Turning Around Low Performing Schools:

Getting StartedDr. Joy Eichelberger, Turnaround Specialist and RtII Consultant, PA SchoolsApril 14, 2011

Getting Started: Double Your Fun!

PA’s Standards Aligned System (SAS) PA’s RtII Framework

Blueprint for SIG Action Planning

Align The Action Planning Approach

• Signal Urgency– Superintendent’s Vision and Challenge

• Disseminate and Communicate SIG Goals– We have the grant, now what?

• Develop SIG Action Plan– Establish and Convene SIG Steering Committee – Confirm Reality: Status of current initiatives– Identify Critical Actions/Interventions– Establish timelines and evaluation measures

Blueprint for SIG Action Planning

Bi-level Approach to Change and Intervention

District Level

• Administrative PLC • Implementation Research• Systems change• Instruction• Learning Walks and

Instructional Rounds• Accountability Measures

Building / Classroom• TLCs (formative

assessment)– Effective Teaching/Instruction

• Collaborative Planning and Data Analysis Teaming

• SAS/RtII• Effective

Teaching/Instruction• Monitoring student

Learning

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• SIG Goals and Year I Priorities– Systems Alignment (SAS)

– Instruction– Building Teacher and Leadership Capacity

• Establish PLCs and TLCs

– Building Infrastructures• Administrative Cabinet (District and Building)• Schedules• Data Teaming• Teacher Collaboration and Planning Periods

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Reading and Mathematics Goals1. Conduct needs assessment to determine teacher

knowledge of PA curriculum standards2. Ensure district courses and curriculum alignment with PA

standards, Common Core Standards, and /or Keystone Assessments

3. Ensure rigorous core curriculum for all students4. Establish a system of tiered interventions for students

(RtII)5. Examine current practice against research based

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Reading and Mathematics Goals

5. Develop a comprehensive system of assessment – Align assessment to their intended purpose– Implement formative assessment strategies – Use data to inform instructional decisions

6. Provide professional development for all staff in the following areas:

– Knowledge and use of PA Standards Aligned System– Effective classroom practices and instructional strategies– Implementation of appropriate interventions

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Special Education1. Develop standards based IEPs using IEP tracker

2. Provide professional development for all Special Education teachers in the following areas:

– functional behavior assessment– transition planning– compliance requirements

3. Evaluate the effectiveness of resources and assistive technology available for IEP students

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Special Education1. Review secondary special education caseloads and

range of services

2. Ensure all special education teachers are highly qualified

3. Delineate roles and responsibilities of all special education personnel

4. Review all out-of-district placements to determine if less restrictive settings are feasible

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Leadership and Infrastructure

1. Determine administrative knowledge and skill in transformational leadership

2. Develop administrative professional development program

3. Adjust schedules to ensure the availability of an intervention period for all grade levels

4. Develop a system to identify students for appropriate interventions

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Leadership and Infrastructure

1. Establish a grant committee and grant selection and development process

2. Implement a school-wide Positive Behavior Intervention Program

3. Establish data dialogue sessions and appropriate training4. Develop a curriculum review and textbook selection cycle

5. Explore teacher and administrative incentive program

models

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School Improvement Action Plan: Reading

TARGET AREA: CLEAR STANDARDS

REQUIRED ACTIONS

ACTION STEPS DUE DATE LEAD(S) SUMMATIVE MEASUREMENT

STRATEGY:

FORMATIVE MONITORING

STRATEGY:

INCREASE STAFF KNOWLEDGE OF AND PROFICIENCY WITH STANDARDS, ANCHORS AND ELIGIBLE CONTENT

1. Conduct needs assessment to determine knowledge and skill of teachers on standards, anchors and eligible content

12/30

ASSESSMENT COMPLETED AND ON FILE AND USED TO SHAPE PD

DRAFT COMPLETED AND REVIEWED BY TEAM BY 12/15

2. Eligible content: Provide professional development on eligible content (focus for the 2010-2011

1/11 and ongoing

PD completed and instruction is aligned to eligible content

PD SCHEDULED AND CONDUCTED DURING GRADE LEVEL MEETINGS, DEPARTMENT MEETINGS AND PLCS

3. Infuse career ed. Standards into curriculum maps as appropriate (staring at grade 3)

6/11

Maps include career standards

Draft on file by 6/15/10

4. Develop standards based IEPs using IEP tracker (modify form as needed)

7/10

Standards based IEPs on file

Draft ready for review by 6/30/10

5. Develop a common walk through tool

12/10

Administrators, Consultants, DEs and teacher peers use iObservation for walk throughs

