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de-ploy
The strategic distribution of forces in
preparation for work.
To spread out, distribute or arrange for a
deliberate purpose.
Literally, to unfold - from the French
desploier
The district developed a plan to
deploy its adopted approach to
continuous quality improvement.
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Leaders of high performing districts lead
the development and implementation of
four types of plans:
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Strategic
Operational
Deployment
SupportingTraining and
Coaching
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District Strategic Plan
Operational Plans
Deployment
Plan
Supporting Training and Coaching Plan
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District Strategic Plan
Operational Plans
Deployment
Plan
Supporting Training and Coaching Plan
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District Strategic Plan
Operational Plans
Deployment
Plan
Supporting Training and Coaching Plan
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District Strategic Plan
Operational Plans
Supporting Training and Coaching Plan
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Steps in Developing a Deployment Plan
1. Determine where you want to end up as a result of deploying a
systems approach to continuous improvement. What do you
envision your school looking like in two years? Five years? Ten
years? Consider these questions:
• What do you envision classrooms and work units in your
school looking like in five years?
• Is anyone close to that vision as of today? How did they do
it?
2. Determine who you are deploying to and prioritize these
deployment target groups. In other words, determine where you
need to start.
3. Identify strategies and supporting training, coaching, and/or
consulting to be used in deploying to the prioritized target
groups.
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Steps in Developing a Deployment Plan
4. Develop action plans for the implementation of each deployment
strategy – action steps, timelines, process manager, success
measures.
5. Set and calendar a date for review and update of the deployment
plan.
6. Implement the action steps.
7. Review deployment data on the agreed-upon date. Is anyone
close to the vision of full deployment as of today? How did they
do it?
8. Update the deployment plan—refine and improve strategies and
action steps and adjust timelines including calendaring a ‘new’
date for review of the plan—based on review of deployment data.
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Leadership
Awareness &
Commitment
Partner
Development
Strategic Alignment
Leading High
Performing Systems
Technical Support
Systems
Process Improvement
+ PDSA
System Assessment
Operation Planning
& Deployment
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Consciously
Competent
High
Performing
Consciously
Incompetent
Unconsciously
Under Performing
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Adapted from Wm. F. Gordon’s
Competency Ladder
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As a Team…
Review the examples of deployment
strategies on pages 3-5.
• Which ones have you used?
• Which ones should you consider using?
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Deployment strategies need…
• To be supported by training, coaching,
and/or consulting.
• To be monitored for effectiveness.
• Action steps for driving improvement.
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1. Determine where you want to end up as a result of
deploying a systems approach to continuous
improvement. What do you envision your school
looking like in two years? Five years? Ten years?
In 5 years we hope to see...
• Everyone—administrators, certified and classified staff,
community partners—would know what we mean when we say we use
a continuous improvement principles and practices.
• Everyone would have goals for their work that support our district
strategic plan.
• Everyone would be able to collect and use data to guide their
decision making.
• Everyone would be able to regularly and frequently evaluate and
improve
• processes.
• All staff would be actively engaged in their site-based improvement
process.
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2. Determine who you are deploying to and prioritize
these deployment target groups. In other words,
determine where you need to start.
TARGET DEPLOYMENT GROUPS
DISTRICT LEADERSHIP
Superintendent’s Cabinet
Board of Education
BUSINESS OPERATIONS/SUPPORT SERVICES
Department Leaders/Supervisors
Support Service Staff
EDUCATIONAL OPERATIONS/CURRICULUM & INSTRUCTION
Department Leaders/Supervisors
Support Service Staff
CAMPUSES/SCHOOLS
Principals/Assistant Principals
School Improvement Teams
Instructional Staff – Certified
Instructional Staff – Classified
Support Service Staff
Students
Families
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PRIORITY
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3. Identify strategies and supporting training, coaching,
and/or consulting to be used in deploying to the
prioritized target groups.
4. Develop action plans for the implementation of each
deployment strategy – action steps, timelines, process
manager, success measures.
5. Set and calendar a date for review and update of the
deployment plan.
6. Implement the action steps.
Hometown School District Deployment Plan – June 27, 2008
TARGET DEPLOYMENT
GROUPS
PRIORITY
What
DISTRICT LEADERSHIP
Superintendent’s Cabinet
1
School Board
1
Key Business Partners
1
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ACTION STEPS
STRATEGY
1. Leadership
orientation to CI
w/ follow-up
coaching.
District-wide
training?
1. Schedule
training.
2. Calendar
“check-up”
sessions
When
By
10/1/08
Who
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7. Review deployment data on the agreed-upon date. Is anyone
close to the vision of full deployment as of today? How did they
do it? TARGET DEPLOYMENT
ACTION STEPS
GROUPS
PRIORITY
STRATEGY
What
When
Who
DISTRICT LEADERSHIP
Superintendent’s Cabinet
1
School Board
1
Key Business Partners
1
To be reviewed and updated on:
1. Leadership
orientation to CI
w/ follow-up
coaching. Districtwide training?

Nov. 1, 2008
1. Schedule
training.
2. Calendar
“check-up”
sessions
c May 1, 2009
By
10/1/08
MC
c Sept. 1, 2009
Examples of Deployment Data:
 Ed Ops administrators and members of IC completed leadership orientation
to CI in Sept. ‘08.
 No classified staff leaders participated in Sept. ‘08 leadership orientation.
OFI?
 Leadership coaching sessions are calendared for Nov., March, and June.
 Building-level administrators have committed to participate in technical
support team training for site-based coaches/demonstration classroom
teachers in Spring ‘09.
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8. Update the deployment plan—refine and improve strategies and
action steps and adjust timelines including calendaring a ‘new’
date for review of the plan—based on review of deployment data.
Examples of Deployment Plan Adjustments:
 Meet with district CI director to determine best way
to build leadership capacity in classified staff leaders.
 Evaluate impact of leadership coaching sessions –
common CI vocabulary, integration of CI with RtI and
campus improvement planning, engagement of staff.
 Schedule team training for IC and campus goal teams.
 Clarify walk-thru process and criteria that
administrators and curriculum coordinators will use to
monitor classroom implementation of CI.
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As a Team…
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• What’s your vision of deployment for your
district?
• What are your target deployment groups?
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• What steps do you plan to take during the
first/second quarter of this calendar year?
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