As professionals within the teaching profession, we recognize our responsibilities to continually analyze our practices in the pursuit of excellence. The education field is in continual evolution. Therefore, we as educators must work together to examine

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• As professionals within the teaching profession,
  we recognize our responsibilities to continually
  analyze our practices in the pursuit of
  excellence. The education field is in continual
  evolution. Therefore, we as educators must work
  together to examine our results and our practices
  through a continuous school improvement process.

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The Transition from School Accreditation to a
Learning Community Approach to Continuous School
Improvement

• Cape Breton Victoria Regional School Board

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Important benefits of CSI Process

• Focus on student achievement
• Increased collaboration amongst staff
• Contributes to improved student results
• Incites evidence-based decision making

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CSI -What has changed?

• More streamlined, more flexible, more responsive
  to school communitys needs
• Name change no longer accreditation. Continuous
  school improvement CSI
• The Principal is the instructional leader no
  co-chairs. There can be facilitators or leaders.
• Still data-based decision making, but a lot less
  data.
• No external involvement all supports, feedback
  and assessment done internally.

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CSI -How does it work?

• Elementary and Jr. High and High Schools continue
  to focus on literacy and numeracy.
• Schools establish Learning Communities
  subject-oriented, grade-level, common interest or
  need.
• Learning Communities analyze data student work,
  school-based assessment, Beginning Readers data,
  provincial assessment results, Achievement Gap
  Analysis etc.
• Based on data analysis, Learning Communities set
  a goal(s), and strategies to attain the goal(s)

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CSI -How does it work?

• Sample goal We are going to increase the reading
  comprehension level of students.
• Length of goal is dependent on the results
  Revisit annually
• At least 50 of PD time to be provided for
  Learning Community work.
• Opportunities throughout the year for Learning
  Communities to share with entire staff.
• Continue to collect Satisfaction Survey results
  every 5-years. Set school culture priority based
  on survey results.
• Continue to focus on Race Relations, Cultural
  Awareness and Human Rights. Report Annually on
  accomplishments and set annual priority.

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What do Learning Communities do?

• Step 1
• Analyze current practices
• What is it we want students to learn?
• How will we know when they have learned it?
• What will we do if they havent learned it?
• What will we do if they already know it?
• Analyze available data student work, classroom
  assessment results, provincial assessment
  results, reading levels, etc.

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What do Learning Communities do?

• Step 2 Set goals
• Based on the data, determine a goal.
• Develop baseline data
• Establish strategies 2-3 strategies per year

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What do Learning Communities do?

• Step 3
• Continue to collaborate implement strategies,
  explore and experiment in classrooms, share,
  discuss and monitor results. (action research)

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What do Learning Communities do?

• Step 4
• Quantitative data collect data and compare to
  baseline Do you see any growth in student
  achievement?
• What qualitative data do you have? What are
  teachers and students doing differently? What are
  you observing? (walk-throughs, professional
  conversation)

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What do Learning Communities do?

• Step 5
• Submit accounting of Learning Communitys
  activities to Principal, including goal(s), data,
  results (quantitative and qualitative)
• Determine whether to continue with goal, enhance
  goal, or look at another aspect of literacy and
  numeracy.

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What do Learning Communities do?

• Step 6
• We must support teachers to establish a culture
  within the school and within classrooms that is
  conducive to learning and teaching. We cannot
  ignore the fact that there are many variables
  that impact on the learning and teaching process.
  (Provincial Satisfaction Survey) School
  Performance Priority
• We must support teachers to understand social
  equity issues such as Race Relations, Cross
  Cultural Understanding, and Human Rights. RCH
  Priority

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What do Learning Communities do?

• Step 7 Annual Report
• Principal completes Annual Report for school
  community
• This is in newsletter format reporting on work
  and results of Learning Communities.

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How do we measure success?

• Teacher are working collaboratively in Learning
  Communities monitoring learning, exploring
  instructional and assessment strategies, setting
  goals, looking at quantitative and qualitative
  growth.
• The Principal will share with representation from
  Central Office a summary of Learning Community
  activities and results.
• Schools demonstrating a culture of continual
  school improvement will be recognized.

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