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IndianaStudent
AchievementInstitute
InSAI
MEETING 4AREAS OF CONCERN
InSAIRaising the bar:
Meeting the challenge
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IndianaStudent
AchievementInstitute
InSAI
PAIRS WARM-UP
1. Find your partner
2. Share something positive from this school year
3. When finished, please take your seat.
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Vision-to-Action School Improvement
Process
Vision-to-Action School Improvement Process
Steering Team / Community Council / Full Faculty / Student Body
6StrategySelection
7 Strategy PlanImplementation
Professional DevelopmentAnti-Resistance
Evaluation
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5 Areas of ConcernExpectations Curriculum InstructionAssessment Extra Help Guidance
Environment
3Current
Data
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Targets
1 VISION
2VisionData
Local Meeting 1 - Rationale
Steering Team / Community Council / Full Faculty / Student Body
6StrategySelection
7 Strategy PlanImplementation
Professional DevelopmentAnti-Resistance
Evaluation
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2VisionData
Local Meeting 2 - Vision
Steering Team / Community Council / Full Faculty / Student Body
6StrategySelection
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Professional DevelopmentAnti-Resistance
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Targets
1 VISION
2VisionData
Local Meeting 3 – Data Targets
Steering Team / Community Council / Full Faculty / Student Body
6StrategySelection
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Professional DevelopmentAnti-Resistance
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Environment
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Targets
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2VisionData
Local Meeting 4 - Concerns
Steering Team / Community Council / Full Faculty / Student Body
6StrategySelection
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Professional DevelopmentAnti-Resistance
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Environment
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Targets
1 VISION
2VisionData
Local Meeting 5 – Strategy Selection
Steering Team / Community Council / Full Faculty / Student Body
6StrategySelection
7 Strategy PlanImplementation
Professional DevelopmentAnti-Resistance
Evaluation
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Environment
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Data
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Targets
1 VISION
2VisionData
Strategy Groups – Develop Plans
Steering Team / Community Council / Full Faculty / Student Body
6StrategySelection
7 Strategy PlanImplementation
Professional DevelopmentAnti-Resistance
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Targets
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2VisionData
Next School Year – Implement Plans
Steering Team / Community Council / Full Faculty / Student Body
6StrategySelection
7 Strategy PlanImplementation
Professional DevelopmentAnti-Resistance
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REVIEWData Targets
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Local Data TargetsStudent Group Benchmark Current Target
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Areas of Concern
What is an Area of Concern?
SOMETHING THAT INTERFERS WITH LEARNING
Situation
o Policy
o Resources
Behavior or attitude
o Students
o Teachers
o Parents
o Community members16
How to express concerns?WE ARE CONCERNED THAT . . .
Students are suspended for being chronically absent.
Teachers don’t have high expectations for student achievement.
Students don’t turn in homework.
Parents don’t talk to their sons / daughters daily about school.
Members of the business community don’t help teachers develop real-world applications.
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Areas of Concern
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General Specific
Definition Concerns that impact all subject areas and all student groups
Concern that primarily impact:a)One benchmarkb)One student group
Examples We are concerned that:•Students have many absences•Teachers have low expectations•Students aren’t engaged
We are concerned that:
• Teachers don’t give writing assignments.
• Many Hispanic parents unable to help with homework due to language barriers
• Parents of low-income students have two jobs and aren’t home to help with homework.
Impact Level
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HIGHINSIDE
HIGHOUTSIDE
LOW
LOCATION Inside the classroom
Outside the classroom
Inside / outside
EXAMPLES 1. Curriculum rigor
2. Student engagement
3. Classroom assessment
4. Extra help
5. Student behavior
1. Extra help
2. Student guidance
3. Parent involvement
1. Daily schedule
2. Classroom arrangements
3. Lunch menu4. Sports and
clubs
High-Inside / High-Outside / Low
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We are concerned that . . .
1. Teachers don’t cover the IN Academic Standards High-Inside
2. Students don’t ask questions in class. High-Inside
3. Student don’t complete a career interest inventory. High-Outside
4. Teachers don’t use classroom tests to help them make instructional decisions.
High-Inside
5. Parents don’t come to schools. High-Outside
6 Students chew gum in class. Low
Think AboutWhy do many schools
shy away from high impact concerns inside the
classroom?
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Ask OurselvesDo we have the courage to:
• Examine our practices?
• Accept feedback from others?
• Provide feedback for others?
Courage“Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.”
- Ambrose Redmon
What is more important than fear?
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TrustHigh achieving schools have a culture of trust where tough questions are put on the table for discussion.
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How do we Create a Culture of Trust?
• Focus on the goal. (High Achievement /Growth for kids)
• Put kids before our fears.
• Find the good within others. (Share what we see)
• Know that others see the good within us.
• Don’t take things personally.
• Have each other’s backs.
• Tell the truth.
• Apologize when appropriate.
