Kim Banta Brennon Sapp The Kenton County School District University of Louisville ASCD The Ripple Effect An overview—Video (DVD) Why did we do this? What were we like? Where did this approach come from? Details of Treatments/Behaviors: Summer meetings Snapshots Data Reviews QIR Document Outcomes Unintentional Outcomes Finally – Kim describes what it is like working with an obsessive compulsive technology workaholic. Why did we do this? What were we like? Pretty Good School Scores are Flat-Lining Student Demographics Changing Schools of Study/Small Learning Communities LEHHS (Law Education Health Human Services) STEM (Science Technology Engineering & Math) VPAM (Visual Performing Arts & Media) Total Enrollment 1352 1400 1350 1300 1250 1200 1150 1100 1050 1000 1288 1189 1206 1215 1127 20032004 20042005 20052006 20062007 20072008 20082009 Enrollment Trends 2006-2007 Enrollment Trends 2004-2005 12% Enrollment Trends 2008-2009 17% 19% 5% 5% 6% Free Lunch Red. Lunch 83% 78% Paid Lunch 75% Family Makeup Single Parent Families, 31% Two Parent Families, 69% Bachelor's Degree, 14.4% Some College, 11.5% Graduate Degree, 2.5% Below High School Ed, 10.2% Parent's Educaton Level High School Diploma, 61.4% Dixie KPR-Total 100.0 95.0 90.0 85.0 80.0 75.0 70.0 65.0 60.0 2003 77.2 2004 79.8 81.3 2005 2006 83.5 83.1 2007 2008 Reading Math Science Social Studies Arts & Humanities Pract. Living/Voc Stud Writing Portfolio On-Demand Writing Total 2009 2004 79.9 81.0 71.5 82.4 83.1 89.1 2005 86.8 80.1 74.6 82.4 79.0 89.2 2006 86.0 86.3 73.2 83.9 84.9 87.8 62.1 70.8 71.9 77.2 79.8 81.3 2007 93.9 88.1 77.8 87.4 99.5 90.6 67.2 50.4 83.5 2008 90.2 78.9 77.2 82.1 94.7 92.2 76.6 76.9 83.1 RANKING SCHNAME DISTNAME Academic Ind 1 Dupont Manual High School Jefferson County 109.7 2 Beechwood High School Beechwood Independent 106.3 3 Brown School Jefferson County 103.8 4 Louisville Male High School Jefferson County 103.2 5 Highlands High School Fort Thomas Independent 99.6 6 North Oldham High School Oldham County 97.9 7 Frederick Fraize High School Cloverport Independent 95.8 8 South Oldham High School Oldham County 95.1 9 Walton-Verona High School Walton-Verona Independent 94.4 10 Model Laboratory High School Madison County 93.8 48 Dixie Heights High School Kenton County 83.1 232 Knox Central High School Knox County 59.3 233 Providence Elementary School Providence Independent 57.4 234 Iroquois High School Magnet Career Aca Jefferson County 57.3 235 Shawnee High School Magnet Career Academ Jefferson County 56.4 236 Western MST Magnet High School Jefferson County 44.3 Dixie & Other Schools 100 Ryle 95 90 Dixie 85 Simon Kenton 80 Boone 75 70 Scott 65 Cambell County 60 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Composite ACT Scores 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 Dixie State Dixie State National (2003) 20.7 20.2 20.8 (2004) 21 20.3 20.9 (2005) 21 20.4 20.9 (2006) 21.1 20.6 21.1 Grad Year Composite Verbal (2007) 22.2 20.7 21.2 (2008) 21.2 20.9 21.1 Math Writing (2003) 144 47 48 48.5 (2004) 153 49.5 51.5 51.5 (2005) 146 47.4 50.3 48.3 (2006) 144 47.4 49.3 47.2 (2007) 147 48.9 51.2 46.7 (2008) 165 50.6 52.5 48.5 National Where did this approach come from? 