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L3 Module Slide Template

Directions: Make a copy of this slide deck for your L3 and edit as you wish

This one deck will guide you through all of this module’s activities over the course of multiple meetings

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Project Goals

  • Create new approaches for local accountability and assessment to bring the greatest positive impact to those currently least well-served

  • Influence KDE’s thinking, shape Kentucky Policy, contribute to the argument for greater federal flexibility if needed

  • Deepen partnership and trust among teachers, families, learners and school/district leadership in each of our communities

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Who We Are:

[Community Name Here] L3 Coalition

Families

Insert names here

Students

Insert names here

Educators

Insert names here

Community

Insert names here

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Where are we?

Empathize

Define

Ideate

Prototype

Test

Formed a local, inclusive coalition

Conducted local empathy interviews

Analyzed empathy data and refined KCAE user profiles for our local context

Created Problem Statement and “HMW” question

Brainstorming session for possible solutions

Select an idea to prototype

Develop a user experience prototype

Design a creative matrix

Feedback testing (surveys, interviews) and prototype refinement

Scaled implementation of prototype

We are here!

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Where are we? Version 3

Assessment of the quality of the User Experience

A local system of accountability

Recommendations for state system of accountability

These prototypes are developed by your local coalitions

This prototype is created between the L3s, KCAE and KDE

[insert your prototype]

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Guiding our work:

Our Problem Statement:

INSERT HERE

Our “How Might We?” Question:

INSERT HERE

Our Commonwealth Theme:

INSERT HERE

Our proposed solution / prototype idea:

INSERT HERE

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Activity 1:

IDEA TESTING

At the end of this activity, our coalition will have….

a testing plan to gather feedback from a variety of users about whether our prototype idea addresses an important need.

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Step 1: Sharpen Our Hypothesis

If we (prototype idea), then (user need) will be addressed and envisioned future state theme will be achieved.

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Step 2: Create Our Testing Plan

Write your Introduction Script

Choose Questions to Gather Feedback

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Step 3: Identify People to Interview

User Type (Teacher, student, etc…)

Coalition Member

Networks, organizations and connections

The below questions can also help you structure your process.

  • When will we meet again?

  • When do we need testing to be completed?

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Gut Check & Reflection

Activity Wrap-Up

Gut check:

Look at the list of people we are planning to test with.

Are there groups you really need to talk to that are not on that list?

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Activity 2:

ITERATION

At the end of this activity, our coalition will have…. a revised prototype.

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Step 1: Cataloging the Feedback

User Type

Coalition Member

Feedback on the Prototype Idea

  • Go back to your Testing Plan from the previous activity.
  • Share out interview notes and capture important feedback in the right-most column.

Discussion Question:

Are there themes or patterns in the feedback? Are there any trends by user?

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Step 2: Persist, Pivot or Perish?

Given the feedback, what will you do?

Indicators We Should Persist

Indicators we should Pivot

Indicators we should Perish

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Step 3: Revising the Prototype

If you decided to Perish this Prototype: Go back to your ideation list and continue to ideate if helpful. Identify a different promising idea and build out a prototype.

If you decided to Pivot: Go back to the Creative Matrix or Storyboard you created, and adjust it based on the feedback you heard from users.

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Step 4: Test Again

Consider going back to the same users you asked for feedback and showing them a revised version.

Are there additional users you need to test the idea with now?

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Gut Check & Reflection

Activity Wrap-Up

Do a gut check.

Zoom into the feedback from users who are currently least well served by the system. Does the feedback suggest that the prototype will address their needs?

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Activity 3:

Implementation Planning (PDSA)

At the end of this activity, our coalition will have…. a 30-60-90 day plan for implementation.

