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Transition of Alaska STEPP users from 27 districts using the tool to varying degrees, to all 1, 2, and 3 Star schools using it to submit School Improvement Plans
Created Department Liaisons to assist individual schools in transition
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Departmental point-of-contact for assistance and clarification
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Provide feedback (and approval) of STEPP plan
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Emphasize healthy school-improvement-process
Differentiated support for differentiated users

3 STAR SCHOOLS
 District provides oversight of STEPP Plan
1 & 2 STAR SCHOOLS
 Department provides process support and feedback (not approval)
 Focused on planning and on depth of process
Priority & Focus Schools
 Must consider and address 7 Turnaround Principles
 Crosswalked with 12 Indicators (KEY)
 Department approves plans – process and content

 Policy developments
 Timeline for upcoming liaison work
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Review of indicator “exemplar” – calibrating
 School-level questions and feedback

Webinars and Online Information
 Returning users, new users, and district staff
 Power Point – What is Alaska STEPP
 Indicator Information
 Manual
Language
 Draft Letters
 Vocabulary – explicitly supportive, clarifying new regulations, focused on processes of school improvement
 One-on-one phone calls to principals

PROCESS & CONTENT RUBRICS
 Modeled after processes on STEPP
 Created draft revisions
 Evaluated scoring norms
 Added a table for Focus & Priority schools – 7
Turnaround Principles, Key Indicators, Comments

 1 & 2 Star Schools
 Provides feedback on processes
 Shows Areas for strengthening
 Ensures plan has been submitted
 Priority & Focus Schools
 Provides feedback on processes
 Used to offer comments
 Ensures plan meets approval

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Unpack the Indicators
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Brainstorm for the Rubrics
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State of AK changes to the Tool
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Flagging Indicators
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Indistar updates to the Tool

Brad Billings - School Recognition & Support,
Administrator
Phone: 907-465-8720
Email: brad.billings@alaska.gov
Patricia Farren - School Recognition & Support,
Education Specialist
Phone: 907-465-2892
Email: patricia.farren@alaska.gov
Sheila Box – School Recognition & Support,
Education Specialist
Phone: 907-465-8743
Email: sheila.box@alaska.gov
For copies of exemplars, or other information contained in this presentation, please contact an EED representative.