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What great principals do differently: Fifteen things that matter most. New York: Eye on Education. Wilson, R. (1986). Improving faculty teaching: effective use of student evaluations and consultants. The Journal of Higher Education, 57, 196-211. Where did this approach come from? A review of hundreds of interventions/ strategies Walkthroughs? e-walks Formal Observations (predictable in their uselessness) Why not use a more “student-centered” model? Treatments/Behaviors Summer meetings One hour (yes a full hour each) One on one . . . Or. . . Four on one Deliberate, honest, straight forward (see handout) Snapshots (the backbone) Become a part of the classroom 5 to 10 minutes Often - Tracking Document Calibration Meetings/Expert Review – Calibration Document Student Interviews Data Reviews – Samples Periodically, (at least three times a year) Grades, discipline, state scores. . . Get to see everyone's data QIR Document (see handout) Teachers Teacher 1 Teacher 2 Teacher 3 Teacher 4 Teacher 5 Teacher 6 Teacher 7 Teacher 8 Teacher 9 Teacher 10 Teacher 11 Teacher 12 Teacher 13 Daily Totals Standard Dev for Daily Mean Visits for year Standard Dev for year Kim Larry Tom Brennon Total visits 19 19 21 12 38 30 30 45 26 23 20 22 25 17.3267 10.0011 25.9313 9.79159 k kl k k b k L lk kL b b Lb lkb b k L kb bL k L k k 34 32 29 9/5/2008 9/4/2008 9/3/2008 9/2/2008 M T W Th F 9/1/2008 8/29/2008 8/28/2008 8/27/2008 8/26/2008 M T W Th F 8/25/2008 8/22/2008 8/21/2008 8/20/2008 8/19/2008 M T W Th F 8/18/2008 8/15/2008 8/14/2008 8/13/2008 of Visits #8/13/2007 8/14/2007 MTW Th F b L L L L b b Lt L k b k b tb kb b k k b kb b Lb k k b k 24 28 33 32 9 k k b Lt b t b b k k k kL k b L k b k 30 15 3 14 21 k 31 23 5 18 480 510 109 554 1653 Current Data on Snap Shots Treatments/Behaviors Summer meetings One hour (yes a full hour each) One on one . . . Or. . . Four on one Deliberate, honest, straight forward (see handout) Snapshots (the backbone) Become a part of the classroom 5 to 10 minutes Often - Tracking Document Calibration Meetings/Expert Review – Calibration Document Student Interviews Data Reviews – Samples Periodically, (at least three times a year) Grades, discipline, state scores. . . Get to see everyone's data QIR Document (see handout) See Handout Down Page Up Page See Handout Treatments/Behaviors Summer meetings One hour (yes a full hour each) One on one . . . Or. . . Four on one Deliberate, honest, straight forward (see handout) Snapshots (the backbone) Become a part of the classroom 5 to 10 minutes Often - Tracking Document Calibration Meetings/Expert Review – Calibration Document Student Interviews Data Reviews - Samples Periodically, (at least three times a year) Grades, discipline, state scores. . . Get to see everyone's data QIR Document (see handout) Grade Distribution 07/08 3rd Tri 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% % of A Males 34% Females 46% % of B 28% 26% % of C % of D 20% 11% 16% 7% Grade Distribution 07/08 3rd Tri % of F 8% 5% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% % of A Freshman 39% Sophmores 35% Juniors 37% Seniors 50% % of B 24% 30% 28% 28% % of C 18% 19% 20% 14% % of D 10% 9% 11% 5% % of F 9% 8% 5% 3% 60% Grade Distribution 07/08 3rd Tri 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% % of A Teacher 1 Bernzott 51% Department 38% School 40% % of B 20% 27% 27% % of C 9% 18% 18% 45% 40% 35% 30% 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0% Teacher 14 Saunders Department School % of D 3% 10% 9% % of F 16% 7% 6% Grade Distribution 07/08 3rd Tri % of A 25% 36% 40% % of B 29% 29% 27% % of C 14% 17% 18% % of D 16% 8% 9% % of F 17% 8% 6% Discipline Infractions – Most to Least % of A 34% 34% 54% 46% 25% 41% 41% 27% 52% % of B 28% 24% 29% 19% 29% 30% 25% 28% 20% % of C 20% 15% 5% 16% 14% 15% 14% 20% 13% % of D 14% 9% 8% 6% 16% 2% 15% 13% 9% % of F 4% 18% 5% 13% 17% 13% 5% 12% 7% Discipline Infractions (Total) 47 31 28 28 25 24 24 24 22 33% 34% 19% 9% 5% 22 Teacher 10 32% 29% 15% 15% 10% 20 Teacher 11 30% 30% 23% 8% 9% 19 Teacher 12 37% 34% 10% 11% 10% 17 Teacher 13 37% 27% 25% 6% 6% 16 Teacher 14 23% 40% 17% 12% 9% 16 Teacher 15 