Statewide System of Support

Looking for AlainaSam Redding

Center on Innovation & Improvementwww.centerii.org

This is Alaina

Alaina . . .Has brown hair and brown eyes

A big brother, big sister, and little brother

A dog named JunebugAnd a kitty named Abby

Alaina loves her new doll; she named her Alexis

Alaina is in first grade

Alaina

Is my granddaughter

She calls me “Papa Sam”

Alaina has a system of her own.

Where is Alaina in her system?

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Looking for Alaina From the Top Down

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Finding Alaina

Flattening Alaina’s System

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What Support Does Alaina Need?From Her . . .

• Parents?

• Schoolmates?

• Teacher?

• Teacher’s team?

• Principal?

• School?

What Support Does Alaina Need?From Her . . .

• District school-support staff and programs?

• Superintendent?

• District’s board?

• Intermediate education agency?

• State education agency?

Alaina’s ParentsAlaina’s parents’ role is to:

• Love her and talk with her every day• Read to her and listen to her read• Teach her to be kind and to behave in school• Aspire for her to succeed• Expect her to do her best• Build her habit of studying at home• Stay in touch with her teacher• Know her friends and their parents

Alaina’s SchoolmatesAlaina’s schoolmates’ role is to:

• Spend their every school day with her• Influence her positively and be influenced by her• Teach her and be taught by her• Never forget her or be forgotten by her

One may become her best friendOne may become her first date

One may . . . I think I’ll stop right there.

Alaina’s TeacherAlaina’s teacher’s role is to:

• Know Alaina well and care about her• Know the subjects well and how to teach them• Meticulously plan every detail of every day• Set and reinforce clear expectations for students• Know what Alaina already knows and what she needs to

learn• Adapt instruction for Alaina and for each student• Inspire Alaina to love learning and do her best• Stay in touch with Alaina’s parents and support them in

their role

Alaina’s Teacher’s TeamAlaina’s teacher’s team’s role is to:

• Add flesh to the bones of the aligned curriculum• Develop and share instructional plans, strategies, and

activities• Monitor the progress of their students• Adapt their plans, strategies in response to assessments• Mentor new teachers• Observe each other’s teaching and make suggestions• Contribute to each other’s professional growth

Alaina’s PrincipalAlaina’s principal’s role is to:

• See that Alaina has the best teachers possible by:– Hiring good teachers– Clearly communicating and reinforcing expectations for teachers– Monitoring teachers’ performance– Evaluating teacher’ performance, especially through classroom

observations and student achievement– Providing teachers with opportunities for growth aligned with

their evaluated performance– Removing inadequate teachers

• Monitor student and school progress and make adjustments • Coordinate the work of teams• Manage the “business” of the school’s operation• Set the tone of attitude toward students and their families

Alaina’s School

Alaina’s school’s role is to provide:

• A clean, well-maintained space• A safe, comfortable, welcoming environment for

learning• Equipment and materials for learning• Systems of information • A resource that serves and responds to its

community

Alaina’s District’s Support for Her School

The role of Alaina’s district’s support to her school is to:

• Provide a rich, aligned, articulated curriculum• Provide periodic assessment with timely and meaningful

reporting to teachers• Maintain regular two-way communication with Alaina’s

principal• Monitor the school’s operations and performance• Provide mentoring and professional development for the

principal aligned with the principal’s needs• Provide professional development for teachers aligned

with their collective and individual needs

Alaina’s District’s SuperintendentAlaina’s superintendent’s role is to:

• See that Alaina’s school has the best principal possible by:– Hiring good principals– Clearly communicating and reinforcing expectations for

principals– Monitoring principals’ performance– Evaluating principals’ performance, especially through school

operations and student achievement– Providing principals with opportunities for growth aligned with

their evaluated performance– Removing inadequate principals

• Organize and monitor the delivery of district support for Alaina’s school

• Serve as channel of informed communication among district constituencies

• Manage the “business” of the district

Alaina’s District’s Board

Alaina’s district board’s role is to:

• Establish policies with Alaina in mind• Negotiate contracts with Alaina in mind• Provide the resources necessary for Alaina’s success• Provide the best superintendent possible by:

– Hiring a good superintendent– Clearly communicating and reinforcing expectations for the

superintendent– Monitoring the superintendent’s performance– Evaluating the superintendent’s performance, especially in

district operations and student achievement– Providing the superintendent with opportunities for growth

aligned with their evaluated performance– Removing inadequate superintendents

Alaina’s Intermediate Education Agency

Alaina’s IEA’s role is to provide:

• An efficient conduit of SEA services to districts and schools

• Its own services for districts and schools• Opportunities for cross-district collaboration

Alaina’sState Education Agency

Alaina’s SEA’s role is to:

• Provide information • Set standards (credentialing, learning, etc.) • Distribute resources• Monitor compliance • Assist with district and school improvement• Intervene to correct deficiencies

SEA Functions, Processes, Levels of Support

SEA Function Process Safe Zone Caution Zone Danger Zone District School District School District School Information Notification Expectation Announcement Standards Certification Programming Assessment Distribute Resources Prioritization Conditioning Allocation Compliance Assurance Documentation Confirmation Improvement Status Assessment Gap Analysis Planning Organizational

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Training / Prof. Development

Intervention Remediation Corrective Action Restructuring

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Caution Zone Danger Zone

SEA Function Process District School District School Improvement Status Assessment Gap Analysis Planning Organizational Development Training / Professional Development Intervention Remediation Corrective Action Restructuring

Metrics to Determine Need

The Statewide System of Support needs metrics to:

• Assess the status of each level of Alaina’s system• Analyze the gap between an effectiveness standard and

the status of each level of Alaina’s system• Align gaps with remedies• Provide services to close gaps• Monitor effectiveness of services • Monitor results of interventions

Targeting Support to Needfor each level in Alaina’s system

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Other ConsiderationsIn Targeting Support to Need

• Resources available to System of Support

• Most efficacious delivery mode

• Most efficacious partner in System of Support

• Likelihood of making impact

• Immediacy of impact

• Sustainability of impact

When the statewide system of support

Is successful at each level in Alaina’s system

Alaina is Happy

And Alaina Succeeds