leading complex district transformation efforts - sree conference 9/3/2014
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Leading Complex District Transformation Efforts: Integrating Research, Performance Management and Evaluation to Ensure Quality. A presentation about Partners in School Innovation's beliefs on how to transform districts and how the organization uses research and evaluation to measure effectiveness and ensure quality of implementation. Presented at the Fall 2014 Conference of the Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness in Washington DC.TRANSCRIPT
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Leading Complex District Transformation EffortsIntegrating research, performance management and evaluation to ensure quality
Derek MitchellCEO, Partners in School Innovation
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Panel MembersMary Jo KuhlmanAssistant Superintendent, Organizational Learning, Grand Rapids Public Schools
Kimberly Parker-DeVauldAssistant Superintendent of Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment, Battle Creek Public Schools
Dana McCurdyResearch and Evaluation Manager, Partners in School Innovation
William HillSr. District Transformation Director, Partners in School Innovation
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Partners in School Innovation transforms teaching and learning in the lowest-performing public schools so that every child, regardless of background, thrives.
Partners in School Innovation transforms teaching and learning in the lowest-performing public schools so that every child, regardless of background, thrives.
Mission
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Why We Exist
The achievement gap persists. Results from a wide variety of state and national tests administered over the last half-century have been fairly consistent in at least one respect. They indicated that certain groups of children repeatedly score below children in other groups. - EdSource
“Gaps in US educational achievement have affected GDP more severely than have all recessions since the 1970s.”
– McKinsey Quarterly (April 2009)
Why We Exist
The achievement gap persists. Results from a wide variety of state and national tests administered over the last half-century have been fairly consistent in at least one respect. They indicated that certain groups of children repeatedly score below children in other groups. - EdSource
“Gaps in US educational achievement have affected GDP more severely than have all recessions since the 1970s.”
– McKinsey Quarterly (April 2009)
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Our Vision is to be in 80 schools, serving over 50,000 students, across 10 states with an annual budget of over $10MM by 2020.
Vision
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Staffing our Approach: District WidePartners Staff Focus in the Systems workRegional Executive Director (1 per region)
• Superintendent & Cabinet• Support for district instructional planning and
capacity-building
Director of District Transformation (1 per district)
• Central Office staff• Support for high performing team development,
content expertise, and building systems of professional learning
Director of School Transformation(1 per district)
• Principals and Central Office supports• Support for high performing team development,
content expertise, and building systems of professional learning
School Innovation Partners(1 per school)
• Principals and their Instructional Leadership Teams & teachers
• Facilitation of grade level & school-wide ROCI, Content expertise (Literacy), leadership & instructional coaching
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Our Current Projects4 Bay Area districts
• San Francisco, Alum Rock, Oak Grove & Franklin-McKinley
Kellogg Strategic Partnerships• 2 districts in Michigan (Beginning Year 3 in
Battle Creek & Year 2 in Grand Rapids)• 2 merging districts in Mississippi (Indianola &
Sunflower) (Year 2)• Albuquerque Public Schools (Year 2)
Philadelphia, PA (Starting this year)
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Tweet your questions for the Panel
• Login to your Twitter account
• Tweet a question to @PartnersSIDerek• Feel free to ask a specific panelist or the
whole panel
• If you don’t have Twitter, please hold your question until the Q&A session after the panelists speak
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How Partners Works
Partners in School Innovation engages with teachers and leaders in under-performing school districts to drive results by strengthening teaching and learning through our sustainable, adaptable approach to continuous improvement.
How Partners Works
Partners in School Innovation engages with teachers and leaders in under-performing school districts to drive results by strengthening teaching and learning through our sustainable, adaptable approach to continuous improvement.
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Guiding Frameworks and ResearchTheoretical Frameworks
• Continuous improvement, Diffusion of Innovations, Social Learning Theory/Social Cognitive Theory
Ed Research• Richard Elmore -- Instructional Core Focus for Districts• Robert Marzano -- leadership and instructional practices• McKinsey, John Kotter -- Change Management• Michael Fullan -- Leadership • Richard DuFour -- PLCs
Case Examples from Successful Districts• Sanger Unified, Long Beach Unified, San Diego Unified,
Boston Unified
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Data Tools
School Implementation TrackerDistrict Implementation Tracker
Satisfaction Survey
Adult Capacity RubricDistrict Capacity Rubric
Network Evaluations
Student Data
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Results-Oriented Cycles of Inquiry
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Data to assess student learning• State assessment
Data• Standard-based
benchmarks• Literacy skill
assessments• Teacher-created
formative assessments
• Student work (calibrated)
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Data to assess adult capacity School Transformation Rubric
• Measures adult capacity to engage in 76 transformative practices
• Scale assesses consistency, quality, intentionality, and frequency of implementation
• Measures growth• Observations, focus groups,
interviews• NON-evaluative (Data is rolled up
to grade level and school)
1 No evidence
2 Readiness
3 Emerging
4 Implementing
5 Transforming
6 Sustaining
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Data to assess district capacity20
13
2014
2013
2014
2013
2014
2013
2014
2013
2014
2013
2014
2013
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0%
25%
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75%
100%
2 2 3
12
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3 32 2
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2 4 1 3
2 22 2
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1 1 12 2
No. of Practices per Stage, from 2013 to 2014
Vision Plan Act Assess, Reflect, Adjust
Leadership Dev.
