MI-CSI+Documents+03-22-13

Dear MI CSI Team,

At our February 27th team meeting we altered the agenda to include Nancy Fahner in the morning. Nancy shared the work we have been developing internally to update the School Improvement Framework. This is a fast track to receive input from many groups and MI CSI is an essential team in this process. Our plan is to include a session at the SI Conference to share and receive feedback on Strand IV School and Community Relations before going out for Public Comment in the spring time with a pilot to follow. At SIFN Nancy will share the input given, you may have another opportunity to give feedback. We really appreciate all your help on this very important endeavor.

We proposed to the group about having Karen Hairston work with us to develop School Improvement Modules based on the PowerPoints through Michigan Virtual University- similar to the ones developed for coaching. We will give you an update on March 22, 2013, our next meeting.

Renie Araoz, Diane Fleming, Christi Lopez and I gave a final look for language changes and filtering out AdvancED procedural slides – we want only Process slides in these PowerPoints. The System PowerPoint at this time is not ready to move on, we will continue the focus of District/System Training.

Christi embedded all the activities so please look at the PowerPoints by March 22, before our meeting. The following Monday, March 25, 2013 ,  all the slides will have another vetting trip before we proceed with developing training modules. We would like to have these reloaded on our MDE website before the SI Conference.

Those present on February 27th worked with us on creating a priority list and from that a timeline for products. We discussed the need for training around systems and districts to help inform our work. We will follow up with a plan for training. The priority list and a timeline are attached.

The discussion was to identify the two presentations to be done by MI CSI at the School Improvement Conference April 18th. Please see below for the descriptions. The group wanted to include everyone so you may find your name added. If this is a problem let us know. Everyone will be comped for April 18th.

As I stated the next meeting is March 22, 2013. We will be back at the AdvancED Michigan building. The group on the 27th wanted time to prep for the conference and we have other discussions based on the above decisions. The agenda is also attached.

Please let Christi know whether you will be attending **ASAP** for planning, food and materials needs.

Thanks, Diane

NOTE FROM CHRISTI: The PowerPoint presentations are too large to send through in one email, so I will be sending them individually. Also, I will upload all of the March 22 documents to the Wiki.


 * __AdvancED Michigan/MDE Presentations by MI CSI __**

So you’ve put together a great school improvement plan—how will you know if it is working? Is it making a difference in student achievement? This session helps outline how you can monitor and evaluate the programs, strategies, and activities of your building’s plan. You will learn ways to monitor AND evaluate both implementation and impact.
 * **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Monitor and Evaluate: Inspect What You Expect! **

//<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Presenters: Carrie H., Jennifer S., Deb A**.,** Lisa B., Deb D., and Kathy Miller //


 * **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Title: Your School Improvement Plan is written, now Implement! **

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">How do you turn the great ideas from your School Improvement plan into action? This session will provide you with tools to strategically implement your school improvement plan. Participants will be introduced to the MDE Program Planning Tool. This tool is developed around a set of questions that schools can use to help them ensure effective implementation of their school improvement strategies. This tool investigates readiness for implementation, staff and administrator knowledge and skills, and essential organizational structures that support implementation. Dig into implementation and leave with tools to use with your school or district. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Presenters: Beth Brophy, Lisa Guzzardo-Asaro, Ben Boerkoel, Dodie Raycraft and Carolyn Rakotz