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Benefits to Using the
School Improvement Planning Tool
Why use the SIP Tool? The tool:
- Allows your team to conduct continuous, ongoing school improvement
planning year-round. Your team will enjoy easy, online access
to completing, evaluating, and refining school improvement plans at
your convenience. The Sample Calendar offers
ideas for school improvement planning month-by-month.
- Uses a research-based process of team participation, analysis,
and consensus-building. Based on the Characteristics
of Successful Schools, the process uses a proven model of data-driven
decision making through thoughtful exploration of hypotheses. It solicits
and tests the best thinking of your team members.
- Places a vast array of comprehensive, online data at your
fingertips. Utilizing the resources of the DPI's WINSS (Wisconsin
Information Network for Successful Schools) Web site, the tool guides
teams through step-by-step consideration of on-line student achievement,
behavior, and demographic data. Teams can build in local data as they
develop goals and plans to help all students succeed.
- Can be used to create a plan that meets federal requirements
for Schools Identified for Improvement. The tool contains links
to the federal criteria for school improvement plans to help you check
your work and assure that you are meeting requirements.
- Can be used in conjunction with Data Retreats facilitated
by CESA staff or others. Data retreats can jump-start the school
improvement process available to teams year-round.
- Captures the essential steps of a good planning process.
The tool is a guide, organizer. and recording device to help school
improvement teams as they explore, analyze, and select strategies to
meet identified goals.
Who should be on the building-level School Improvement
Planning Team?
What are some team-building activities?
Reminders for Team Facilitators
Sample Calendar for Using the School Improvement
Planning Tool Process
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