Roundtable #6Strategic Focus on Big Milestones Monday, July 17, 2017 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Roundtable #6—Strategic Focus on Big Milestones Monday, July 17, 2017

Essential Question for The Intensive How can we create strategic focus in the coming school year?

Our Agenda for Today • 12-month Milestone goals • Big Indicators • Assignments & ToAs • Q&A

Module 6: Big Indicators • Stable • Quantitative • Objective

Module 6: Big Indicators • Not a progress monitoring tool • A planning tool – Big enough – Focused on the right levers • What would move the needle?

Module 6: 12-Month Milestone Goals • Purpose • Phase—major accomplishments representing tangible progress toward Purpose goal • Progress • Practice

Module 6: 12-Month Milestone Goals • Where do we want to be a year from now? • What do we want to have accomplished a year from now?

Module 6: 12-Month Milestone Goals • Major project to accomplish in 12 months • Directly aimed at moving the needle on a Big Indicator • Has a Theory of Action

12-Month Milestone ToA • How is this supposed to work? – Cause-and-effect chain – Conditions for success – Unintended consequences – “Success” without results?

Assignments—Module 6 • Big Indicators • 12-Month Milestone Goal Plan • 12-Month Milestone Schedule

Roundtable Question #1 1. What 12-Month Milestone goal are you thinking about? (Drafts are OK!) 2. What questions do you have about it?

Roundtable Question #2 How many 12-month milestones do you think your school currently has?

Assignments—Module 7 • Freight Elevators • Meeting Backlogs • Backlog Management Tool Setup

Assignments—Module 1 • Initiative Inventory: Your School’s Work In Progress • Leadership Vision: Finding Your True North • Vision Plan: Setting 4 Types of Goals

Assignments—Module 2 • Staff Performance Rundown: Precheck vs. Enhanced Screening • Inventory: Staff Readiness for Change

Assignments—Module 3 • Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment Approaches Inventory • Instructional Theory of Action

Assignments—Module 4 • Hat Rack—Major Roles & Areas of Responsibility • Big Levers: How I Impact Student Learning • Leadership ToA: Finding the Nuance

Assignments—Module 5 • Lean vs Bulk Change Inventory • Early Adopter Consultation Plan • HEAT Inquiry Cycle Plan • Improvement ToA