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Collaboration Spotlight: MNPS Learning Technology and SE Quadrant Leadership

1/19/2018

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I hope you enjoyed the snow days.  I know that I did.  Now, it is time to get back to the important work of supporting student success.

Prior to the snow break, I had the privilege of working with to MNPS teams--Learning Technology and the SE Quadrant Leadership.  During the two meetings, the collaborative inquiry process was used to facilitate discussion to dialogue to decision making.

To learn more about the work being done by both of these outstanding teams, click on the below links.
  • Learning Technology: www.mnpscollaboration.org/mnps-learning-tech-jan-2018.html
  • SE Quadrant Leadership: www.mnpscollaboration.org/mnps-se-quadrant-leadership-meeting-jan-2018.html

If you have a collaborative story to share or would like to request assistance, please contact Margie Johnson at margie.johnson@mnps.org.

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Collaboration Spotlight: Pre-K Family Involvement Specialists

11/17/2017

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On October 30th, the Pre-K Family Involvement Specialists had a retreat.  Marianna Merritt invited me to facilitate a session where the collaborative inquiry process was used to inform how family engagement can support student success.
The session began with an Activating and Engaging activity called Looking Back...Looking Ahead (Lipton & Wellman, 2011) where participants shared how family involvement in schools has changed from the past to now and then their vision for future family involvement.
For the Exploring and Discovering part of the collaborative inquiry process, a jigsaw strategy was used to have the family involvement specialists read their assigned pages of Parents 2017: Unleashing Their Power and Potential (Learning Heros, 2017) to identify 3 A's plus one (Lipton and Wellman, 2011).  This protocol has them identify one ting with which you agree, argue, and aspire.  Then, the plus one is an insight gleaned from the sharing.
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We Organized and Integrated the observations using the Traffic Light protocol (Lipton & Wellman, 2011) to discuss actions to stop, continue, and start.
Wonderful engagement and ideas were generated from this session. 

Check out the meeting minutes to see their reflections and meeting feedback.
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References:
Learning Hero. (2017, August).  Parents 2017: Unleashing their power & potential.  New York, NY: Learning Heroes.

Lipton, L. & Wellman, B. (2011).  Groups at work: Strategies and structures for professional learning.  Charlotte, VT: MiraVia, LLC.
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Collaboration Spotlight: Dr. Dottie Critchlow's Network Improvement Planning

2/28/2017

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In the last blog post, we talked about how it’s that time of year to begin planning for the 2017-2018 school year.  Dr. Dottie Critchlow is taking the SIP process one step further by modeling the collaborative inquiry process with her network principals to establish network improvement goals and plan.

Activating and Engaging

The discussion began by activating prior knowledge with an activity entitled, Got it! Need It!.  Individuals identified what they knew about the SIP process and what they need to know (see below chart). 
 
We also discussed their vision for the network (see below chart).
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Exploring and Discovering

During the exploring and discovering phase the critical part is to avoid making inferences and explanations about the data.  Instead, this phase is about sticking to just the facts and reporting observations. 
 
This phase begin with a brief overview of collaborative inquiry and a quick calibrating activity.   Principals then divided into small groups to make observations of their assigned data reports from the MNPS Data Warehouse.  The reports used for this session were:
Dashboard—>School Network Profile
  • Demographics
  • Behavior
  • Support & Intervention
  • Benchmark Data
Assessment-->Assessment Summary by Subgroups (District)
  • Benchmark
  • TLA
  • ACT
  • FAST math
  • FAST reading
Attendance-->Attendance Dashboard (district)

Assessment-->MT-RLA Attendance-Behavior

Dashboard—Behavior Dashboard

Dashboard—School Profile
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Some excellent observations were made of the data (see below charts).
The observations were used to then discuss causal theories (see chart).
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Organizing and Integrating
SMART Goals

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With the needs assessment complete, the principals then collaborated to develop SMART network improvement goals.  For the 2017-2018 school year, their goals are:



  • Using the district literacy assessment, a decrease of x% of students in the lower quintile; an increase of x% of students will be at or above grade level; and an increase of x% of students will demonstrate growth in literacy by the end of the 2017-2018 school year.  (Note that exact percentages were not set as we wanted to wait to see which benchmark assessment will be used.)
  • 100% of schools will develop and implement a comprehensive behavior plan by the end of the 2017-2018 school year.

Exit Ticket Reflection and
Meeting Feedback

  • Train teachers on how to make data observations rather than always data analysis.
  • Think more about making sure faculty is more culturally competent.
  • Looking closely at an assessment for K-1
  • Today was informative.  I understand how to approach the SIP better.
  • Look at the interventions we are putting in place for our AA students
  • Choose restorative practices as our SEL strategy next year
  • Great information on responding to data

Plus

  • meeting was good, very informative with the SIP preparation
  • great framework for the activities and discussions
  • allowing time for the group struggle
  • great collaboration
  • great conversation
  • great job
  • group work around data—pairs to discuss; groups sharing observations
  • having data pre-printed so the focus was on the observation/analysis
  • love the family picture
  • great information on how to write statements for SIP

Suggestions for Improvement

  • clarity on expectations for responses
  • too cold…not your fault
  • time
  • let us all see all the data since we don’t see network data often

Workshop Resources

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School Spotlight:  It’s that Time of Year…..SIP at Two Rivers Middle Prep

2/20/2017

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It’s that Time of Year…..School Improvement Planning

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With our latest temperatures, one would say that spring is in the air.  It’s also that time of year that School Improvement Planning (SIP) for the 2017-2018 school year takes place.  I was excited and honored to work with Two Rivers Middle Prep leadership team on February 9, 2017 with their SIP development.  Let me share how the collaborative inquiry process was used to facilitate the process.
 