14% 23% 20% 34% 9% 15 Teacher 16 Teacher Teacher 1 Teacher 2 Teacher 3 Teacher 4 Teacher 5 Teacher 6 Teacher 7 Teacher 8 Teacher 9 Failures-Most to Least % of A 25% 34% 25% 51% 19% 46% 41% 27% 23% 23% 37% 32% 23% 30% 21% 14% 41% % of B 20% 24% 29% 20% 34% 19% 30% 28% 23% 26% 34% 29% 40% 30% 29% 23% 29% % of C 23% 15% 14% 9% 25% 16% 15% 20% 29% 24% 10% 15% 17% 23% 21% 20% 18% % of D 13% 9% 16% 3% 8% 6% 2% 13% 14% 16% 11% 15% 12% 8% 19% 34% 4% Discipline Infractions % of F (Total) Teacher 19% 3 Teacher 43 18% 31 Teacher 2 17% 25 Teacher 5 16% 0 Teacher 55 14% 6 Teacher 35 13% 28 Teacher 4 13% 24 Teacher 6 12% 24 Teacher 8 10% 12 Teacher 21 10% 7 Teacher 32 10% 17 Teacher 13 10% 20 Teacher 11 9% 16 Teacher 15 9% 19 Teacher 12 9% 11 Teacher 22 9% 15 Teacher 16 8% 8 Teacher 31 Back Treatments & Behaviors Treatments/Behaviors Summer meetings One hour (yes a full hour each) One on one . . . Or. . . Four on one Deliberate, honest, straight forward (see handout) Snapshots (the backbone) Become a part of the classroom 5 to 10 minutes Often - Tracking Document Calibration Meetings/Expert Review – Calibration Document Student Interviews Data Reviews - Samples Periodically, (at least three times a year) Grades, discipline, state scores. . . Get to see everyone's data QIR Documents (see handout) Outcomes Improve teacher awareness Improved teacher performance Improved student performance Improve school culture QIR Excel Sheet How teachers are enhancing and upgrading the curriculum mapping began on June 3 throughout the 2008-2009 school year (Curriculum Development #1) 30 # of Teachers 25 20 15 10 5 0 Unsatisfactory Beginning Developing Proficient Teacher Perceptions Adminstrative Review Exemplary How teachers are moving the focus of instruction from memorizing details & facts to teaching skills/using information (Curriculum Development #2) 30 # of Teachers 25 20 15 10 5 0 Unsatisfactory Beginning Developing Proficient Teacher Perceptions Adminstrative Review Exemplary How teachers are progressing on the use of their Smartboard (Past Performance #3) 25 # of Teachers 20 15 10 5 0 Unsatisfactory Beginning Developing Proficient Teacher Perceptions Adminstrative Review Exemplary How teachers use past discipline to adjustment their behavior and interaction with students (Past Performance #2) 30 # of Teachers 25 20 15 10 5 0 Unsatisfactory Beginning Developing Proficient Teacher Perceptions Adminstrative Review Exemplary Use of "best practices" strategies with movies/movie clips in class (Past Performance #4) 30 # of Teachers 25 20 15 10 5 0 Unsatisfactory Beginning Developing Proficient Teacher Perceptions Adminstrative Review Exemplary Intergration of School of Study Startegies into classroom instruction (Schools of Study) 35 # of Teachers 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 Unsatisfactory Beginning Developing Proficient Teacher Perceptions Adminstrative Review Exemplary Teacher utilization of KCCT-like assessments to help you develop a thinking classroom and drive your instruction (Assesment Development #1) 30 # of Teachers 25 20 15 10 5 0 Unsatisfactory Beginning Developing Teacher Perceptions Adminstrative Review Proficient Exemplary Planning & Preparation 30 # of Teachers 25 20 15 10 5 0 Unsatisfactory Beginning Developing Proficient Teacher Perceptions Adminstrative Review Exemplary Learning Environment 30 # of Teachers 25 20 15 10 5 0 Unsatisfactory Beginning Developing Proficient Teacher Perceptions Adminstrative Review Exemplary Instruction 35 # of Teachers 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 Unsatisfactory Beginning Developing Proficient Teacher Perceptions Adminstrative Review Exemplary Assessment 30 # of