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Core Group Training

for

Implementing

MI-Plan

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Result of partnership between: Center for Education Performance

and Assessment (CEPI) Michigan Department of Education

(Office of Field Services) Michigan North Central Association MGT of America

Acknowledgements

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Training Purpose:

Provide training for:The use of MI-Plan as a management

tool for the school improvement planning process

1) Facilitating technical use of the MI-PLAN web-based tool.

2) Using MI-Plan processes and techniques for developing systemic school improvement plans.

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What is MI-Plan?

• Time saving, easy to use web-based management system for creating, implementing, and monitoring school improvements plans.

• Creates a single planning environment that meets multiple reporting requirements.

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Why Use MI-PLAN?• Combines expectations of Revised

School Code (Public Act 25), NCA school improvement protocols, Title 1 requirements in “No Child Left Behind”, and Education YES into a web-based planning process.

• Helps insure coordination of effort and resources.

• Automatically downloads school data (MEAP, MI-Access, Alternative LEP).

• Provides common planning process.

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MI-Plan Benefits

• Creates a collaborative, continuous improvement culture to ensure that all students are achieving at high levels.

• Encourages innovation through research-based practices.

• Focuses and aligns staff development and resources.

• Increases public participation in planning.

• Provides data to support and document continuous growth.

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MI-Plan

MichiganSchool Improvement

Planning Process


Planning Process

Step 8:Step 8:

Step 4:Step 4:Step 6:Step 6:

Step 5:Step 5:

Step 1Step 1

Step 2:Step 2:

Step 3:Step 3:Step 7:Step 7:

What are the steps in the MI-Plan Process? This is a test…This is only a test!

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Achievement

Demographic

Perception(Aligned to

Ed Yes)

Contextual(Ed Yes)

GoalTargetAreas

N

N

N

N

Student Performance

Goals-------------

Strategies &

Interventions

Research

Monitoring

Evaluating

A

A

A

A

Reporting

ProfessionalDevelopment

DATACollect Analyze

MI-Plan Web Tool Process Flow

Goal Target Areas

SCHOOL PROFILENarratives

Education YES

Indicators

Monitor

EVALUATIONEvaluate

ACTION PLANStrategies/Interventions ActivitiesGoals

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MI-Plan


Planning Process


Planning Process

Step 8:Evaluate Impact

on Student Achievement



Step 4:Set Student

Performance Goals

Step 4:Set Student

Performance Goals

Step 6:Develop ActionPlan


Step 5:Research and

Select Best Practices

Step 5:Research and


Step 1:Assess

readinessto benefit

Step 1:Assess

readinessto benefit

Step 2:Collect sort and

select data


select data

Step 3:Build and AnalyzeSchool Portfolio

Step 3:Build and AnalyzeSchool Portfolio

Step 7:Monitor Plan

Implementation

Step 7:Monitor Plan

Implementation

An 8 Step Process

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Step 1:Assess Readiness to Benefit

(Foundation for Planning)

Step 1:Assess Readiness to Benefit

(Foundation for Planning)

1. Establish a school improvement team.*2. Assess school’s readiness to plan.*3. Determine SIP team/steering committee level

of knowledge in school improvement process and research-based practices.

4. Develop a School Introduction.*5. Create a school improvement planning

calendar * 6. Define/clarify the school’s decision making

process.*7. Verify/validate the school’s mission

statement. * 8. Create a school vision statement.

Essential Process ActivitiesSIP Guide Step 1

* - Required Activities

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Assess readinessto benefit


•To be more intentional and focus on what’s important

•To “professionalize” the culture by learning together and deprivitizing our practice

•To build learning environments of inquiry, trust, and mutual respect

Why do we plan?

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“The most compelling factor leading to school success is functioning in a collaborative family-like atmosphere.”

-Bridging the Opportunity Gap



Building a Continuous Improvement Culture

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The Importance of Trust

1 in 2 chances of making significant improvements in student learning

Strongest Level of Trust

1 in 7 chances of making significant improvements in student learning

(Source: Bryk and Schneider)

Weakest Level of Trust

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UNDERSTANDING CHANGE

Trust

Trust

Trust

Trust

Trust

Trust

Trust

Vision

Vision

Vision

Vision

Vision

Vision

Vision

Skills

Skills

Skills

Skills

Skills

Skills

Skills

Resources Payoff

Payoff

Payoff

Payoff

Payoff

Payoff

Payoff

Payoff

Action Plan

Resources

Resources

Resources

Resources

Resources

Resources

Resources

Action Plan

Action Plan

Action Plan

Action Plan

Action Plan

Action Plan

Action Plan

Change

Sabotage

Confusion

Anxiety

Anger

Sporadic Change

False Starts

First OrderChange

SharedValues/Beliefs







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Action Plan

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Hersey, Paul and Blanchard, Kenneth, Management of Organizational Behavior, Utilizing Human Resources, Fifth Edition, Prentice Hall, 1988.