Collaborative inquiry is a data-based team process that consciously uses the  collaborative learning cycle (activating and engaging, exploring and discovering, and organizing and integrating) and  the qualities of effective groups (fostering a culture of trust, maintaining a clear focus, taking collective responsibility and data-informed decision-making) (MNPS Community of Practice, 2016).
 
With this definition in mind, let me take you through the process.
  • Activating and Engaging:  The leadership team began the conversation by brainstorming to answer the question, “What is your vision for Two Rivers Middle Prep?”  This brainstorming not only generated many great ideas, but allowed everyone to have a voice at the table and helped develop physiological safety for the remainder of the meeting. 
  • Exploring and Discovering: Due to the time constraints for the meeting (1 hour), the bulk of our session was spent in this phase of collaborative inquiry.  During this phase, inferences and explanations are suspended and just observations are made.  Because of the larger number of data sets being used, the leadership team worked in smaller groups to record their observations on chart paper.  To see their work, please go to: http://www.mnpscollaboration.org/two-rivers-sip-process-feb-2017.html.
  • Organizing and Integrating:  We didn’t get to this phase today as we plan to develop SMART goals at our next meeting on February 23.  However, we did leave the meeting with next steps and a reflection for this first meeting.
 
If you are interested in learning more, please feel free to reach out to Dr. Shelly Dunaway and/or Dr. Margie Johnson for more information.
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Network Spotlight: Shifting the Narrative

2/15/2017

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During the September ELP (Executive Lead Principal) meeting for Dr Michelle Springer's network, they reviewed various sets of data around literacy achievement.  A request made by the principals in the network was to form a community of practice with representation from the schools to take a deep dive into literacy achievement.

With representatives identified, the Literacy Community of Practice (CoP) convened on January 24, 2017 for an all day meeting to discuss literacy not only with school representatives, but central office, high school, and community partner representatives. 

Using the collaborative inquiry process to plan for the day's conversations,  the CoP identified hopes, fears, and successes for their CoP.  Building upon the successes, the Literacy CoP for Dr. Springer's network is working to Shift the Narrative by leveraging the collaborative expertise in the CoP.

To learn more about the day, including top three barriers guiding the work, please go to: http://www.mnpscollaboration.org/dr-springer-literacy-cop.html.

You can also access other collaborative inquiry workshop materials at the Workshop Warehouse located at http://www.mnpscollaboration.org/workshop-warehouse.html

Reference:
Hattie, J. (Fall 2015).  What works in education: The politics of collaborative expertise.  London, UK: Pearson.  Retrieved from https://www.pearson.com/content/dam/corporate/global/pearson-dot-com/files/hattie/150526_ExpertiseWEB_V1.pdf
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Collaborative Professionalism--Voices Matter

1/19/2017

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--Dr. Lyn Sharratt, Fall 2016
When I was a middle school teacher and attended professional development workshops, one of my biggest complaints was the day would focus on theory, but I would never get to “see” the theory in practice.  Needless to say, I implemented very little of what I learned from those experiences. 
 
The best technique I found for changing my practice was by experiencing the strategy and collaborating with other teachers.  Also, a theme that is surfacing as a powerful principle of supporting student success is collaborative professionalism.  However, how do we foster collaborative professionalism as a way that we do work and not an additional task added to the overflowing plates of educators?
 
With these ideas in mind, it’s the main reason why the collaborative inquiry process is taught by immersing school staff in a collaborative experience with the process.
 
On January 4, 2017, Margaret Allen Middle and Head Magnet Middle had the opportunity to experience the collaborative inquiry process while reviewing the culture and climate walkthrough data.  You can read more about their experiences by clicking on their names..
Do you have a collaborative inquiry story to share?  If so, please let me know.
 
Also, If you and/or your school are interested in learning more about collaborative inquiry and how it can support student success, please feel free to reach out to Margie Johnson at margie.johnson@mnps.org.

Reference:
Sharratt, L. (Fall 2016).  Setting the table for collaborative professionalism.  Principal Connections, 20(1), 34-37.  Retrieved from http://www.lynsharratt.com/pdf/collective_professionalism.pdf
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  • Workshop Warehouse
    • Collaborative Inquiry for Data Use Workshop (Got Data? Now What?)
    • Fishbone and Logic Model Workshop Materials
    • Innovation Configurations Materials
    • Creating an Evaluation Plan
    • Facilitating Collaborative Inquiry Workshop (Dr. Laura Lipton)
    • Group Data Exploration (PLI 2016)
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    • 2016 NCES STATS DC Presentations
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    • Haynes Middle Prep-August 1, 2016
    • August 2, 2016--Jere Baxter Middle
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    • Glencliff ES Leadership Team--Sept. 15, 2016
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