• Be forgiving. 25
State and Federal
REQUIRED
Areas of Concern
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Required Concerns – Document 4.4
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State Required Concerns
1 Encourage Rigorous Curriculum
2 Attendance
3 Focused Academic Area
4 Focused Student Group
5 Graduation Plan (Grades 6-12 only)
Required Concerns – Document 4.4
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Title 1 Compliance TasksDOE Office of Grant Management may still require schools to complete
these tasks to receive funding, but these tasks are not required in the SIP monitored by DOE Office of School Improvement and Turnaround.
Title ITAS
Title I SW
Parent Involvement X X
Educator Training – Parent Involvement X X
Outreach to Preschool Parent Involvement Programs (Elementary Schools only) X X
Parent Information Resource Center Website X X
Instruction by Highly Qualified Teachers X X
Instruction by Highly Qualified Paraprofessionals X X
Attracting Highly Qualified Teachers X
Student Transition X X
Parent Notice – Assessment Results X
School Parent Involvement Policy X
Parent Right-to-Know Letter – Qualifications X X
Parent Right-to-Know Letter – Non-HQ Teacher X X
School-Parent Compact X X
Annual Parent Meeting X X
Timely Additional Assistance X X
STEP 1
SPECIFICAreas of Concern
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Specific Areas of Concern
DEFINITIONSpecific Areas of Concern
primarily impact one a) benchmark or b) student group.
Examples
•Teachers don’t give writing assignments.
•Many Hispanic parents unable to help with homework due to language barriers.
•Little class time spent on ___ standard.30
Thinking AheadWe will later incorporate our specific concerns into our strategies:
•Subject Area Concern: Students don’t read.Teachers will provide 30 minutes each
week for “pleasure reading.”
•Student Group Concern: Boys don’t read.Male athletes from the high school will
talk about their sport and their favorite books. Those books will be available for “pleasure reading.”
Student Groups and Benchmarks
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Benchmarks
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Student Groups
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What could be interfering with the achievement for this student group or benchmark?
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Type a student group or benchmark from your data targets here.
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STEP 2
GENERAL Areas of Concern
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BEFORE TODAY
Individual Data Analysis
AmericanStudent
AchievementInstitute
ASAI
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You Brought to This Meeting
YOUR AREAS OF CONCERN
1. Expectations
2. Curriculum
3. Instruction
4. Classroom assessment
5. Extra help
6. Student guidance
7. Learning environment
EXTRA HELP
I am concerned that 67% of all students don’t know where to find extra help.
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SMALL GROUP
DISCUSSION
AmericanStudent
AchievementInstitute
ASAI
ActivitySMALL GROUP DISCUSSION1.What concerns you in each of the seven force fields?
Note: Don’t worry if you can’t figure out how to fix an Area of Concern. We’ll discuss that in the next step.
To ensure that you have time to discuss all possible Areas of Concern, please don’t discuss strategies at this point.
Parking LotWhat Areas of Concern have we
parked from previous discussions?
If appropriate, add them to your list.
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FINDING THEMES
AmericanStudent
AchievementInstitute
ASAI
Example 1
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Force Field Data Area of Concern36% of the students say they have a hard
time working at school because other students are bothering them,(InSAI Survey).
24% of the students do not believe they feel safe at school, (InSAI Survey).
34% of the students have been referred outside of the classroom for discipline purposes, (InSAI Short Answer Question)
14% of the students have been suspended (InSAI Short Answer Question)
“Students behavior is interfering with learning.” (InSAI Inquiry Question)
We are concerned that:
Student behavior is interfering with
learning.
Example 2
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Force Field Data Area of Concern
32% of the teachers do not cover the Indiana Academic Standards in their lesson plans.(InSAI Survey).
We are concerned that:
Teachers are not covering the Indiana
Academic Standards in their lessons.
Activity
SMALL GROUP DISCUSSION
1.What themes do you find in your Areas of Concern?
2. Write your group’s themes on the Areas of Concern Brainstorm Poster (document 4.4.6)
BUILDING CONSENSUS
AmericanStudent
AchievementInstitute
ASAI
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TASK 1SMALL GROUP CONSENSUS
TASK 1: Reach consensus.
What three general Areas of Concern should our school work to improve next year?
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POSSIBLE AREAS OF CONCERN
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TASK 3LARGE GROUP PRIORITIES - INSTAGRAPH
Place “sticky dots” (or X’s) above the Areas of Concern
that you would like to work to improve
next year.
Number of choices: _____.
Steering Team Follow-Up1. Consider Required Areas of Concern
o Self Studies: PL221, Title I
Input – General Concernso FF and CC Instagraphso Student Body Input
Input – Specific Concernso FF and CC Brainstorm
2. Consider each concern’s impact level
3. Consider the time and energy available
4. Suggest concerns that our school will Actively address next year Park for a future year
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IndianaStudent
AchievementInstitute
InSAI
MEETING 4AREAS OF CONCERN
InSAIRaising the bar:
Meeting the challenge
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