School Improvement for 2018 CSI and A-TSI Designated LEAs

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Today’s Topics

Introductions

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School Improvement Team

• PDE
• School Improvement Office
• Division of Planning and Professional Development
• Partners
• CSI: AIU, IU13, BCIU, CCIU
• A-TSI: PaTTAN
• SIFs
• Regional IU support

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What is school improvement?

Purpose of CSI and A-TSI

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What is School Improvement?

• The process of identifying schools for support—termed "Annual Meaningful Differentiation" by the federal statute—results in three federally-prescribed designations:

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• Comprehensive Support and Improvement (CSI)
• Additional Targeted Support and Improvement (A-TSI)
• Targeted Support and Improvement (TSI)

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Federally-prescribed Designations

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How did we get here?

Summary of School Improvement Exit process

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Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) Exit Process:

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Updates on School Improvement

ESSA

• Achievement
• Percent Proficient ELA
• Percent Proficient Math
• Academic Progress
• Growth
• Graduation Rate
• Average of four- and five-year cohort rates
• English Learner proficiency

• Additional indicators selected by PA:
• Career readiness
• Chronic absenteeism

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Indicators

ESSA Amendment

• Accountability, Support, and Improvement
• Move start of aggregate student group for schools with small low performing ethnicity populations to 2022
• Annual Meaningful Differentiation waiver pause/resume
• AMD cycle will use data available consistent with waivers
• Updated exit criteria that school needs to exceed cut points for original designation

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ESSA Amendment

• Exit Criteria Update

1. Show continued progress on at least the academic achievement indicator and, in the case of high schools, the adjusted cohort graduation rate, such that the school contributes to the state’s progress toward both interim and long-term goals;

2. Show continued progress on any school quality or student success indicator(s) for which the school was designated;

3. Exceed the identification standards for CSI that were applied the year of initial designation, as well as the standards from the most recent round of annual meaningful differentiation; <<REMOVED

4. Submit an updated improvement plan that details LEA and school activities that focus on sustainability and continued improvement, including a focus on phase-out of school improvement funds and phased withdrawal of intensive supports; and

5. Participate in PDE-sponsored technical assistance activities throughout the duration of CSI status.

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Exit Criteria from 2018 Designation

• Substantially Weighted Indicators
• Must increase combined ELA and Math Proficiency from 2018 designation
• Must increase High school graduation rate from 2018 designation
• Must increase Progress in moving English Learners to proficiency from 2018 designation
• School Quality/Student Success Indicators
• Must increase Regular Attendance or Career Readiness from 2018 designation

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2022 Designations

• Each Annual Meaningful Differention Cycle is unrelated to previous cycles

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• 2022 designations are a 4 year designation
• Failure to exit 2018 CSI designation with a 2022 designation indicate schools is in need of additional supports.
• Failure to exit a 2018 A-TSI designation by Fall 2024 will cascade a Title I school to a CSI designation.

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What’s next?

Overview of the supports, plans, and funding

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A Shared Vision

CSI Designated Schools

• ~55 days of service
• Build Capacity
• School Improvement Facilitator
• Facilitation (Process)
• Plan Development
• Plan Approval
• Plan Monitoring
• Content Support
• Technical Assistance (Content)
• Plan Implementation

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A-TSI Designated Schools

• Development of technical assistance/support plan
• Individual, onsite technical assistance
• Implementation of quarterly routines and progress reporting
• Quarterly networked learning community opportunities

CSI and A-TSI Supports

Additional Supports

Community of Practices

Leading school culture

• Designed for school leaders

Data Rich Culture

• Understanding the Value of a Data Rich Culture
• School or District Point of Contact

Improving School Attendance

• Discussing strategies to improve attendance through the Attendance Works Playbook

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PA’s System for Improvement

• Improvement Team Support
• School Improvement Dashboard
• Strategic Human Capital
• Research-Practice Partnerships
• School Improvement Advisory Council
• Cycle of Improvement
• Essential Practices for Districts
• Essential Practices for Schools
• Evidence Resource Center

Cycle of Improvement?

