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Indistar

Lighting our path to stellar learning Center on Innovation & Improvement. Indistar. Part One: A Simple Tool. For a Complicated Job. Improving Schools Is A Complicated Pursuit. Lots of People Want to Help. But Have Different Ideas About How. So Lines Get Messy.

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  1. Lighting our path to stellar learning Center on Innovation & Improvement Indistar

  2. Part One: A Simple Tool For a Complicated Job

  3. Improving Schools Is A Complicated Pursuit

  4. Lots of People Want to Help

  5. But Have Different Ideas About How

  6. So Lines Get Messy

  7. It’s Sort of Like the Old Days ofFamily Vacation… (When You Got Lost)

  8. You Knew Where You Wanted to Go But You Weren’t Quite Sure How to Get There (although everybody had an idea)

  9. Sigh.

  10. Scream.

  11. (These Days, We Don’t Have To) Acquiring Satellites…

  12. Look Familiar?

  13. A Global Positioning System (GPS) • Shows where you are relative to your destination • Provides detailed routes for reaching it • Adjusts to variations and even accommodates diversions along the way But the destination remains constant.

  14. Family Vacations Have Never Been More Relaxing (For the Most Part)

  15. A Performance Positioning System (PPS) Works in much the Same Way, Only for School Improvement

  16. It’s a Keep-Moving Navigational Tool That Guides Everybody in the Same Direction

  17. Everybody.

  18. Which Means

  19. Roles are Clear • Purpose is Shared • Effort is Aligned • Partnerships Prevail • Change is Sustained

  20. Like a GPS, Indistar: • Shows where you are relative to your destination • Provides detailed routes for reaching it • Adjusts to variations and even accommodates diversions along the way But the destination remains constant.

  21. Indistar Provides a Structure for Improving Performance (With Plenty of “How” Flexibility)

  22. The Structure is Built Using Success Indicators The Research and Evidence of What Works in School Improvement

  23. We’ve Collected, Analyzed, and Organized the Research So that Your Time Can Be Spent Applying It (And Indistar Guides You Through Application, Too)

  24. Before We Go Any Further Vocabulary Lesson Number One (Because without a shared vocabulary, not even technology can help)

  25. in·di·ca·tor [in-di-key-ter]noun A pointer or a gauge for assessing progress toward the destination

  26. But Indistar Doesn’t JUST Tell You Whether or Not You’re On the Right Track

  27. It Keeps You MOVING On It (PS….Indistar is Also Designed to Build and Sustain Momentum

  28. So Where Is It Guiding Us? What is the Destination, Exactly? The Specifics Will Vary According to the Individual Needs and Circumstances of Each State, Each District, and Each School

  29. But Ultimately, What We Want

  30. Is Big Lasting Improvement in Teaching and Learning But Results Won’t Improve Unless Performance Improves

  31. Indistar Will Help Don’t Follow the Leader. Be the Leader.

  32. Part Two: Success Indicators, the Backbone of Indistar Improvement-Seeking? Spine Required.

  33. Success Indicators

  34. Success Indicators The Research and Evidence of What Works in School Improvement

  35. Evidence-based strategies for classrooms, schools, and districts • Culled, analyzed, and organized in Handbook on Restructuring and Substantial School Improvement • Handbook named “outstanding publication of the year” by Division H of AERA at 2008 convention in New York City

  36. Organization of Success Indicators \

  37. Improving the Performance Of The District. The School. The Classroom. And Ultimately… The Student.

  38. In Teams

  39. For the District… 38 Success Indicators. Organized into 3 categories. • District Context and Support • District Change Process • District-School Expectations

  40. Team Structure Principal’s Role Professional Development Parents and Learning Aligned Instruction Classroom Assessment Differentiated Instruction Periodic Assessment Instructional Delivery School Community For the School and Classroom . .166 Success Indicators, Organized Into 10 Categories

  41. Team Structure Principal’s Role Professional Development Parents and Learning Aligned Instruction Classroom Assessment Differentiated Instruction Periodic Assessment Instructional Delivery For Rapid Improvement Schools82 Success Indicators, Organized Into 9 Categories

  42. For Rapid Improvement Leaders 14 Success Indicators, Organized into 4 categories • Initial Analysis and Problem Solving • Driving for Results • Influencing Inside and Outside the School • Measuring, Reporting, Improving

  43. States May Decide To Start With District Teams Only or School Teams Only or Both

  44. Then the Decision is Whether To Use every indicator or selected indicators

  45. Either Way

  46. Indistar Ensures that the Route Will Be Detailed, Direct, and Focused Indistar Allows the District, the School, the Leader toknow where they arein relation to a Success Indicator andprovides guidanceon where to make the next turn.

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