Turnaround Principles meetings Provided professional development to Outreach Coordinators to ensure understanding of Turnaround Principles and consistent monitoring Outreach Division of School Improvement leadership Monitoring handbook, agendas from PD dates IDOE Outreach team MA Rooney Foundation Mass Insight Variance in coordinator background knowledge and skill levels Provided professional development and training to LEAs to ensure understanding of expectations and requirements of Turnaround Principles 12/2013 (regional annually Outreach Division of School Improvement Outreach Division of School resource guide PowerPoint from meetings IDOE technology team IDOE Outreach team MA Rooney Foundation Timeframe to communicate expectations, complete work, and beginning monitoring after grades were released late; this will not be an obstacle going forward Monitored and conducted two visits of Priority Schools using the eight Turnaround Principles and completed a summative rubric outlining progress with implementation of interventions ongoing Outreach Division of School Improvement Summative monitoring reports, emails to LEAs with schedules, and surveys returned following visits Outreach Division of School Improvement Timeframe to complete the on-site visits and working with school schedules, which will be mitigated going forward Provided a follow-up survey for LEAs to respond to monitoring visits and provide feedback to the SEA Outreach Division of School Improvement Returned surveys Outreach Division of School Improvement LEAs returning surveys
Formal memo and ongoing follow-up communication to Superintendents and Principals to ensure materials, tools, and expectations were clearly communicated and disseminated annually Outreach Division of School Improvement Formal memo and ongoing emails N/A Ensuring all stakeholders are informed through multiple methods of communication Contracted with Mass Insight to become a member of the State Development Network to build the capacity of our Outreach Division of School Improvement staff. The IDOE will utilize the State Diagnostic Report from Mass Insight to inform our next steps and goals going forward. IDOE State Diagnostic Report from Mass Insight Mass Insight staff Membership fee Key Component #2 Aligning planning and monitoring tools to facilitate the determination of whether each school is concurrently implementing all ESEA flexibility turnaround principles for three years Key Milestones and activities Party Responsible Evidence Resources Significant obstacles Developed a rubric and priority areas of improvement feedback form to provide LEAs with technical assistance on intervention selection and implementation Outreach Division of School Improvement Monitoring handbook and documents provided to LEAs IDOE Outreach Division and Dave English, USED Timeframe for rollout is very short and understanding the requirements at a detailed level
obstacle Key Component #3 Reviewing the performance and qualifications of non-SIG priority school principals at the SEA level and determining whether the current principal has demonstrated a past track record of improving achievement and has the ability to lead the turnaround effort Key Milestones and activities Detailed Timeline Party Responsible Evidence Resources Significant obstacles Communication with LEA superintendents to ensure an understanding of the requirements for Priority School Principals annually Outreach Division of School Improvement December memo, Meeting with Agenda from regional meetings Outreach Division of School Improvement Indiana State Teacher’s Association Indiana Association of Public School Indiana Association of School Principals Indiana Federation of Teachers Indiana School Board Association Quick timeframe and need to reach schools throughout the state; going forward, this is not an anticipated obstacle Provided superintendents with an evaluation tool aligned with the Turnaround Principles to facilitate the requirement of ability to do the turnaround work ongoing Outreach Division of School Improvement Evaluating tool Outreach Division of School Improvement Dave English, USED Quick timeframe and need to communicate with many different stakeholders ; going forward this is not anticipated to be an obstacle Provided school and district leadership teams with technical assistance and professional Outreach Division of School Improvement Regional meeting agenda and training materials Outreach staff Implementing a new process
development to understand Turnaround Principle One: Ensuring Strong Leadership Provided documents to facilitate the determination of a principal’s past track record of student success and evidence requirements annually Outreach Division of School Improvement Ensuring strong leadership documents Outreach staff Aligning documents to FAQ requirements Provided superintendents with ensuring strong leadership documents and verification forms requiring signatures and submittal to the IDOE annually Outreach Division of School Improvement Evidence documents and verification forms Outreach staff Communicating expectations and following up with LEAs Utilized a rubric internally to evaluate the evidence submitted from LEAs to the IDOE annually Outreach Division of School Improvement Rubric documents Outreach staff Training internal IDOE staff to evaluate evidence consistently Provided internal IDOE staff training to effectively and consistently evaluate LEA leadership documents Outreach Division of School improvement Examples used in training of staff Outreach and Legal staff Finding a common time for training Responded to LEAs by April 15, regarding determinations made by the IDOE after reviewing evidence and allowed LEAs two weeks to resubmit missing evidence Outreach Division of School Improvement Yes and No letters Outreach and Legal staff Quick timeframe and staff capacity to evaluate evidence