| ORIENTATION/
AWARENESS |
Continuous
Improvement: A Practical Way of Getting Better for Classroom
Teachers
This session is the basic orientation overview designed for
classroom teachers to begin creating an environment for classroom
learning.
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Awareness
of basic Performance Excellence Criteria and core values
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Rationale
for use of Performance Excellence Criteria as a framework
for classroom improvement
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Initial
assessment of the classroom learning system
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District/school
connections
Prerequisites: None
Length of Workshop: 1 day
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STRATEGIC/
OPERATIONAL
PLANNING |
Teacher
and Student Partnerships Part I: Building Classrooms for Learning
Introduction to the classroom learning systems with specific
focus on development of classroom goals and measures as a
foundation to classroom implementation.
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Develop
grade-level team goals, measures and indicators that will
set direction for the classroom planning
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Develop
an improvement plan for use in the classroom to deploy down
to students
Prerequisites: Continuous Improvement: A Practical
Way of Getting Better
Length of Workshop: 1 day
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| DEPLOYMENT
COMPONENTS |
Teacher
and Student Partnerships Part II: Tools and Techniques for
Performance Excellence
Teachers and students participate in tools training to support
the on-going improvement of the classroom learning system
and key classroom processes.
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Increased
understanding of performance excellence categories and core
values as applied to the classroom
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Strategies
for implementing continuous improvement processes at the
classroom level
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Development
of goals, measures and an action plan of next steps
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Review
of a classroom deployment plan
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PDSA
application
Prerequisites: Teacher and Student Partnerships Part
I Length of Workshop: 1 day
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PDSA
In Action
A fast-track approach to improving the classroom learning
systems. This training The three-phase approach offers educators
the step-by-step actions that lead to high performing schools
and classrooms.
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Learn
specific strategies that you can implement immediately to
transform your school and classrooms and ensure performance
results for every student!
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Practice
with practical application exercises and get feedback using
actual student examples
Prerequisites: Teacher and Student Partnerships Part
I Length of Workshop: 2 days
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BUILDING
CAPACITY |
Building a Technical Support Team Level I
This session focuses on the concepts and learning strategies
required to introduce continuous improvement as a systems
approach. Continuous improvement materials that support building
awareness and commitment at the district, department, school,
and classroom are reviewed in this session. Participants will
receive Train-the-Trainer certification on the following content:
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Orientation
to Performance Excellence
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Continuous
Improvement: A Practical Way of Getting Better for Classroom
Teachers
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Continuous
Improvement: A Practical Way of Getting Better for Support
Staff
Prerequisites: Baldrige a Practical Way of Getting
Better Length of Workshop: 2 days
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Building
a Technical Support Team Level II
This level focuses on the concepts and learning strategies
required to coach and mentor educators in applying Continuous
Improvement as a systems approach at the classroom level training.
Materials that support classroom implementation and deployment
include:
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Teacher
& Student Partnerships Part I: Building Classrooms for Learning
-
Teacher
& Student Partnerships Part II: Tools and Techniques for
Performance Excellence
Prerequisites: TSP Part I and II
Length of Workshop: 3 days
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