School Improvement
Educators today are faced with significant challenges as they strive to improve
academic performance and perform effectively in demanding, multifaceted roles. Ohio
has recognized the need for framing a leadership development agenda that responds
to these challenges. To this end, the Ohio Improvement Process
(OIP) will be the model for school improvement work with districts.
Leadership is a core component of the OIP, which provides four stages for aligning
structures, tools and people to significantly improve instructional practice and
student performance. The four stages include:
- Identifying and prioritizing needs based upon data analysis
- Developing a focused plan
- Implementing and monitoring the focused plan
- Evaluating the improvement process
A tool to accompany the work of districts in the data analysis stage is the Decision
Framework (DF). The purpose of this tool is to allow district leadership teams to:
- Sort through and categorize data in meaningful ways
- Prioritize areas of need and make decisions based on analysis of data
- Identify root causes of prioritized needs
- Develop a more focused plan leading to improved student achievement.
The State Support Team will assist identified district in the facilitation of this
process beginning in the 2008-2009 school year.
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