Goal #2- Continuous Improvement

Common Themes

Shared leadership Clear direction & focus Everyone involved Alignment

Goals and Measures

Aim of theOrganizatio

n

Aligned Acts of Improvement

Progress & Accomplishments

Balanced Scorecard Revisions 4 Quality Levels Quality Deployment Instrument Training & Professional Development Action Research Teams Quality Liaisons Department Leadership Teams Stakeholder Surveys Iowa Recognition for Performance

Excellence (IRPE) Award

Progress & Accomplishments Balanced Scorecard Revisions 4 Quality Levels Quality Deployment Instrument Training & Professional Development Action Research Teams Quality Liaisons Department Leadership Teams Stakeholder Surveys Iowa Recognition for Performance

Excellence (IRPE) Award

Progress & Accomplishments Balanced Scorecard Revisions 4 Quality Levels Quality Deployment Instrument Training & Professional Development Action Research Teams Quality Liaisons Department Leadership Teams Stakeholder Surveys Iowa Recognition for Performance

Excellence (IRPE) Award

3.D) Increase % of

staff implementing

practices of the 4

Quality Levels

Progress & Accomplishments Balanced Scorecard Revisions 4 Quality Levels Quality Deployment Instrument Training & Professional Development Action Research Teams Quality Liaisons Department Leadership Teams Stakeholder Surveys Iowa Recognition for Performance

Excellence (IRPE) Award

Professional Development

Participation Nearly 600 participants Variety of Quality

Classroom workshops Leading Continuous Improvement 6 elementary schools trained

Estimate: nearly 45% of teaching staff have participated in quality training

Professional Development

District trainers Next generation of training/coaching

Progress & Accomplishments Balanced Scorecard Revisions 4 Quality Levels Quality Deployment Instrument Training & Professional Development Action Research Teams Quality Liaisons Department Leadership Teams Stakeholder Surveys Iowa Recognition for Performance

Excellence (IRPE) Award

Action Research Teams All schools participating 4 times/year PDSA- school improvement model Shared leadership “Setting and

Communicating Direction”

Progress & Accomplishments Balanced Scorecard Revisions 4 Quality Levels Quality Deployment Instrument Training & Professional Development Action Research Teams Quality Liaisons Department Leadership Teams Stakeholder Surveys Iowa Recognition for Performance

Excellence (IRPE) Award

Quality Liaisons Internal capacity and support Meet monthly Network with other

liaisons Support the implementation

of the 4 Quality Levels Main communication channel

between the District and school

Progress & Accomplishments Balanced Scorecard Revisions 4 Quality Levels Quality Deployment Instrument Training & Professional Development Action Research Teams Quality Liaisons Department Leadership Teams Stakeholder Surveys Iowa Recognition for Performance

Excellence (IRPE) Award

Department Leadership Teams

Shared leadership structure for Support Service Departments

Cabinet, supervisors/managers and front line employees

12 departments 60 employees Meet 4 times/year Aligning to the District Plan on a Page

(Department’s Mission Statement Here)

(Department’s SMART Goals Here)

Progress & Accomplishments Balanced Scorecard Revisions 4 Quality Levels Quality Deployment Instrument Training & Professional Development Action Research Teams Quality Liaisons Department Leadership Teams Stakeholder Surveys Iowa Recognition for Performance

Excellence (IRPE) Award

Stakeholder Surveys District Survey Committee Survey instruments for:

Parents Students Staff Community

Scorecard measures to determine stakeholder satisfaction over time

Progress & Accomplishments Balanced Scorecard Revisions 4 Quality Levels Quality Deployment Instrument Training & Professional Development Action Research Teams Quality Liaisons Department Leadership Teams Stakeholder Surveys Iowa Recognition for Performance

Excellence (IRPE) Award

2006 Iowa Recognition for Performance Excellence Award

Continue to use feedback report to drive improvements

External recommendations and OFI’s

Everyone needs to make it “theirs”!

Goal #2- Continuous Improvement