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This message is intended for Focus and Priority schools and any individual working with those schools
School Improvement Plans (SIP) 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, in order to adhere to federal accountability requirements,
Focus and Priority schools will be required to resubmit their School Improvement Plan through the Comprehensive Planning web application by
June 30, 2018.
The PA Planning Team conducted a webinar on May 25, 2018 at 9:00 am to review the process of completing and submitting the School Improvement Plan. To view
the recording of this training, please click
here and scroll down to “Recorded Trainings”.
There are a few additions to the SIP that are outlined below (and attached) and will need to be completed for the resubmission process.
Overview Page:
Navigating with the Compass:
The sections within the web application that will need to be completed and/or revised,
over and above any revisions you have made to your plan are: Stakeholder Involvement
(Planning Committee), School Improvement (Assurances), Coordination of Programs
(only if implementing a Title I schoolwide program), Affirmations and the
Evaluation of School Improvement Plan.
The
Stakeholder Involvement (Planning Committee) section should be updated prior to submission. Please be sure to
identify the stakeholders who participated in the development of your school plan. Suggested members of your planning committee
are listed below.
The
School Improvement (Assurances) section has 2 parts: Verifying Assurances 1-11 and an Assurance for Priority schools.
The Coordination of Programs is to be completed by schools implementing a Title I schoolwide program. If you are NOT implementing a Title I schoolwide Program, you will be directed to proceed to the next section.
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. Please note that your responses from last year’s resubmission are available at the bottom of the screen and are not editable.
The
Affirmations section defines the signatures needed for the Superintendent/CEO and Board President. These users will need to ensure they have a PDE portal account as well as “Author” or “Planning Leader” access within the web application in order to
enter their signature.
After affixing signatures, a member with “Planning Leader” access will need to select the
Status and History hyperlink at the bottom of the Affirmations screen to be directed to the final step before submission through the web application.
Once on the
Status and History screen, the “Planning Leader” will select Check School Improvement Plan for Issues. This will run a check of the entire School Improvement Plan to ensure all required areas have been completed.
If no issues are present, the “Planning Leader” will be provided with a comment box to enter optional comments to the IU Executive Director. After comments
are entered (if necessary), the user will select the Submit button.
After submission, the IU Executive Director will receive notification that your plan was submitted. The IU Executive Director will review the plan and approve
or ask for revisions to be made. Once the plan has been approved, the IU Executive Director will enter his/her signature to the
Affirmations page and your school will be notified of approval. The School Improvement Plan (resubmission copy) will be archived in the system for your reference.
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 website. 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.
With all sections checked, click on
Build Plan Output.
A Microsoft Word
document will be populated. From there, save the revised SIP as a PDF file and post to your school’s website for 28 days.
If you have any questions regarding this process, please contact our PA Planning Team by emailing
[log in to unmask] or calling 717-732-8403. You may also visit our Google Site by going to
https://compplanning.caiu.org for additional resources regarding this update.
*A copy of this communication is also attached for your reference*
Thank you,
PA Planning Team
717-732-8403
CP Google Site:
compplanning.caiu.org
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