School Readiness - the extent to which a school’s staff has the ability and willingness to accomplish a specific task.

Two major components of readiness are ability and willingness.

Assess School Readiness

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Ability is the knowledge, experience, and skill that an individual or group brings to a particular task or activity.





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Willingness is the extent to which an individual or group has the confidence, commitment, and motivation to accomplish a specific task.





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Sometimes, people aren’t really unwilling, it’s just that they’ve never done a specific task before. They don’t have any experience with it, so they’re insecure or afraid.

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“We Make the Road by Walking”

“Se Hace Camino al Ander”

-Antonio Machado

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Checking for Understanding

What are your questions about

Laying the Foundation?

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MI-Plan


Planning Process


Planning Process





Step 4:Set Student

Performance Goals

Step 4:Set Student

Performance Goals



Step 5:Research and


Step 5:Research and


Step 1:Assess

readinessto benefit

Step 1:Assess

readinessto benefit


select data


select data

Step 3:Build and Analyze

School Profile


School Profile

Step 7:Monitor Plan

Implementation

Step 7:Monitor Plan

Implementation

An 8 Step Process

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Essential Off-line Process ActivitiesSIPP Guide Step 2

Step 2:Collect, Sort and Select Data

Step 2:Collect, Sort and Select Data

1. Schedule SIP Team Meetings.*2. Determine readiness to benefit.*3. Determine “What to Collect.”4. Collect, sort, and select data from a

variety of sources.*5. Inventory programs and processes.6. Review rational for data choices.7. Evaluate quality/value of data.*

*- Required Activities

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Demographics

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Pe

rcep

tion

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Student Learning

Collect, Sort andSelect data

Collect, Sort andSelect data

MI-Plan Data Domains

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What are your questions about Collecting and Selecting Data?

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MI-Plan


Planning Process


Planning Process





Step 4:Set Student

Performance Goals

Step 4:Set Student

Performance Goals



Step 5:Research and


Step 5:Research and


Step 1:Assess

readinessto benefit

Step 1:Assess

readinessto benefit


select data


select data


School Profile


School Profile

Step 7:Monitor Plan

Implementation

Step 7:Monitor Plan

Implementation

An 8 Step Process

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Step 3:Build and Analyze School Profile

Step 3:Build and Analyze School Profile

1. Determine readiness to build and analyze the school portfolio. * (Consider conducting a “mini lesson” on writing narratives)

2. Conduct data carousel.*3. Write non-evaluative narrative statements

to describe the data.* (Achievement, demographic, perception, and contextual)

4. Prioritize “challenges.” *5. Analyze school profile.*6. Evaluate school profile.* - Required Activities

Essential Off-line Process ActivitiesSIP Guide Step 3

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Build and AnalyzeSchool Profile


Data Carousel Activity(SIP Guide –Step 3. pp. 9-15)

Tables with data for groups to reviewEach table reviews the data individually, think about strengths and challenges.Group discusses data and develops non-evaluative narrative statements. Strengths and challenges are recorded.

Narrative tally sheets are collected and compiled.

Synthesize and prioritize challenges.

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Prioritized Challenges After Data Carousel(Example)

Reading achievement 16 Math achievement 10 Attendance 6 Student discipline 4 Parent involvement 2 Curriculum planning 2 Conflict resolution 2 Time to “do all this” 2 Home-school relations 2 Team functioning 2 Closing minority gap 2

Prioritize Challenges:



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Quality School Profile

Profile complete, well organized, and concise.Sufficient data from multiple sources been collected (students, instruction, community, former students, etc.) Data been disaggregated.

Data been analyzed and implicationsdetermined.

Data can be presented in graphic tables and charts.



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What are your questions about Analyzing Data?

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MI-Plan


Planning Process


Planning Process





Step 4:Set Student

Performance Goals

Step 4:Set Student

Performance Goals



Step 5:Research and


Step 5:Research and


Step 1:Assess

readinessto benefit

Step 1:Assess

readinessto benefit


select data


select data


School Profile


School Profile

Step 7:Monitor Plan

Implementation

Step 7:Monitor Plan

Implementation

An 8 Step Process

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Step 4:Set Student Performance Goals


Essential Off-line Process Activities

SIP Guide Step 41. Schedule a SIP Team to review narratives 2. Assess readiness to set and prioritize

goals.*3. Group “challenges” into emerging goal

target areas (i.e., Math).*4. Write student performance goal

statements.*5. Review goal statements goals with all staff.


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SIP Guide Step 4 (Contd.)

6. Determine the essence the goals.*7. Align goals to the Education YES

Measures of School Performance.8. Rank quality of student performance

goals.*9. Evaluate goals in terms of school’s

mission.


