WelcomeNEW USERS

Please set up your microphone using the Audio Wizard

(found in Tools)Webinar Norms…Keep the audio muted when not speakingUse headphones so microphones do not re-transmitUse webinar non-verbal tools“Raise hand” if you have a questionUse the “Step away from session” button

Useful Tools in Blackboard

Chat Box:

Returning Users Webinar – September 9 & 11, 2014

Purpose…• Review STEPP Processes• Update School/Team information• Update Assessed Indicators/Tasks• NEW - Upload Folder• NEW – Flagging• NEW – Spotlight• NEW - Schoolwide Plan Connection• Time for Q&A

The Six Domains Include...•Curriculum•Assessment•Instruction•Supportive Learning Environment•Professional Development•Leadership

(Within these domains are 32 performance indicators)

Alaska STEPP supports a Continuous Improvement Model

Create Plan

Implement

Monitor (assess)

Revise (plan)

Implement

Assess (Indicators

)

Alaska STEPP is a place to build that framework.

The indicators of effective practice are the framework that support the school. Like a house, in a school plan something is usually in need of being updated or replaced.

Annual Updates:

• School Information / Team Information• Needs Assessment• Upload Folder (remove/save old, upload new

needs assessment and comprehensive plan)• Indicators (new, re-assessed, flagged)• Tasks (new, completed, revised)• Monitoring (updates, completed)• Meetings (set regular schedule for the year)• SW Plan Review

New! – Folders

You will now see 3 folders. • Last year – assurance/needs

assessment• This year – assurance/needs

assessment• Spare – Misc Documents

Save up to 11 total – BUT – MOVE THEM to your own hard drive at the end of the year.

Update School/Team Information

School Information: - Includes Principal and Process Manager (who enters information into the system and schedules team meetings, if the Principal does not do this)

Team Information: - Includes team members, phone, email contacts. Add a New Team Member – use the button. Delete/Edit a Team Member – Double Click the name to get a popup box.

Indicators – New! - Re-Assessed/Flagged• Flagged indicators will appear on the Assess Button• Filters may be selected for Flagged, Key, or

Spotlight indicators• Display all indicators will show those that have NOT

yet been assessed, or have been flagged, on the “2. Indicators to Assess” tab, and those assessed at Limited or Full (but not yet flagged) on the “3. Indicators Assessed” tab – unless a filter is selected.

Flagged indicators will not count as “Assessed” in this column – they are considered ‘Not Assessed’

Flagged indicators show up as to be assessed.

Remember to Save

Past history for a Flagged indicator is here.

Update who is responsible for a task and when it will be completed.

Update actual tasks, and whether or not they have been completed.

Updating Tasks

Monitor ProgressMonitor button gives a snapshot of objectives and tasks/% completed. Tasks may be updated from here by clicking on the objective.

NEW! - Spotlight Indicators

Helpful for:• Focusing a team on Key indicators plus one or two• Focusing a team on only 3 indicators per year• Selecting only indicators a Title IA School Wide

planning team will need• Focusing a team on Parent Involvement only

Select the Spotlight Indicators Page using one of these two buttons.

Indicators must first be added to the Spotlight Indicator List below. Then they may be selected using the filter, which will then show only Spotlight Indicators on Subsequent Pages – Create/Monitor

All other pages (Create, Monitor, Reports) will then have the option to remove the Spotlight Indicator filter somewhere on the page. Individual Spotlight Indicators may only be changed/removed from the Spotlight Page

http://education.alaska.gov/aksupport/#c3gtabs-stepp

STEPP as a School Wide Plan – • 15 Indicators• Assurances• Annual Review

New! Leadership Page

Alaska STEPP is a team driven process for school improvement.

MEETING AGENDA SETUP

Video tutorial available

Using Alaska STEPP is a Process

Teams monitor the implementation of their plan over the course each and multiple years. The plan is never finished and teams continuously assess,plan, and monitor.

Resources

Patricia Farren – (907) 465-2892 patricia.Farren@Alaska.gov

Sheila Box – (907) 465-8743 sheila.box@Alaska.gov

EED Webpage – ORANGE Support Star FAQsSTEPP User’s ManualSchool Improvement HandbookInfo Sheets

STEPP Dashboard – Complete Forms Tab / Documents and Links Tab

Quiz Time! On a smartphone or if you have TWO screens at your desk, Go to: kahoot.itAnd enter the game pin you see and your name.