Planning Today for Tomorrow

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Planning Today for Tomorrows Success

• The Center for Comprehensive School Reform and
  Improvement

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Our Mission

• The Centers mission is to help
• schools organize, plan, implement,
• and sustain improvement.

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What is The Center?

• Based in DC, we are federally funded
• Was connected with past federal CSR program
• We are neutral
• All materials and activities are research-based
  and are free
• Learning Point Associates (LPA), based in
  Naperville, IL, is our mothership
• There are four people in our office but through
  LPA, we have access to many more people

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Our Products and Services

• Our Ask-an-Expert service
• Our research-based materials
• Our district-level, on-the-ground technical
  assistance

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Ask-an-Expert

• From LA Im looking forresearch or dataon (1)
  the number of and (2) the success rates related
  to school performance/improvement of charter
  schools that are run by local organizations/person
  s compared to charter school that are operated by
  national organizations (Edison schools, KIPP,
  etc.).

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Ask-an-Expert

• From CA Do you have specific studies about STEM
  schools?
• From PA Were searching for a comprehensive
  middle school reading program that is flexible
  enough to use with all levels. Of course it must
  be researched based. I'm not finding any out
  there. Do you know of any?

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Our materials

• Newsletters
• Issue Briefs
• Research Briefs
• Policy Briefs
• Webcasts and DVDs of those webcasts

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Our newsletters

• Very practitioner-friendly
• Persevere to be current and topical
• About 1500 words
• Useful for a school-based professional
  development session, PLC-based conversation, or

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Titles of a few newsletters

• Getting to "Got It! Helping Mathematics Students
  Reach Deep Understanding
• Serving Recent Immigrant Students Through
  School-Community Partnerships
• Maximizing the Impact of Teacher Collaboration
• Using Positive Student Engagement to Increase
  Student Achievement

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The Centers algebra webcast
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The Centers webcast

• Yes, the webcast was greatand the Centers
  web site has a wealth of information. I'll be
  passing this information along to other
  districts.
• Jo Ann Miller, Professional Development Chair,
  Catoosa (OK) Public Schools

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More on The Centers webcast

• Yes, I found the webcast usefulMany of the
  topics that you hit are areas which have been big
  discussion topics in my workshopsThis was good
  because it reinforces what I am working on in
  northern MichiganThank you again for the time
  you put into the webcast. It allows access to
  quality discussions for people like me that are
  somewhat isolated.
• Judy Falk, GIS Teacher, Gaylord (MI) Community
  Schools

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Technical assistance partnerships

• District of Columbia Public Schools
• American Civil Liberties Union
• Elmira City (NY) Public Schools
• Ithaca (NY) Public Schools
• Spotsylvania (VA) Public Schools
• DCs Public Charter School Board

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What else do we do?

• Presentations at district-level and state-level
  meetings, national and state-level conferences,
  etc.
• State-level technical assistance (NC)
• The Centers self-administered school review tool

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Our School ReviewProcess Guide

• A free, easy-to-follow, systematic process for
  schools to collect and analyze data and plan for
  school improvement without having to employ
  consultants

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It includes

• Step by step instructions for convening a
  leadership team, developing a mission and vision,
  and planning the school improvement process
• Electronic matrices for collection and analysis
  of quantitative and qualitative school data
• Field-tested surveys for gathering perceptual
  data from school and community stakeholders
• Template for developing the school improvement
  plan

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Based on six research-supported quality
indicators for successful schools

• Strong curriculum
• Effective instructional practices
• Effective use of student performance data
• Positive school culture focused on achievement
• Effective school leadership
• Parental involvement

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And its free

• The School Review Process Guide is for
  distribution to schools at no cost
• Ready this fall, in electronic format and hard
  copy

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Any questions or comments?
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at Learning Point Associates
E-Mail Abner.oakes_at_learningpt.org 1100 17th St
NW, Suite 500 Washington, D.C. 20036 202-223-6725
General Information 877-277-2744
www.centerforcsri.org