Continuous Improvement
In the CRCSD
Putting the Pieces Together
Introductions and Welcome!Introductions and Welcome!
• Why Continuous Improvement?
• What is Quality?• Continuous Improvement
Classroom• Alignment
Why This, Why Now?Why This, Why Now?• Mission: To develop
world-class learners and responsible citizens
• Core Value: Data Driven Decisions
• Goal: Improve all student performance, enhance social, emotional & behavioral development
The Big Question???The Big Question???
-Why is the CRCSD -Why is the CRCSD Embracing Quality Embracing Quality
and Continuous and Continuous Improvement?Improvement?
Why Quality and Continuous Why Quality and Continuous Improvement?Improvement?
Answer: The World Has Changed
The World is FlatThe World is Flat• Numbers Gap• Education Gap• Ambition Gap
Thomas Friedman
3 Factors Change the Game3 Factors Change the Game• America is now part of a
global economy• World’s economy based
increasingly on information
• Low cost countries are now able to compete on talent
Squirm Factors…Squirm Factors…• Computer programmer…
• United States $70,000
• India $8,250
• China $3,000
Employment: 1970’s Employment: 1970’s High Skill
Low Skill
Employment: 1990’s Employment: 1990’s High Skill
Low Skill
Semi Skill
Employment: 2010Employment: 2010High Skill
Low Skill
Semi Skill
1970’s1970’s 1990’s1990’s 20102010
Employment Skills
Necessary Employment Skills Are Changing
None of the top 10 jobs in 2010 exists today
-Former Ed. Secretary Richard Riley
The average person today will have 10 - 14 careers
The average job will last 3 – 5 years
-U.S. Department of Labor
Changing JobsChanging Jobs
Our ChallengeOur Challenge• How do we create the learning
environments that engage this generation?
• How do we equip today’s students with the skills and knowledge they need to be competitive in a global, information-based economy and contributing citizens?
Why Quality and Why Quality and Continuous Improvement?Continuous Improvement?
Answer: Students need a different set of skills to compete in today’s world
What Should We Teach?What Should We Teach?• Critical thinking skill areas must
be addressed:
• Information processing skills
• Information presentation skills
• Independent problem solving skills
• Interdependent team-working skills
2121stst Century Learning Skills Century Learning Skills
Transformation-Transformation- Teachers’ New Role:Teachers’ New Role:Teachers as CollaboratorsTeachers as Data UsersTeachers as Customizers
-Learning Point Associates 2004
Leading from the FutureLeading from the Future• Only way to prepare students
for a moving world is to project where it will be when they arrive - to have a vision of the future
• Leaders must think ahead to see what’s coming
So What Will Help Us Get There?So What Will Help Us Get There?• Continuous Improvement
Process & Tools • 4-Quality Levels & • PDSA
• Systems Thinking• Data Driven Decisions• Alignment and focusing on the
“critical few”
So What Will Help Us Get There?So What Will Help Us Get There?
• Continuous Improvement Process & Tools
• PDSA/Action Research• Data driven decisions• Systems thinking
Alignment
Data DrivenDecisions
Leadership Stakeholders & Customers
Quality Tools & Continuous Improvement Classroom
Staff Development
Continuous Improvement
Systems Thinking
PDSAAction
Research
Lotus DiagramLotus DiagramAlignment Systems
ThinkingPDSA/Action
Research
Data-Driven Decisions &
Measurement
Continuous Improvement
Quality Tools & Continuous
ImprovementClassroom
Leadership Stakeholders & Customers
Staff Development
How Can Schools Create An How Can Schools Create An Integrated Structure To Manage Integrated Structure To Manage
Continuous Improvement?Continuous Improvement?
How Will We Measure How Will We Measure Our Progress?Our Progress?
Balanced ScorecardBalanced Scorecard• 1.F: Increase % of students proficient
(above the 40th percentile) on ITBS/ITED in grades 3-12 in Reading, Math and Science
• 1.H: Increase % of students reading at or above grade level by the end of 2nd
grade• 2.G: Decrease student discipline office
referrals• 3.H: Increase ratio of SIP/Department goals
to updated and publicly displayed PDSA Story boards
Action Research/PDSAAction Research/PDSA
Lotus DiagramLotus DiagramAlignment Systems
ThinkingPDSA/Action
Research
Data-Driven Decisions &
Measurement
Continuous Improvement
Quality Tools& ContinuousImprovement
Classroom
Leadership Stakeholders & Customers
Staff Development
Ground rules created by students
Classroom mission
statements
Classroom and student
measurable goals
Quality tools and PDSA used regularly
The Continuous
Improvement Classroom
Classroom data centers
Classroom meetings
facilitated by students
Student-led conferences
Student data folders
“The world we created today has problems which cannot be solved by thinking the way we thought when we created
them.”