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Resources

  • An Introduction to Continuous School ImprovementYouTube Video Link (12-minute video) - This video is a brief overview of continuous school improvement and includes many school improvement resources available to all schools.​
    • ​An Introduction to Continuous School Improvement PresentationPDF Document 
  • A Year in the Life and Monthly Topics in School ImprovementYouTube Video Link (6-minute video) - This video highlights the month-by-month timeline for school improvement called A Year in the Life. The companion resource, Monthly Topics in School Improvement, provides essential questions at the center of school improvement that district and school leaders should use to engage with education partners.
    • ​​A Year in the Life and Monthly Topics in School Improvement Prese​ntationPDF Document 
  • Identifying the School Leadership TeamYouTube Video Link (6-minute video) - This video will help schools form a School Leadership Team whose focus is to develop, implement, monitor, and evaluate the School Improvement Plan.
    • Identifying the School Leadership Team PresentationPDF Document
  • Conducting a School Level Needs AssessmentYouTube Video Link (4-minute video) - This video introduces the school-level needs assessment which is administered during the planning year and is used to launch school improvement planning processes.
    • ​​Conducting a School Level Needs Assessment PresentationPDF Document
  • Engaging in a Root Cause AnalysisYouTube Video Link (6-minute video) - This video will assist the School Leadership Team in conducting a Root Cause Analysis.  
    • ​Engaging in a Root Cause Analysis PresentationPDF Document
  • ​ Building a Community Engagement GroupYouTube Video Link (4-minute video) - This video provides guidance for forming a Community Engagement Group and explains the role filled by such group in the process of school improvement​.
    • Building a Stakeholder Advisory Group Present​ationPDF Document ​​
  • Monitoring a School Improvement PlanYouTube Video Link (8-minute video) - After your School Improvement Plan has been developed, ongoing, timely, and purposeful monitoring of school improvement efforts must be undertaken.  This video shares a protocol that the Principal and School Leadership Team can implement for monitoring the SIP. ​
    • ​Presentation​PDF Document​​
  • Equity Journey ContinuumYouTube Video Link - This video will help you discover, understand, and improve your district's story.
  • Integrating Equity Journey Continuum Data​YouTube Video Link - This video will assist you and your schools with integrating your equity journey continuum data into your school level needs assessment.
    • Integrating Equity Journey Continuum Data into the School Level Needs Assessment​​PDF Document​

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