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Step 1: (PLAN) Create a Clear Action Plan for Testing

Step 1: (PLAN) Create a Clear Action Plan for Testing

Our Theory of Action for improvement in this cycle is IF WE: _____THEN________

The members of our team will be responsible for the following actions between now and the end of the cycle:

Member

Task

Timeline

  • The evidence/data we will collect for fidelity of implementation is:
  • The evidence/data we will collect for effectiveness of implementation is:
  • Our team will evaluate the data/evidence collected and make a determination to adopt, adapt, or abandon on or around:
  • We will communicate progress and findings by:

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Step 2: (DO) Record & Reflect

Step 2: (DO) Record & Reflect

Carry out your action steps

Collect the data you identified

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Step 3: (STUDY) Reflect on Learning

Step 3: (STUDY) Reflect on Learning

Use a protocol to check fidelity of your implementation actions

Review the data you have collected and summarize what you have learned

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Step 4: (ACT)

Decide on Next Steps

Step 4: (ACT)

Decide on Next Steps

Meet as a team to review data and decide to adopt, adapt, or abandon.

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Gut Check & Reflection

Activity Wrap-Up

  • What did we learn from the implementation process?
  • Does our prototype adequately address our user’s needs?
  • Does it meet the requirements of our problem statement?
  • Is it different enough from what currently exists to add value?
  • What do we need to do differently as a result of this process?

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Activity 4:

Local Improvement & Accountability Planning

At the end of this activity, our coalition will have…. a model of a local accountability system for our prototype.

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Why does this step matter so much?

To YOU:

By May 12, we will have a process for local accountability that will help you improve your implementation quality and impact.

For the State System

By May 12, Cohort 1 of the L3 communities will have integrated our learning about our desired accountability systems. This integration will help us influence the state system.

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Steps Now… and Next

Now, as a full Coalition we will work together to answer the questions:

  • How do we know the prototype is addressing the need(s) we identified?
  • How can we communicate with our community in a way that is clear and transparent?

Next, with the support of the L3 Design Team and Assessment and Accountability partners, we will:

  • Identify key data sources
  • Buildout a draft of the technical aspects of a model for local accountability
  • Share that model with you for your feedback and input

These products will be shared with the KCAE and KDE to inform changes to state assessment and accountability!

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Next Steps

April 14: L3 Community of Practice

By April 30: Meet with Local Coalitions to discuss accountability and improvement

By May 10: Meet with our Technical Advice Team (Andre, Sandy, Susan + your support coach) NOTE: we will schedule this today!

May 12: Next L3 Community of Practice meeting - preparing for summer and fall!

  • Implementation planning
  • Reformatting and changing cadence of your coalition

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Step 1:

Revisit Our Problem & HMW Statements

(insert your own district’s problem statement here)

Problem: Users don’t understand how the district utilizes the Profile of a Graduate.

  • How might we empower our students with the skills and dispositions they need to pursue their passion and interests and address community needs?
  • How might we assess students' growth of the skills and dispositions needed to pursue their passions and interests and measure their growth over time?
  • How might we communicate this to our community? How might we increase community understanding of this?

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Step 2:

Reflect on our Prototype

Let’s reflect on our prototype. If the prototype “works…”

  • Does data collected from our prototype address the needs in our problem statement?
    • Implementation
    • Learning Outcomes

  • How does this vision for accountability differ from the current system?

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Data vs. Evidence

  • Data does not always have to be quantitative/numbers-based
  • Can include process/implementation AND/OR outcomes
  • We want to use data (all kinds) to create a clear picture about the kind of learning reflected in your prototypes to your community

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Step 3. Develop a model for local accountability

Our team is going to design a local system of accountability around our prototype that is intended to ensure your prototype is meeting its intended goals.

There are three questions that drive our model:

1) How do we know our prototype is happening in the way we want?

2) How do we know the intended outcomes are occurring because of the prototype?

3) How do we communicate about the learning and how do we check our perception with our community?

EQUITY CHECK: Do our most marginalized students and families have access to quality experiences and are their outcomes comparable? How might we prioritize their stories, data and insights?

