Foundations for Accelerated Improvement

Introduction

This grant is intended to support schools earlier on the State Accountability Clock (Years 2 and 3) in accelerating improvement and avoiding reaching the end of the clock through effective implementation of effective foundational systems. The Four Domains for Rapid School Improvement provides a comprehensive research-based framework for school improvement. The Four Domains include: Leadership for Rapid Improvement, Talent Management, Instructional Transformation, and Culture and Climate Shift. For each domain, practices are defined that describe the role of the state, district, and school, providing examples of their roles in successful school improvement efforts.

Research has demonstrated that within the Four Domains for Rapid School Improvement, there are key systems and practices that are essential to accelerating initial improvement and serve as the “foundation” for building capacity to implement additional research-based school improvement processes. School improvement success also hinges on a school’s ability to narrow and prioritize improvement efforts to 2-3 high impact areas of improvement. The purpose of the Foundations for Accelerated Improvement is to provide strategic support to schools in assessing their foundational systems aligned to the Four Domains for Rapid School Improvement, identifying 2-3 key, high impact priorities, create a strong improvement plan aligned to these priorities, and build the capacity to strengthen these foundational systems to accelerate improvement and avoid reaching the “end of the clock".

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