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What are your questions about writing goals?

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MI-Plan


Planning Process


Planning Process





Step 4:Set Student

Performance Goals

Step 4:Set Student

Performance Goals



Step 5:Research and


Step 5:Research and


Step 1:Assess

readinessto benefit

Step 1:Assess

readinessto benefit


select data


select data


School Profile


School Profile

Step 7:Monitor Plan

Implementation

Step 7:Monitor Plan

Implementation

An 8 Step Process

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Step 5:Research and Select Effective Practices


1. Determine study approach (Options: Engage all staff or just use SIP team).

2. Determine readiness for research. *

3. Create a “plan for study” with timelines

4. “Dig Deeper” into the data to better understand the essence of the goal.

5. Become familiar with types of research? (i.e., “gold standard” – quantitative research using an experimental design)

Do study teams know how to

“unpack” a goal?


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6. Investigate and document effective strategies/interventions, best practices, and activities from multiple sources such as site visits and content area specialists.

7. Complete study team report, share and discuss findings with all stakeholders

8. Evaluate strategies/interventions.*

Do study teams know how to

“unpack” a goal?


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A Plan for StudyResearch & Select

Effective Practices

Research & SelectEffective

Practices

Study Process Planning Grid

Goal:

Group Members:

Additi onal Data Analysis:

Site Visits:

Content Specialist/Experts

Res ea r ch /R esou r ce s:

Ste ps to Be Take n Le ad Re s p on si b ilit y Tim e li n e fo r Co m p le t io n

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What are your questions about the research process?

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MI-Plan


Planning Process


Planning Process





Step 4:Set Student

Performance Goals

Step 4:Set Student

Performance Goals



Step 5:Research and


Step 5:Research and


Step 1:Assess

readinessto benefit

Step 1:Assess

readinessto benefit


select data


select data


School Profile


School Profile

Step 7:Monitor Plan

Implementation

Step 7:Monitor Plan

Implementation

An 8 Step Process

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Step 6:Develop Action Plans


SIP Guide Step 6

1. Develop action plan readiness.*2. If Title 1 School, complete Title 1 Target

Assistance Requirements.*3. If School Identified for Improvement,

complete NCLB AYP Two-Year Plan Requirements.*

4. Complete Michigan School Improvement Requirements descriptors.*

5. Review Action Plan examples.6. Develop Professional Development Plan

and Calendar.*7. Complete Action Plan assessment.*


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developing action plans?

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MI-Plan


Planning Process


Planning Process





Step 4:Set Student

Performance Goals

Step 4:Set Student

Performance Goals



Step 5:Research and


Step 5:Research and


Step 1:Assess

readinessto benefit

Step 1:Assess

readinessto benefit


select data


select data


School Profile


School Profile

Step 7:Monitor Plan

Implementation

Step 7:Monitor Plan

Implementation

An 8 Step Process

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Monitor PlanImplementation

Monitor PlanImplementationMonitor Plan ImplementationMonitor Plan Implementation


1. Determine readiness to monitor implementation of the action plan.*

2. Review and adjust plan if necessary to implement strategies/ interventions.

3. Monitor activities timelines.*4. Survey implementation

effectiveness.5. Evaluate implementation of

action plan.** - Required Activities

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developing monitoring the plan?

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MI-Plan


Planning Process


Planning Process





Step 4:Set Student

Performance Goals

Step 4:Set Student

Performance Goals



Step 5:Research and


Step 5:Research and


Step 1:Assess

readinessto benefit

Step 1:Assess

readinessto benefit


select data


select data


School Profile


School Profile

Step 7:Monitor Plan

Implementation

Step 7:Monitor Plan

Implementation

An 8 Step Process

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Step 8:Evaluate Impact on Student AchievementEssential Off-line Process Activities

SIP Guide Step 8

1. Evaluate readiness to determine impact of Plan on student achievement.*

2. Complete improvement planning process survey.*

3. Complete plan evaluation rubric.*


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evaluating the plan?

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MI-Plan


Planning Process


Planning Process





Step 4:Set Student

Performance Goals

Step 4:Set Student

Performance Goals



Step 5:Research and


Step 5:Research and


Step 1:Assess

readinessto benefit

Step 1:Assess

readinessto benefit


select data


select data


School Profile


School Profile

Step 7:Monitor Plan

Implementation

Step 7:Monitor Plan

Implementation

An 8 Step Process

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Checking for MasteryWe possess skill in the use of MI-Plan for:

1) Administering and facilitating site use.2) Collecting and selecting data.3) Analyzing data and identifying goal target

areas.4) Identifying and prioritizing school

improvement goals.5) Using research to identify and select

improvement strategies and practices.6) Developing an action plan.7) Monitoring implementation of the plan.8) Evaluating the impact of the plan on

student achievement.9) Creating School Improvement Reports.

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