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Plan

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Where we are going - Reciprocity 4 Spreadsheet

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Next Steps

April 14: L3 Community of Practice

By April 30: Meet with Local Coalitions to discuss accountability and improvement

By May 10: Meet with our Technical Advice Team (Andre, Sandy, Susan + your support coach) NOTE: we will schedule this today!

May 12: Next L3 Community of Practice meeting - preparing for summer and fall!

  • Implementation planning
  • Reformatting and changing cadence of your coalition

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Gut Check & Reflection

Activity Wrap-Up

  • Can we communicate this with our community in an inclusive and reciprocal way?
  • Does this answer the question: what should we be held accountable for and to whom?

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A Different Way to Think about Data

Satellite Data Map Data Street Data

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Types of Data

Type

Examples

Advantages

Drawbacks

Satellite Data

Test scores, Attendance Rates & graduation rates

Can illuminate big performance trends & point toward underserved student groups

Lagging data, doesn’t inform instruction, removed from local context, can reinforce biases

Street Data

Lexile levels gathered through running record assessments, rubric scores on a common math assessment, or student perception data from a schoolwide survey.

Shows learning trends and gaps in a school community, actionable for instruction decisions.

Lacks the texture required to inform and shape equitable change

Street Data

Student interviews, analysis of student work, focus groups, shadowing a student data

Leading indicators can fuel rapid cycles of learning then doing, feedback loop that can center marginalized voices.

Challenging to quantify/count and communicate

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Step 3: Evaluate Sufficiency of Data for Meeting Needs

For each of the data sources listed above, evaluate its sufficiency for meeting the data needs of the project. Some things to consider as you evaluate sufficiency include: trustworthiness, collection burden, ease of interpretability, relevance to intended goals.

Data Source

Benefits of including within an accountability system

Drawbacks or potential harms of including within an accountability system

Should we include this data source within our local accountability system? (Yes/No)

Reflect:

  • Are there gaps in data collection that should be filled in order to have a better understanding of about how the prototype is being implemented?
  • Will this data answer whether we are reaching the desired goals?

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Step 5: Review the Model

Complete the table below that focuses on each stakeholder group within the local accountability system. The table is designed to help focus on the reciprocity built into the system design, how is each user contributing to the success of the program? How are the needs of each user being met by the program?

Stakeholder Group

How is this user group contributing to the success of the program and the associated accountability system?

How are the needs of this user group being served by the program and the associated accountability system?

Students

Educators

Administrators

Caregivers

Public

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Activity 5:

Elevating the Local Accountability Prototype

At the end of this activity, our coalition will have…a series of policy recommendations stemming from our prototype experience.

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Step One: Revisit the Prototype Data

(10 Minutes)

Let’s briefly reflect on the implementation and impact data collected during prior modules.

  • What are the areas of strength for our prototype?
  • What are the areas of growth for our prototype?
  • Did our prototype have the intended outcome? If not, why?
  • Would we continue to deploy this prototype regardless of whether it became part of the accountability system? Why or why not?

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Step Two: Revisit the Current Accountability Policy

(10 Minutes)

  • Let’s revisit the current accountability process at the state and federal level, including key elements of the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015, Senate Bill 158 (2020), and 703 KAR 5:270.

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Step Three: Considering Policy Implications

(30 Minutes)

Imagine that KDE adopted your L3 prototype and embedded it into the statewide accountability system exactly as it is.

How would accountability policy need to change in order to successfully adopt your prototype?

Are there any unintended consequences that could come from a statewide adoption of your prototype?

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Step Four: Creating a Narrative

(30 Minutes)

Imagine that all of your policy recommendations have been adopted exactly as you stated them above.

What would the world look like?

Divide into three groups and briefly narrate how the system looks and feels to each of the stakeholders identified in the United we Learn report.

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Gut Check & Reflection

Activity Wrap-Up

  • If the state implemented our policy recommendation exactly as we wrote it, how would it impact our user experience?
  • Does the shift created by our recommendation align with our values and the values of our stakeholders?
  • Can I communicate about this shift to my community with confidence?