Completed

TARGET AREA: CLEAR STANDARDS

REQUIRED ACTIONS

ACTION STEPS DUE DATE SUMMATIVE MEASUREMENT

STRATEGY:

FORMATIVE

MONITORING STRATEGY:

IMPLEMENT EFFECTIVE TEACHING PRACTICES ACROSS ALL CONTENT AREAS K-12

1. Examine current practice against research based recommendations (IES Practice Guide)

2. Develop professional development plans to implement effective teaching practices across all content areas (k – 12) and access SAS portal resources

11/2010

02/2010

1. Professional Development agenda will indicate when the strategies were introduce, reviewed and refined.

2. (As above)3. Progressive growth data

from iObservation will detail results

4. Learning Walk data should indicate growth

5. Approved budget

1. Collaborative meeting will take place with LSI consultant, TA, Utley and Washington

2. Data from Learning Walks will detail progress

3. Monthly Progressive growth data from iObservation will detail results

4. Reflective summaries from participants

School Improvement Action Plan: Math

"All organizations [and systems] are designed, intentionally or unwittingly, to

achieve precisely the results they get."R. Spencer Darling, Business Expert

Systems Change Strategy

• Adopt a change strategy and Plan for Change1. Patterson et.al. Influencer: The Power of Influence

2. Heath, Chip and Heath, Dan. Switch: How to Change Things when Change is Hard

3. Fixsen, D. L., Naoom, S. F., Blase, K. A., Friedman, R. M. & Wallace, F. (2005). Implementation Research: A Synthesis of the Literature.

Systems Change Strategy

1. Clarify desired results2. Identify a handful of high-

leverage behaviors that lead to rapid and profound change

3. Use personal and vicarious experience to change thoughts and actions

4. Marshall multiple sources of influence to make change inevitable

Resource

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Systems Change Strategy

4 Key Principles of Successful Influence

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Six Sources of Influences: The Model

Motivation Ability

PersonalMake The

Undesirable Desirable

Surpass Your Limit

Social Harness Peer Pressure

Find Strength in Numbers

StructuralDesign Rewards

and Demand Accountability

Change the Environment

2008. Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, David Maxfield, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler, Influencer: the Power of Change.

Fixsen, D. L., Naoom, S. F., Blase, K. A., Friedman, R. M. & Wallace, F. (2005). Implementation Research: A Synthesis of the Literature. Tampa, FL: University of South Florida, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, The National Implementation

Research Network (FMHI Publication #231).Download all or part of the monograph at:

http://nirn.fmhi.usf.edu/resources/publications/Monograph/index.cfm 

Implementation Research: A Synthesis of the Literature

Systems Change Strategy

Stages of Implementation

• Exploration

• Installation

• Initial Implementation

• Full Implementation

• Innovation

• Sustainability

Fixsen, Naoom, Blase, Friedman, & Wallace, 2005

2 – 4 Years

Blueprint for SIG Action Planning

• SWITCH – The Elephant and the Rider– Direct the Rider– Motivate the elephant (emotions, values)– Shape the Path

• Provide tools and environments• Administrative and teacher PLCs• Communication and accountability systems

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– Create Urgency and Set direction• Specific goals and target areas (active student

engagement, data analysis teaming, abolish tracking)

– Identify targets Interventions for Behavior Change –what we want teachers and administrators to “do”

• random reporters, provide feedback. white boards, peer talk

• Curriculum alignment• Data teaming tool

Blueprint for SIG Action Planning

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