• Improving our capacity to diagnose and correct the systemic issues that undergird performance challenges in individual schools

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• Increasing the efficiency and efficacy of school improvement efforts and sustain progress over time

PA Essential Practices

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PA’s clearinghouse of evidence-based strategies, with:

• Over 380 programs, interventions, and activities with favorable outcomes from research studies
• Over 20 categories aligned to the Future Ready PA Index and other PA priority topics
• Evidence aligned to ESSA Tiers 1, 2, 3 or 4 with helpful study summaries and implementation details

PA Evidence Resource Center (ERC)

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Where do I write the plan?

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Registering for the FRCPP

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Use the Application dropdown to select FRCPP

and then click “Search”

Registering for the FRCPP cont.

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Roles within the FRCPP

Any user who has been assigned at the LEA level will appear on the LEA level user page.

For each user select the plan or plans they will need access to and the role they will have in that plan

You can remove users from individual plans by clicking on the delete button at the end of the plan row. You can also completely remove all user access by selecting Remove User Access.

If you need to add additional plans, select Add Another Plan

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Future Ready School Planning

The Steering Committee for School Improvement Plans must include:

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Steering Committee

• Building principal
• Chief School Administrator
• School leaders
• Teachers
• School Improvement Facilitator
• Paraprofessionals (if applicable)

• Students (High School only)
• District representative
• Community members
• Parents of children attending the school
• If appropriate specialized instructional personnel, and other individuals determined by the school

Ready

• What data will allow us to assess student academic achievement, student engagement and readiness to learn, instructional quality, and school climate?

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• Who will be responsible for collecting and organizing the data for the committee to use in the needs assessment?

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• Do we need support facilitating a comprehensive needs assessment?

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Preparing for Needs Assessment

Set

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• An eligible school operating a schoolwide program shall develop a comprehensive plan that is based on a comprehensive needs assessment of the entire school that takes into account information on the academic achievement of children in relation to the challenging state academic standards, particularly the needs of those children who are failing, or are at-risk of failing, to meet the challenging state academic standards and any other factors as determined by the local educational agency as required under ESSA §§ 1114(b)(6).
• A detailed analysis of performance on state academic standards for all applicable student subgroups as identified in 1111(c)(2).) of ESSA

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Needs Assessment

Set

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Future Ready PA Index (1 of 3)

Set

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Future Ready PA Index (2 of 3)

Set

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Future Ready PA Index (3 of 3)

Set

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Future Ready PA Academics

Set

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Related Academics

Set

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Equity Considerations

Set

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PA Essential Practices in Schools

Set

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Analyzing Strengths & Challenges

Go

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Action Plans (1 of 3)

Go

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Action Plans (2 of 3)

Go

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Action Plans (3 of 3)

SI Funds

Title 1 Funds

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Approvals and Signatures

• Board Affirmation Statement
• Chief School Administrator*
• Building Principal*
• School Improvement Facilitator**

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*The Chief School Administrator and Building Principal must match what is listed in EdNA.

**The School Improvement Facilitator must be registered by the LEA as a LocalUser at the LEA level and given viewer, writer, and sign-off permission for the plan.

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Signatures & Approvals

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Vision for Continuous Improvement

PDE is committed to supporting and monitoring the improvement efforts of LEAs, schools and their communities. We will work together to ensure:

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Timeline

Designation, Exit and Data Questions: RA-EDESSAAMD@pa.gov

School Improvement Planning: RA-EDFRCPP@pa.gov

CSI Support: michael_Imburgia@iu13.org

A-TSI Support: kdeery@pattan.net

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For more information on School Improvement please visit PDE’s website at www.education.pa.gov

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Contact/Mission

The mission of the Department of Education is to ensure that every learner has access to a world-class education system that academically prepares children and adults to succeed as productive citizens. Further, the Department seeks to establish a culture that is committed to improving opportunities throughout the commonwealth by ensuring that technical support, resources, and optimal learning environments are available for all students, whether children or adults.

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