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School Continuous Improvement Plan Template for Principals
In a district the size of Columbus, providing professional development for busy school principals can be a real challenge.
Thanks to staff development leaders Gloria Edgerton and Deborah Evans, the challenge is met in a hands-on, principal-friendly learning environment at the Kingswood Center for Assessment and Accountability.
Regardless of district, school principals are more accountable than ever for meeting the goals of their School Continuous Improvement Plan (SCIP). In Columbus, each school plan is focused on three essentials:
Goal One: Increase Student Academic Achievement
Goal Two: Operate the District More Efficiently and Effectively
Goal Three: Increase Hope, Trust and Confidence in the Columbus Public Schools
The Workshop
In 90-minute sessions, participants learn the purpose of the online SCIP document for tracking performance data, analyzing the data, and making decisions about instructional strategies for improvement.
Workshop Outcomes for SCIP Template
- To ensure that the process is data driven
- To make analyzing and developing the SCIP an easier process
- To encourage more staff involvement
- To promote continuous feedback
- To increase student achievement on standards
Agenda
Welcome 8:00-8:15 AM
Accessing SCIP template 8:10-8:25AM
SCIP Template Overview 8:25-9:00AM (Closing the Gap, Math, Attendance, Climate Executive Summary & its uses)
Teacher access & SCIP input 9:00-9:15AM
Questions & Comments 9:15-9:30AM
Learning topics
No napping in this workshop. Principals accessed their own schools, then worked through the template, learning from facilitators what they needed to do every step of the way. Some highlights:
- In data screens that capture documents, only principals can approve or delete documents.
- Documents include Citizenship, Mathematics, Reading, and Science scores. Writing is embedded in every content area to support improved performance on short-answer and extended-response items.
- Closing the Gap documents include important student information: ethnicity graph, gender, and socio-economic status.
Attendance documents show data over 4 years, including a stability graph. This graph shows percentage of students in attendance at least half the year, increase in mobility, decrease in stability—all potential factors affecting proficiency performance
Online curriculum guides help principals examine proficiency content strands to monitor instructional delivery of curriculum.
Access to research-based strategies puts support online—virtual professional assistance. For every strategy, professional development resources are linked online, including local and web-based resources.
Principals use template information to plan school-based workshops around early-release dates and staff meetings.
Funds for workshop facilitation, materials, conference registration fees, and meeting supplies are also listed online.
Bottom line: The SCIP is not just a compliance document. It’s an online instructional improvement workshop.
If your district doesn”t have a similar document, lobby for it. For more information, contact the Columbus City Schools Office of Accountability Systems (614/345-6471).
