Systemic
Transformative
Actions for Improved
Productivity
Elizabeth A. Clark, Ed.D.
Associate Superintendent
Curriculum and Instruction
Schedule for LOL
8:00 - 9:00
Systemic Transformative Actions for
Improved Productivity
9:00 - 9:45
Using a Scenario to Address PLC Questions
2 and 3
9:45 – 10:00
Break
10:00 - 10:30
Book Study
10:30 – 11:00
Preview of Professional Learning
Evaluation
Moving from Current Status to
Preferred Future
Current
Status
Strategic
Action
Vision of
Preferred
Future
Random Acts of Improvement
Aim of the
District
District
Goals & Measures
…will not lead
to sustained
improvement
over time.
Random Acts Leave Children
Behind
school starting line
teaching
testing
Aligned Acts of Improvement
Aim of the
District
Quality
improvement is
eliminating
random
variation around
an optimal
targeted value.
District
Goals & Measures
PLC in Birdville ISD
Last LOL meeting, we
focused on and discussed
strategies around Question 1
of the PLC:
What do students
need to know and
be able to do?
PLC in Birdville ISD
This time, we want to focus on and discuss strategies
around Question 2 and Question 3 of the PLC:
2. How do we know if students know
and can do what we have taught?
3. How do we respond when students
aren’t successful in learning what
we have taught?
The Work of Leaders…
Building shared responsibility for student
learning is an ongoing journey that requires
leadership at all levels, organizational and
personal alignment, planning and effective
teaching.
CURRICULUM. DATA. COLLABORATION.
System Curriculum
Alignment Model
Written
Curriculum
School System
Classroom
School
Articulation
Taught
Curriculum
Coordination
Tested
Curriculum
Dynamic Organizations
Continuous Improvement
Process Model
Continuous
Improvement
Is the result of a pragmatic, systemic
and systematic process driven by
customer needs, expectations, and
requirements.
Adhering to a Continuous Improvement
Model
Validates the need for improvement
Clarifies organizational purpose, goals and
measures
Creates a system-wide and systematic approach to
continual improvement
Translates the approach into aligned actions at all
levels of the organization
Provides a results orientation based on data
 Moves the organization to improve
Teachers
Are the prime deliverers of the mission of
the school system
Are the most important group in the
organization in terms of the organization
accomplishing its goals
Need professional development to be
goal-focused, needs-driven, collaborative,
and providers of quality instruction using
high leverage strategies based on best
practice
CURRICULUM.DATA.COLLABORATION
The Transformational
Cycle
Rules
Roles
Relationships
Norms
The Transformational Cycle
Transformational
Phase
Uncertainty
Phase
Panic
Exhaustion
Experimentation
Synergy
Illusion
Routinization
Phase
Stagnation
CONNECT. LEAD. INFLUENCE.
Initiation
Phase
Robert Quinn
CI Components
System Alignment – Removal of
Slack
Systems Improvement - Focus
on Results
Systems Integration - Coherency
“The main thing
is to keep the
main thing THE
MAIN THING.”
Stephen Covey
NO SURPRISES FOR CHILDREN
“Most of us seek quantum leaps in our
performance levels by following a
strategy of incremental investment.
This strategy simply does not work.
The land of excellence is safely
guarded from unworthy intruders. At
the gates stand two fearsome
sentries—risk and learning. The keys
to entrance are faith and courage.”
Robert Quinn
How do we know if students
know and can do what we
have taught?
Goals for today:
Build shared knowledge
around Question #3: How
do we respond when a
student experiences initial
difficulty in learning?
Understand RtI roles and responsibilities and
begin thinking about implications for your
campus.
Instructional decisions regarding
students not making adequate
progress should be determined
during a Collaborative
Conference, based on a
preponderance of evidence of
student performance and the
most appropriate setting for
delivering the required
intervention.
A Collaborative Conference
is a group of education
professionals coming
together to consider
student-specific data,
brainstorm possible
strategies/interventions,
and develop a plan of
action to address a
student-specific need.
A collaborative team
focused on student
learning whose
members work
interdependently to
achieve common goals
for which they are
mutually accountable.
Review the roles and
responsibilities document,
considering implications
for your campus
Record each implication
on a sticky note and post
on wall chart.
Professional Learning
Community
Collaborative
Conference
Divide and Conquer
Record your ideas here.
At your table, examine and
discuss Chapter ___.
Record important points
from your reading to share
with other groups.
What implications does this
chapter have for your
campus?
Share examples of formative
assessments from your
campus.
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