Plan Do Study Act

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Plan - Do - Study - Act

• Lets Talk About School Improvement That Works!

Is Your Current System for Improvement Working?
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Is This Session for You?

• Are you satisfied with your student achievement
  results?
• Are your stakeholders satisfied?
• Do you know where to initiate change to yield
  better results?

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You Are in the Right Place If . . .

• You are overwhelmed,
• You believe what you are currently doing is not
  making the big difference in student achievement
  you had hoped for,
• You are ready to re-energize your use of PDSA

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PDSA

• Is only a tool when not used appropriately!
• Is not a thing to do, its a way to do!
• Its a frame of mind!
• Its ongoing, a cycle!

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Preparing for change

• Strategic Quality Planning is a way to assess the
  organizations current state, describe its
  desired future state, and move toward its desired
  future state.
• It is best led by administration but . . .
• Everyone has a hand in becoming involved in its
  implementation.

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How does the cycle work?

• Start with S!
• Yes, thats rightyou cant create a plan unless
  you know where you are. Study current
  information and pinpoint areas of improvement.

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Preparing for change

• Plan a change to improve your system that
  produces results important to stakeholders,
  especially those closest to the work,
• Use an Expectation/ Assumption analysis, the
  results of a simple survey, or a data collection
  session to help target areas of improvement.

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Quality Tools

• Dont disguise what you already are doing as CLS
  best practices,
• There are tools which are specific to each stage
  of continuous improvement,
• There is a relationship which exists between the
  tools and their use.

For a detailed review of each tools use, please
see the Tools of the Trade presentation. For
blank templates, click the, Templates link on
the CLS website.
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The Statistical Toolbox (nothing but the facts)

• Histogram
• Pareto Diagram
• Run Chart
• Scatter Diagram

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The Managerial Toolbox (when in doubt, map it
out)

• Affinity Diagram
• Flow Chart
• Force Field Analysis
• (drivers/preventers)
• Relations Diagram
• Tree Diagram
• Fishbone
• Rubrics
• Ripple Effect Diagram

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The Feeling Toolbox (soft data thats hard core)

• Check Sheet
• Survey
• Plus/Delta
• Consensogram

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How does the cycle work?

• Have you got an area to work on?
• Is there data to back your decision?
• If you had to prove to someone that this goal was
  worth your time and effort, could you do it?

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How does the cycle work?

• P stands for PLAN
• What are the desired results (your (goal or
  goals)?
• How will you measure progress toward that goal?
• How will you know when youve gotten there?
• What resources will you need to get the job done?

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Wildly important goals

• How do you know when a goal is worthwhile?
• Use your filter!!!
• If it doesnt make you or your
• stakeholders wild about change
• ditch it!

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The Goal Filter

• Screen your individual or team goals for
  importance in terms of leadership, strategy, and
  stakeholder needs.
• For a copy of the Goal Importance Screen sheet,
  please see the Documents link on the CLS
  website.

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How does the cycle work?

• D stands for DO
• What action steps will you
• take to accomplish your
• plan?
• Who is responsible for the to-do list items?
• Are you tracking progress, collecting data?

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How does the cycle work?

• S stands for STUDY
• What did you accomplish?
• What were the results?
• What was the impact of the intended improvement?
• What does the data say?

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How does the cycle work?

• A stands for ACT
• Was your plan successful?
• Will you continue doing it or
• alter your plan?
• Can you apply the change to another area?
• When will this change be evaluated again and
  when?

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Plan-Do-Study-Act

• The journey of continuous improvement is never
  done,
• Display your project work visibly,
• Leaders should set the example as learners
  themselves, and should make it easier for others
  to learn and share throughout the organization.

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• Celebrate and recognize success!!!
• Reward yourself and others

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And when youre done

• Play it again Sam!

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PDSA

• Everyday
• In every way!!!