The ABCs of CSIContinuous School Improvement
If nothing ever changed, there’d be no butterflies.
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Structures & ProcessesNecessary for School Improvement
Shared Vision
Culture of Learning
Resources (Materials, Time, Support)
Teacher Growth & Development
Collective Responsibility for Student Learning through Monitoring Instruction and Implementing Innovation
Spillane & Louis, 2002, p. 89
Betsy Baker, Director
CP = Comprehensive Planning
SIP = School Improvement Planning
PBA = Project Based Assessment
PCS = PA Core Standards
SLO = Student Learning Objectives
SPP = School Performance Profile
SAS = Standards Aligned System
PVAAS = PA Value Added Assessment System
eMetric
Teacher Effectiveness
Principal Effectiveness
RttT = Race to the Top (Grant)
• Serves as the primary curriculum liaison between PDE, CIU, & our school leaders
• Provides training and technical support regarding State & Federal Initiatives
Bethann McCain, Educational Consultant
PIIC = PA Institute for Instructional Coaching
PLN = Penn Literacy Network
KtO = Keystones to Opportunity (Grant)
LETRS = Language Essentials for Teaching Reading and Spelling
ESL = English as a Second Language
LDC = Literacy Design Collaborative
CDT = Classroom Diagnostic Tools
HEAT = Higher Order Thinking, Engaging Learning, Authentic Connections, Technology
PowerTeaching Math
• Serves as the department expert on literacy, data, and instructional coaching
• Provides training for teachers and educational leaders and mentoring for coaches
• Coordinates the ESL Consortium
Kristen Baughman-Gray, Educational Consultant
STEAM = Science, Technology, Engineering,
Arts, & Math
EbD = Engineering ByDesign
Galaxy
MSP = Math & Science Partnership (Grant)
MDC = Math Design Collaborative
Online Consortium
PowerTeaching Math
HEAT = Higher Order Thinking, Engaging Learning, Authentic
Connections, Technology
• Serves as department expert on science, technology, engineering, arts, & math
• Provides training for teachers & educational leaders
• Coordinates the Galaxy program & Online Consortium
Patti Rice, Administrative Assistant
CPE = Continuing Professional Education
PIL = PA Inspired Leadership
Act 48
POs = Purchase Orders (for Galaxy)
Invoices (for Galaxy & CPE)
Professional Development Needs Assessment
PSU McAllister Scholarship
• Serves as coordinator for CIU’s Continuing Professional Education Program, issuing CPE credits for educators across PA
• Issues PIL and Act 48 hours for all CIU departments and other agencies
• Provides administrative support for the Galaxy Program
Jamie Russler, Administrative Assistant
elrnr = Electronic Learning Registration and Reporting
Schoolwires
POs = Purchase Orders (for CSI & CDT)
Invoices (for CSI & CDT)
APSI = Advanced Placement Summer Institute
Fingerprinting
Marketing
CIU Safety
• Serves as the Administrative Assistant for the Department of Continuous School Improvement
• Provides administrative support for Bobbie Pfingstler, PDE Consultant for CDTs
CSI Department Expenses2014-15 Projections
Salaries, Taxes, Benefits $435,310
Consulting Artists $3,800
Travel $11,000
Dues, Fees, PD $3,050
Supplies, Materials, Misc. $31,391
TOTAL $484,551
CSI Department Revenue2014-15 Projections
PDE Initiatives $187,176
AP Summer Institute $24,900
STEM Initiative $10,000
PIIC Grant $37,653
KtO Grant $13,250
KtO District Revenue $40,000
CDT Grant $17,943
CPE Course Fees $44,894
MSP Grant $28,009
Galaxy Grants $58,977
Galaxy Fundraising $2,500
State Reimbursement for SS & PSERS $39,158
Interest Income $1,000
Other LEA/Misc. Revenue $3,295
TOTAL $508,755
Student LearningInstructionClassroom Community
School Professional Community
Spillane & Louis, 2002, pp. 83- 84
School Improvement
We don’t even know what skills may be needed in the years ahead. That is why we must train our young people in the fundamental fields of knowledge, and
equip them to understand and cope with change. That is why we must give them the critical qualities of mind and durable qualities of character that will serve them in circumstances we cannot now even predict.
John Gardner
Never settle for anything less than butterflies.
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ReferenceSpillane, J., & Louis, K.S. (2002). School
improvement processes and practices: Professional learning for building instructional capacity. In J. Murphy (Ed.), The educational leadership challenge: Redefining leadership for the 21st century (Vol. 101, pp. 83-104). Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.