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IndianaStudent

AchievementInstitute

InSAI

WELCOMESTRATEGY

CHAIRS

Please do not eat the M&M’s!!!

Introductions

Sue ReynoldsExecutive Director

Bruce Ricklin Director of Operations, Finance, and Human Resources

Mary Beth HilinskiSchool Support Specialist

WARM-UP

M&M TALKPass the bag and take out

one M&M without looking!

Please share

Red: Success you’ve had with a student this year

Yellow: Why you became a teacher

Brown: Description of your favorite teacher when you were a student

Green: Memory from your first year of school

Orange: The one word that you’d like to have associated with you as a teacher

Blue: Your favorite grade/subject to teach

InSAI Mission

To assist schools in the process of change for the purpose of raising student achievement and closing achievement gaps.

Vision-to-Action

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InSAI is NOT

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PL 221

InSAI is NOT

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NCLB

InSAI is NOT

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TITLEI

InSAI is NOT

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CENTRALOFFICE

InSAI IS a . . .

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Vision-to-Action School Improvement Process

Steering Team / Community Council / Full Faculty / Student Body

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5 Areas of ConcernExpectations Curriculum InstructionAssessment Extra Help / Time Guidance

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Organize for Change

Steering Team / Community Council / Full Faculty / Student Body

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Vision for Student Success

Steering Team / Community Council / Full Faculty / Student Body

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Set Achievement Targets

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Identify Areas of Concern

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Select Strategies

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Steering Team Strategy Chairs

Write Strategy Plans

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Implement Strategy Plans

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Two Teams Working Together

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Steering Team

Create 07-08 School Improvement Plan

Create 08-09 School Improvement Plan

Strategy Chairs

Write 07-08 Stra-tegy Plan

Implement

07-08 Strategy Plan

Write 08-09 Stra-tegy Plan

IndianaStudent

AchievementInstitute

InSAI

TEACHERSAS

INSTRUCTIONALLEADERS

Anatomy of a Successful SchoolKati Haycock, Education Trust, February 6, 2007

Principals are hugely important, ever present, but NOT the only leaders in the school.

Anatomy of a Successful SchoolKati Haycock, Education Trust, February 6, 2007

Teachers are constantly going into each others’ rooms to talk about students and instructional practices.

Characteristics of Teacher-LeadersInstitute for Educational Leadership, 2001

Knowledge of children

Knowledge of subject matter

Empathy

Dedication

Technique

Sensitive to communities and families

Ready to help

Team spirit

Ability to communicate

Your Role as an InSAI Strategy ChairGreen, p. 3 - 4

Building Level Expert

This Year:Write the Strategy Plan

Next Year:Implement the Strategy Plan

Writing the Strategy Plan

1. Decide if you need a committee. If so they should write the plan with you. Implementation Anti-Resistance Professional Development Evaluation

2. Complete the Strategy Plan Worksheet (pink)

3. Enter the Strategy Plan online

Implementing the Strategy Plan

1. Faculty: Kick-off Meeting2. Task Force Committee Meeting

Strategy Calendar

3. Monitor implementation Check off action steps online Strategy calendar poster

4. Mentor those implementing the strategy Encouragement? In-flight adjustments?

5. Evaluation Baseline data Follow-up data

6. Update Online System

Strategy Plan Rubric

1. InSAI rubric2. P.L. 221 rubric3. NCLB rubric4. Title I Schoolwide rubric

Strategy Implementation Binder

1. Proves that you have implemented / are implementing the strategies found in the School Improvement Plan

2. Includes: Strategy Plan Strategy Calendar Strategy Progress Reports Implementation Exhibits

Audits

1. Ready for an audit at a moment’s notice Superintendent School board NCA Indiana Department of Education U.S. Inspector General’s Office

2. Are you ready for an audit?a. Does your school have a SIP that includes the requirements being review?b. Can you prove that you implemented / are implementing the strategies in the SIP?

Graduate Credit & CRU’s

3 graduate credits (IU) Second Summer Session Register in spring after logging 90 hours IU will bill

45 CRU’s (90 contact hours)

REQUIREMENTS1. Activity Log – 90 hours2. Approved Strategy Plan3. Online Strategy Plan – kept up-to-date4. Action Steps checked off online as completed5. Strategy Progress reports

IndianaStudent

AchievementInstitute

InSAI

TEACHERSAS

INSTRUCTIONALLEADERS

Today’s Agenda

1. Strategy Chair Intro

2. Writing the InSAI Strategy Plan+ Professional Development+ Anti-Resistance

3. Working with Your Strategy Committee Group development Conflict Management

4. InSAI Online