Record 5 Whys on 3rd piece of chart paperStep 10: Write last response into “need/focus area” on hand out.
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NEED/FOCUS AREA
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“The scientist is not a person who gives the right answers, he's one who asks the RIGHT QUESTIONS.”
-Claude Levi-Strauss
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