Long Beach Communities of Practice Institute

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The School Quality Improvement System

Jot down words, phrases and images that speak to the “why” of the School Quality Improvement System (10 minutes)

3 Point & Talk

What words and phrases most resonated with you? Why?

4 Point & Talk

What are you hoping to get out of today?

5 Agenda

• Welcome and Introduction• Overview of the School Quality Improvement System and

Communities of Practice Program• Time with your Community of Practice• Problem of Practice• Lunch• Plan, Do, Study, Act Cycle-CoP Teams• School Teams-Implementation• Closing

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CORE is a collaboration among 10 California school districts. We’re working together to significantly improve student outcomes.

Over 1 million student

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7 Our Board

Mike HansonBoard PresidentSuperintendentFresno Unified

Chris SteinhauserBoard Vice President

SuperintendentLong Beach

Janet YoungBoard MemberSuperintendentClovis Unified

Gabriela MafiBoard MemberSuperintendentGarden Grove

John E. DeasyBoard MemberSuperintendent

Los Angeles

Antwan WilsonBoard MemberSuperintendent

Oakland Unified

José L. BandaBoard MemberSuperintendent

Sacramento City

Richard Carranza

Board MemberSuperintendentSan Francisco

Matt NavoBoard MemberSuperintendentSanger Unified

Rick MillerBoard MemberSuperintendent

Santa Ana Unified

8 USED offered a waiver for ESEA requirements.California is 1 of 5 states that does not have an approved ESEA Flexibility Waiver or one under review

States approved for ESEA flexibility

States with ESEA flexibility requests under review

Source: USED

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In August 2013, the CORE districts’ waiver was approved.It allowed these districts to pursue a new holistic accountability model for schools and freed up $110 million in Title 1 “set-asides” for more effective use

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10School Quality Improvement System Commitments

Principle 1

College- & Career-Ready

Standards

Principle 3

Supporting Effective

Teaching & Leadership

Principle 2 Differentiated

Accountability, Recognition, &

Support

11 Elbow Partners

How is the approach of the School Quality Improvement System similar to and/or different from how you think about improving education?

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What

How

Why

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Communities of Practice are one of the

“hows” of the

School Quality Improvement System

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Understand the purpose of the Communities of Practice Program, why it is part of the School Quality Improvement System, and how it aligns with the broader philosophy of the CORE member districts

Understand how the Communities of Practice structure fits in work that schools are already engaged in

Begin to build relationships with one another in order to create a Community of Practice in support of the work ahead

Identify a specific area of focus and Problem of Practice

Begin to develop your first Plan/ Do/ Study/ Act (PDSA) cycle around your problem of practice

Having engaged in the “Plan” portion of the PDSA cycle

Before you leave today, your Community of Practice will…

15 Individually, read the text selection – 10

minutes

Record on 3 index cards (1 category per card):

•One key word

•One phrase

•One sentence

Place the cards in the center of table, and

categorize the cards together

16• What are some things that

pop out for you?

• How might you compare and contrast your individual choices?

• What are some relationships between the words, phrases, and sentences you selected?

• What are some connections you’re making between this text and your own work?

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17 Elevator Speech

Discuss and come to a consensus of your group’s definition of a Community of Practice

Write a 1 minute “elevator speech” on an index card to summarize

The person at the table born the furthest from our current location will report out to the whole group (1 minute timed)

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Time with Your

Community

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Introduce yourself to the group:Name, role at your site, and what excites you about working in a learning community

On a sticky note, write a norm that is a priority for you. Share your norm with your school team. As a team agree on 2 norms to share with your community of practice. Chart your norms.

As a community of practice, agree on 4 norms for your CoP. These established norms will be adhered to every time your CoP works together.

Building Community and Establishing Norms…

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Break

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What is a Problem ofPractice?

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• focuses on the instructional core (What teachers and students are doing and the content being addressed).

• is directly observable.• is actionable (is within the school’s/district’s

control and can be improved in real time).• connects to a broader strategy of

improvement (school, feeder pattern, system).

• is high-leverage (if acted on, it would make a significant difference for student learning).

 

An Effective Problem of Practice Statement…..

23 Problem of Practice Activity

• With your partner/s, look at the slip of paper you’ve been given and read columns 1 and 2. Column 1 is a good PoP Statement and Column 2 isn’t.

• Decide with your group what makes column 1 more appropriate than column 2 and jot that down in the empty box.

24 Community of Practice Problem Statement

• With your Community of Practice, decide on a priority challenge/problem of practice

• Have the group decide on a problem of practice – a priority challenge that, if addressed effectively, would likely make a significant difference in these results. A problem of practice represents a serious issue, something that really needs to change.

• Consider urgency, your capacity to address this challenge, and which students would be affected by dressing this challenge.Articulate your problem of practice in writing. Be specific and cite data.

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Chart your problem of practice statement.

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Enjoy your lunch!

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What is a PDSA Cycle?

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Time with Your

Community

30Planning the “D” portion of the first PDSA Cycle

Change/Strategy:• What is the change (or strategy or approach) we are implementing?• What do we need to do before we implement the strategy or

approach?• How will we carry out the strategy or approach?

31Planning the “D” portion of the first PDSA Cycle

Evidence:• What types of evidence will we collect?• How will we collect this evidence? How often will we collect this

evidence?• Who will collect this evidence?• What are our milestones? How will we progress monitor to know

how we are doing during implementation?

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Time with Your

Site Team

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What specific actions do we need to take at our site to implement the agreed upon actions?

What stakeholders do we need to include to implement our agreed upon actions?

What considerations do we need to be mindful of as we implement the work?

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CoP Share-Out/Reflection