Using the High Quality
Standards to Document
Progress
Georgia Thornton, Nancy Cline
&
Clinton Burch
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Using the High Quality Standards to
Document Progress
What are the
HIGH QUALITY STANDARDS ?
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Using the High Quality Standards to
Document Progress
Standard I – Positive Climate and Cohesive Culture
Standard II – School Leadership
Standard III – Standards-Focused Curriculum, Instruction and Assessments
Standard IV– Student Support Services and Family/Community Connections
Standard V – Educator Growth and Development
Standard VI– Efficient and Effective Management
Standard VII – Continuous Improvement
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Using the High Quality Standards to
Document Progress
What is the first step to achieving
HIGH QUALITY ?
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As a Leadership Team…
…construct your school’s mission, vision
and goals to more easily monitor progress
as it aligns with data driven decisions.
Do the statements
incorporate a concern for
the academic success of all
students and reflect the
belief that all students can
learn?
Do the statements reflect the
belief that all teachers are
responsible implementing
instructional strategies that
meet the needs of all
students?
Are the statements realistic?
Do the statements address
subgroup performance?
Are the statements aligned
within other plans?
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As a Leadership Team…
…review data in reference to your
school’s mission, vision and goals.
What are the inconsistencies
between the data and the
mission, vision and goals?
What does the data need to
supply in order to monitor the
mission, vision and goals?
What data sources are
driving the overall mission,
vision and goals?
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As a Leadership Team…
…develop clear and understandable goals
which concentrate on the inconsistencies.
Are the goals:
-Developed to address
specific problems related to
the data?
Are the goals:
-Specific
-Measurable
Are the goals:
- Incorporating researchbased practices as they
relate to the data?
-Attainable
-Realistic
-Time-bound
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As a Leadership Team…
…create and/or evaluate various strategies
to accomplish your goals.
Has the strategies been
validated by scientific
research?
Does the strategies support
the mission, vision and goals?
What are the resources
necessary to implement the
strategies?
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As a Leadership Team…
…incorporate your strategies into the
education process.
Who is responsible for
implementing the chosen
strategies?
What is the timeline for
implementing the chosen
strategies?
What is the monitoring
process for the chosen
strategies?
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As a Leadership Team…
…analyze the impact of our strategies as
compared to your goals.
What is the monitoring
timeline for the chosen
strategies?
Do the chosen strategies have
a positive, negative, or no
effect on the goals?
Are the strategies being
implemented correctly?
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As a Leadership Team…
…using your findings, initiate the
improvement model over again.
What strategies need
enhanced or eliminated?
Have the goals been
achieved?
What goals need
reevaluated or rewritten?
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Using the High Quality Standards to
Document Progress
Breaking down the
HIGH QUALITY STANDARDS ?
(Scenario Activity)
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Using the High Quality Standards to
Document Progress
What type of evidence do we collect
to support the
HIGH QUALITY STANDARDS ?
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Using the High Quality Standards to
Document Progress
How do we document our evidence for the
HIGH QUALITY STANDARDS ?
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Using the High Quality Standards to
Document Progress
HIGH QUALITY STANDARDS
Data Collection System
(Web-based Activity)
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Using the High Quality Standards to
Document Progress
What documentation do I already have
that can be uploaded to support the
HIGH QUALITY STANDARDS ?
(Leadership Team Activity)
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Improvement Offer Our Leadership Team?
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Improvement Offer Our Leadership Team?
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Improvement Offer Our Leadership Team?
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Improvement Offer Our Leadership Team?
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