Focus on Learning

1. Focus on Learning 2003 Self-Study Process

2. Purpose of the Process • How are the students doing? • Is the school doing everything possible to support students’ high achievement?

3. Successful Student Learning An Ongoing Process of School Improvement

4. Overview • Make an action plan to better serve students • Look at students • Look at how the school is serving students • Have a second opinion

5. Results • Schools Add Value by: • Increasing what students know • Increasing what students can do • Improving how students feel • about themselves • about others • about learning • System for continuous monitoring • Involvement and collaboration of all stakeholders • Clarification of our purpose and what we expect of ourselves • All current students • All certificated staff • All classified staff • All administrators • All potential students • Subject area (interdisciplinary) • + • Support Expected Schoolwide Learning Results (ESLRs) • Assessment of programs and the impact they have on students • An integrated schoolwide action plan

6. Results • System for continuous monitoring • Involvement and collaboration of all stakeholders • Clarification of our purpose and what we expect of ourselves • Assessment of programs and the impact they have on students • An integrated schoolwide action plan

7. The Process • Gather evidence of student learning • Interviewing students • Conducting surveys • Observing students • Compiling student work samples Student/Community Profile Committee NorthHome Group CentralMorningHome Group CentralEveningHome Group SouthHome Group

8. The Process Student/Community Profile Committee NorthHome Group CentralMorningHome Group CentralEveningHome Group SouthHome Group Organization for Student Learning Personal & Academic Student Support Resource Management & Development Curriculum & Instruction

9. Organization for Student Learning Personal & Academic Student Support Resource Management & Development Curriculum & Instruction Responsibilities: Focus Groups • Analyze evidence to determine growth needs • Determine additional evidence needed • Prepare 3-7 page synthesis of findings:

10. The Process Student/Community Profile Committee NorthHome Group CentralMorningHome Group CentralEveningHome Group SouthHome Group Organization for Student Learning Personal & Academic Student Support Resource Management & Development Curriculum & Instruction Leadership Team

11. Leadership Team • Create a comprehensive schoolwide action plan that will drive achievement of the ESLRs • Establish an ongoing follow-up process Home Groups • Reach consensuson action plan

12. Peer Observation

13. The Visiting Committee • Involvement and collaboration of stakeholders in doing the self-study that accomplishes the five parameters of the self-study.

14. The Visiting Committee • The defining of the school’s purpose through expected schoolwide learning results and academic standards.

15. The Visiting Committee • The use of professionally acceptable assessment processes to collect, disaggregate, and analyze student performance data.

16. The Visiting Committee • The acceptable progress of all students toward clearly defined expected schoolwide learning results, academic standards, and other institutional and/or governing authority expectations.

17. The Visiting Committee • An organization for student learning that supports high achievement for all students.

18. The Visiting Committee • Curriculum and instruction that supports high achievement for all students.

19. The Visiting Committee • Support for student personal and academic growth that supports high achievement for all students.

20. The Visiting Committee • Resource management and development that supports high achievement for all students.

21. The Visiting Committee • The alignment of a long-range schoolwide action plan to the school’s areas of greatest need to support high achievement of all students.

22. The Visiting Committee • The capacity to monitor and implement the schoolwide action plan.

23. The Visiting Committee • The use of prior accreditation findings and other pertinent data to ensure high achievement of all students and drive school improvement.

24. Accreditation • Denial • A term of 6 years • A term of 1 or 2 years with a complete progress report and revisit to serve as a warning. The school is not a trustworthy place forlearning and is unable toaccomplish the requiredongoing schoolimprovement. The school needsextremelystrong additionalsupport,feedback andencouragement. The school needsstrong additionalsupport,feedback andencouragement. The school needsstrong additionalsupport,feedback andencouragement. The school is a trustworthyplace for learning and little,if any, additional supportfor the implementationof the schoolwide actionplan by all stakeholdersis needed. • A term of 3 years with a progress report and a 2 day visit. • A term of 6 years with a complete progress report and a 1 day visit

25. Accreditation • Denial • A term of 6 years • A term of 1 or 2 years with a complete progress report and revisit to serve as a warning. • A term of 3 years with a progress report and a 2 day visit. • A term of 6 years with a complete progress report and a 1 day visit

26. Accreditation • Denial • A term of 6 years • A term of 1 or 2 years with a complete progress report and revisit to serve as a warning. • A term of 3 years with a progress report and a 2 day visit. • A term of 6 years with a complete progress report and a 1 day visit

27. Successful Student Learning An Ongoing Process of School Improvement