Iowa Support System for Schools in Need of Assistance (SINA)

Overview and AuditIowa Department of Education

and AEA 267 August 2011

Perspectives…How does this relate to school improvement?

-Dewitt Jones

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Today, you will . . .

Develop an understanding of the Iowa Support System for Schools in Need of Assistance – both its history and its present support

Recognize connections to other major educational initiatives

Develop an understanding of the first phases – the Audit and the importance of data used in the process

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Our Norms for Today

Ask questions.

Listen for understanding.

Apply to your school.

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No Child Left Behind requires…

“each state shall establish a statewide system of intensive and sustained support and improvement.”

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Guiding Principles for Iowa Support Teams

Build on school/building strengths Encourage shared school leadership Analyze data to make decisions Focus on teaching and learning through a systems approach Integrate quality professional development practices Promote alignment of all components of the system Integrate existing state initiatives Reflect collaborative efforts throughout the structure Build capacity and accountability at all levels Implement scientifically research-based strategies

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Iowa Support System

Purpose: Assist the districts’/schools’ achievement of the following:– Educate all students to high standards– Strengthen the internal capacity of each district and

school– Focus accountability on results– Integrate quality educational practices with local

decision-making

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Focus is on a systemic approach to improvement to build capacity and ensure sustainability

We believe in: Go Slow to Go Fast

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AEA 267 Support System

AEA SINA Team

LEA SINA Team– Team that works over the school year through all

phases of the SINA process – Attends AEA common meetings as well as working in

the building between meetings

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AEA 267 Support System

LEA SINA Team Expectations – Role:

Work collaboratively to collect & analyze data, identify needed changes, determine action plans and monitor and evaluate progress

– Who: LEA staff and Special Education Team Representative

– When: Meetings across year with AEA SINA Team Collaborative work sessions recommended at least monthly Continued work to monitor & evaluate actions

AEA SINA Team Expectations

Provide training, support, and feedback for building teams

Provide technical assistance as needed

Support building’s work to meet requirements and implement their plan with integrity

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So How Does a School Get Identified?

Variety of Ways– 95% of students did not participate in the ITBS/ITED

assessments

– Building did not meet achievement trajectory for grade(s) in the building (e.g., 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 3-5, 6-8, 11) or a subgroup (e.g., low-SES, ELL, ethnicity, IEP)

– Did not meet graduation rate at high school level

– Did not meet attendance goal at elementary and middle school

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Where Do Performance Expectations Come From?

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Schools in Need of Assistance

Are identified in August Must include technical assistance from outside the

building Receive Title I school improvement allocation based

upon identification notification (Buildings only, not districts)

Must designate 10% of Title I allocation for purpose of providing professional development

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SINA Vocabulary

Confidence Band Safe Harbor Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)* Annual Measurable Objective (AMO) Annual Improvement Goal (AIG) “Collapsing Grade Levels” Growth Model

* http://www.state.ia.us/educate/ecese/nclb/documents.html

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A Few More Vocabulary Words

Full Academic Year (FAY) Alternate Assessment Subgroups: 5 ethnic/racial groups, students

with IEPs, ELL, SES Magic Numbers – 10, 30, and 40

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Safe HarborSafe Harbor If you have _____ students 30 60 100

And there are ____Nonproficient

70% 60% 50%

You need to reduce the % Non-Proficient by 10 %

7%(2.1 kids)

6%(3.6 kids)

5%(5 kids)

So you need to reduce the % Non-Proficient to

63% 54% 45%

Or increase your % Proficient to

37% 46% 55%

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Question

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Schools: Sanctions in First Year of Label

Parent Notification of Identification

Public School Choice for students in the Title I building to buildings in the district which are not identified

Title I schools must complete a 2-year action plan with a one-year budget; external technical assistance is required as is a documented peer review

If a building is identified, the district must set aside 10% of the Title I funds allocated for that building; those funds must be used for professional development

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Exiting the Identified List

A district/school needs to show two consecutive years of meeting AYP in the identified area(s) of reading or math

If the district/school meets AYP after one year, they are put on a “delay” status.

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Audit Phase– Review of LEA data to identify Areas of Concern

Diagnosis Phase– Completion of a gap analysis based on the comparison of the current reality with the

desired state Design Phase

– Development of a two-year action plan based on if. . . then statements and supporting evidence as a result of the root cause analysis

Implementation Phase– Brining the action plan to life and monitoring changes through formative evaluation

questions Monitoring/Evaluation Phase

– Formative and summative evaluations and updating of action plan based on student achievement data

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Audit Phase

Diagnosis Phase

Implementation Phase

Evaluation Phase

Design Phase

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CSIP – Comprehensive School Improvement CSIP – Comprehensive School Improvement PlanningPlanning Constant Conversation Questions

What do data tell us?

What will we do?

How will we know there is change?

How will we evaluate?

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Instructional Decision Instructional Decision MakingMaking

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Iowa Professional Iowa Professional Development ModelDevelopment Model

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Stop looking at change as an obstacle to be surmounted and start looking at it as an opportunity to improve.

Michael Fullan, 1990

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