Teacher Dev. Curriculum Instruction
Assess-ment
Leadership Systems for Professional Learning
Core Instructional Program
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Building District Cycle Reviews into
the System
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Partners Data Work• Moves school & district data use along a
developmental continuum– From Data to Information (context)– From Information to Knowledge (context & time)– From Knowledge to Wisdom (context, time & iterative
practice (ROCI))
• Places adult behavior at the center, not student performance– Theory of Action
• Integrates Change Management with Data – Informed Inquiry.
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The Source of Errors
Malice PoorCommunication
Stupidity
Num
ber
of E
rror
s
How Mistakes AreMade
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Core MindsetsResults-
OrientationSet goals to provide an anchor for data-
analysis
Continuous Improvement
Use data to identify strengths to build on and opportunities to shore up gaps
Equity and Social-Justice
Disaggregate data in order to identify patterns
Systems Thinking
Collect and analyze data at every level of the district system
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District Transformation
• Investment in current human capital• Our approach is designed to break cycles in
inequity so each and every child can be successful
• Builds systems and structures needed for sustainability and continuous improvement
• Shift from fixed mindset to growth mindset• 5-7 year investment (3 + days per week)
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“Transformational Change is a Profoundly Human Enterprise”
FROM TO
Reactiveto multiple demands
Focused & PurposefulReflective about how day-to-day practice leads toward a vision
Skepticalabout whether breakthrough results are possible
True BeliefMotivated by knowing what is possible by experiencing success themselves
Under-preparedand lacking sufficient knowledge and skills
Skillful & KnowledgeableThe capacity to carry out actions to achieve goals
Isolatedfrom peers and supervisors and acting alone
Collaborative & AccountableAble to work with others toward shared goals in an aligned and coherent manner
Process
Action-Driven Coaching Conversation
.
Accelerated Action Cycle
Apprenticeship
Adaptive Group Coaching
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District-wide Nested ROCI
Cycles
Achievement Impact Presentations
Cycle Reviews
School Level Instructional Leadership
Teams
Grade-Level PLCs
School Theory of Action
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Multiple Layers of Data Analysis
District Leadership & Systems
• How well did we guide, resource and support schools to transform?
School Leadership & Systems
• How well did we guide and support teachers to change their practice?
Instruction
• How did my teaching practice change?
Student Impact
• What impact have we had on student learning?
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Preliminary ResultsHigh-quality implementation with fidelity
• 97% completion of PSI approach last year• 77% overall satisfaction rate
Improvements in school capacity• Leadership practices, systems to support teachers, and
instructional practices increased by 1 stage on our rubric
Improvements in district capacity• District capacity to plan, support school leaders and
teachers, and conduct assessment increased by 1 stage on our rubric
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Battle Creek Public Schools
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Looking Back
• Year 1 Focus: School and District Systems Common Instructional Strategy
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Aligned Systems
Clear Communication
Professional Learning
Bold Goals
Lessons Learned
• Instructional core comes first
• School improvement means people improvement
• Schools don’t change if the district doesn’t change
• Gradual Release refers to teaching and transformation
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BCPS Systems for Change• Professional Learning for
Teachers and Leaders• District Instructional
Framework• Instructional Coaching
• PBIS Coordinators• Time for Collaboration
(PLCs)• Revised assessments for
progress monitoring
• Cycle Reviews• Instructional Leadership
Teams• Achievement Impact
Presentations
• Teacher and Leader Evaluation• STAR Visits• Program Implementation
Tracker
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ROCI in Action in BCPS• District Cycle Reviews
• Achievement Impact Presentations
• Instructional Leadership Teams
• Professional Learning Communities
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Looking Forward• Develop Capacity through a comprehensive
performance management system that– Improves instructional leadership– Increases instructional effectiveness and– Ensures quality and consistency of educational
experiences
• Implement Proactive Multi Tiered Systems of Support to ensure that all students have access to a quality instructional core– Systemic Response in proactive tiers of support
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Grand Rapids Public Schools
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Questions for the panelists?Tweet them to @PartnersSIDerek
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Contact
PartnersInSchools.orgRenewing the Promise of Public Education
Contact
PartnersInSchools.orgRenewing the Promise of Public Education
Derek Mitchell [email protected]
Mary Jo Kuhlman [email protected]
Kimberly Parker-DeVauld [email protected]
William Hill [email protected]
Dana McCurdy [email protected]