Teachers 25 20 15 10 5 0 Unsatisfactory Beginning Developing Proficient Teacher Perceptions Adminstrative Review Exemplary Overall Teacher Performance 35 # of Teachers 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 Unsatisfactory Beginning Developing Proficient Exemplary Teacher Perceptions Adminstrative Review Administrative Perception Instruction Assessment Assessment Instruction T-test Planning & Preparation 0.0001 Learning Environment Learning Environment Planning & Preparation Teacher Perception 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 Outcomes Improve teacher awareness Improved teacher performance Improved student performance Improve school culture QIR Excel Sheet Total Population Spring 02-03 Fall 03-04 Spring 03-04 Fall 04-05 Spring 04-05 Fall 05-06 Spring 05-06 Fall 06-07 Spring 06-07 1st Tri 07-08 2nd Tri 07-08 3rd Tri 07-08 1st Tri 08-09 2nd Tri 08-09 A 31.40% 31.30% 34.20% 31.50% 34.00% 31.70% 32.60% 33.20% 37.60% 36.20% 33.20% 39.50% 41.80% 39.11% B 26.60% 29.10% 25.00% 28.60% 28.20% 28.00% 27.40% 28.70% 28.30% 29.90% 28.00% 27.20% 29.30% 27.48% C 23.00% 20.30% 20.20% 21.80% 20.40% 20.60% 20.00% 20.60% 17.00% 18.20% 20.40% 17.80% 15.90% 18.08% D F 10.90% 7.90% 10.90% 8.20% 8.80% 11.50% 9.60% 8.10% 9.30% 7.70% 9.70% 9.40% 10.40% 8.90% 9.10% 8.00% 7.50% 8.70% 9.10% 6.70% 10.80% 7.60% 9.00% 6.50% 7.60% 4.40% 8.33% 6.99% Unintentional Outcomes Drop in discipline Much more enjoyment in job You learn things are not as you thought they were (good and bad) Culture Teachers ask for you to come in Students expect you to interact Parent discussions are much different The observation process becomes more real Professional development becomes passé The “unmentionables” Discipline Infractions 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009* Aggressive Attendance to School Letters Employee 460 3 435 18 202 37 978 25 736 28 266 13 Failure to Comply with Defiance Discipline 378 251 132 292 138 292 211 357 191 150 108 104 Fights 35 26 31 46 47 17 Harassment 51 16 13 86 41 22 *Data as of April 13th of given year Discipline Infractions Profanity Tardies & Skipping Tobacco Disorderly Conduct Repeat Violations 2003-2004 122 1083 50 77 2004-2005 72 1002 29 153 16 2422 2005-2006 76 767 39 153 62 1994 2006-2007 46 739 92 268 127 2976 2007-2008 60 765 34 203 193 2565 2008-2009* 44 348 45 73 197 1436 Total 2370 Profanity Disorderly Conduct Total Aggressive Discipline 292 292 357 150 104 Harassment 378 132 138 211 191 108 Fights Defiance 3 18 37 25 28 13 Failure to Comply with Discipline Aggressive to School Employee Discipline Infractions 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009* 35 26 31 46 47 17 51 16 13 86 41 22 122 72 76 46 60 44 77 153 153 268 203 73 666 709 740 1039 720 381 *Data as of April 13th of given year Discipline Infractions 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009* Male 1521 1438 1298 1749 1738 818 Female 849 984 696 688 827 618 Fresh 675 715 549 887 824 557 Soph 625 698 52 625 679 396 Jr 591 513 453 446 467 282 Sr 478 496 460 479 595 201 Unintentional Outcomes Drop in discipline Much more enjoyment in job You learn things are not as you thought they were (good and bad) Culture Teachers ask for you to come in Students expect you to interact Parent discussions are much different The observation process becomes more real Professional development becomes passé The “unmentionables” Kim describes what it is like working with an obsessive compulsive technology workaholic Wonderful Great Fun Love Harmony “I see skies . . Of blue. . . “ Contact Info Dixie Heights High School 3o10 Dixie Highway Crestview Hills, KY 41017 Kim.banta@kenton.kyschools.us Brennon.sapp@gmail.com www.bsapp.com