This message is intended for Focus and Priority schools only.
School Improvement Plans are generally designed to define targeted work that raises the achievement of students. As best practice, School Improvement Plans should be visited often, through the process of
data review and effective action planning.
As a reminder, by June 30, 2015,
all Focus and Priority schools will need to resubmit their School Improvement Plan through the Comprehensive Planning web application. There are a few additions to the SIP that are outlined below and will need to be completed for the resubmission process.
The 4 sections within the web application that will need to be completed, over and above any revisions you have made to your plan are the ‘Planning Committee’, ‘Assurances’, ‘Assurance of Quality and Accountability’
and the ‘Evaluation of School Improvement Plan’.
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The ‘Planning Committee’ Section should be updated prior to resubmission. Suggested members of your planning committee are listed below.
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The ‘Assurances’ section has 4 parts: Verifying Assurances 1-12, Verifying Assurance 13 and for Priority Schools, indicating a response per the completion of an evaluation with an Academic Recovery Liaison
(ARL).
The fourth section in ‘Assurances’ is the Title I Addendum. If your school is implementing a schoolwide Title I Program, you will need to upload a new copy of your Title I Addendum. Simply download the Word
document within the application and then upload the document after you have completed it.
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The ‘Evaluation of School Improvement Plan’ section asks your school to reflect upon the past year of the School Improvement Plan to evaluate the success of the plan, indicate any continuing concerns and provide
a summary of the initiatives you have revised in your plan.
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The ‘Assurance of Quality and Accountability’ section defines the signatures needed for the Superintendent/CEO and Board President. These users will need to ensure they have Author or Planning Leader access
(within the web application) in order to enter their signature into the plan.
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After all revisions have been made, please follow the steps below to ensure your plan will be submitted.
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Superintendent/CEO and Board President sign the plan
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Check plan for issues
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Add additional comments if needed
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Submit
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Reviewer (IU Executive Director) receives notification your plan was submitted
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IU Executive Director reviews plan (approves or asks for revisions)
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IU Executive Director signs plan and submits to generate an archived version
As an additional note, all Priority and Focus schools that are required to resubmit their School Improvement Plan (SIP) annually by June 30th, will need to
post their plan for 28 days prior to submission. This public review can simply consist of running a “total plan output” report of the plan and posting the plan on your school’s webpage. Posting the plan to the public for 28 days encourages parent and
public involvement and allows schools to be transparent in their turnaround efforts. For directions on pulling a copy of your revised School Improvement Plan, please see below.
Directions on pulling a report of your SIP:
On the overview screen, select “Plan Output Reports” and click on “Total Plan Output”.
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With all sections checked, click on “Build Plan Output”.
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A Microsoft Word document will be populated. From there, save the revised SIP as a PDF file and post to your school’s webpage for 28 days.
If you have any questions regarding this process, please contact our PA Planning Support Team by emailing
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You may also visit the Comprehensive Planning wikispace by going to
http://compplanning.wiki.caiu.org/ for additional resources regarding this update.
Voiceover of this messaging:
http://www.screencast.com/t/czu3eiuFdR.
A PDF file of this communication is attached, if needed.
Thank you,
PA Planning Team
717-732-8403
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