igniting a passion

Igniting A Passion

Mathew Fail – Iredell-Statesville Schools, NC

Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.”

Employees

•2,958 Part-time and full-time

•1,697 Teachers

•38% have Advanced Degrees

•14.5 Average years of teaching experience

•140 National Board Certified

Public School System with an Annual Operating Budget of over 175 million for over 21,000 students.

Total Schools: 35

•19 Elementary Schools

•7 Middle Schools

•5 High Schools

•4 Non-Traditional Schools

Baldrige National Quality Program 2008Baldrige National Quality Program

Education Criteria for Performance Excellence

BaldrigeNational QualityProgram

Performance Excellence and Innovation

When we don’t know what to do as a district, we use the questions in the Baldrige Criteria

Leadership

• Shared Vision

• Shared Mission

• Shared Values

• BOE

Handout 1

Strategic Planning

• Conduct a Comprehensive SWOT analysis

• Develop a Strategic Plan

• Act on the plan

Handout 1, 2, and 3

District AlignmentI-SS

Mission/Vision

District Strategic

PlanDept.

Improve-ment Plans

School Improve-mentPlans PLC

Goals and

PDSAClassroom Goals

and PDSA

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Process Management

• PDSA

• Capitalize on your Core Competencies

• Models for Learning and Operations integration of key processes

Handout 6

“The Quality of a School System Cannot

Exceed the Quality of its Teachers”

McKinsey Consulting Report - 2007

Schools and Teachers Impact LearningStudents who enter with 50th percentile performance

School and Teacher Scenario

Achievement Percentile after two years

Average School and Average Teacher

50th

Least Effective School and Least Effective Teacher

3rd

Most Effective School and Least Effective Teacher

37th

Least Effective School and Most Effective Teacher

63rd

Most Effective School and Average Teacher

78th

Most Effective School and Most Effective Teacher

96th

Source: Marzano, Figure 8.3, What Works in Schools

Results

• Transparent

• Actionable

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01-02 02-03 03-04 04-05 05-06 06-07 07-08

Acad

emic

Rank

ing

I-SS Academic Ranking in NC

Indicates Improvement

9th

55th

I-SS Worker's Comp Loss Ratio

13

2.3

1

70

.39

44

.11

14

.36

3.4

9

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

IndicatesImprovement

2010 Long-term Projection < 3.0

Child Nutrition Supplemental Sales

$0

$500,000

$1,000,000

$1,500,000

$2,000,000

$2,500,000

$3,000,000

$3,500,000

2004/2005 2005/2006 2006/2007

School Year

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ISS

Peer Districts

Improvement

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100

150

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300

2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08

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ips

Goal

Actual

Partnership Growth Trend

Cohort Graduation Rate

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100

02-03 03-04 04-05 05-06 06-07 07-08

Perc

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radu

ated

ISS

Mooresville Graded

Peer Districts

North Carolina

Indicates Improvement

First Year of Comparative

Data

06- 07-

Questions

• Contact Information:– Mathew Fail, Chief Strategic Planning

Officer, Iredell-Statesville Schools• mathewfail@iss.k12.nc.us• 704-832-2538