Action Planning - Tools
Turnaround Options (DOCX)
List of Colorado requirements, options, and strategies for schools receiving a turnaround plan type assignment.
Developing Major Improvement Strategies (DOCX)
Document outlining the steps in forming a major improvement strategy.
Force Field Analysis (DOCX)
A description of force field analysis and a table that teams can use while engaging in force field analysis. Adapted from Kurt Lewin’s force field theory: -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Force_field_analysis
SAC Roles (PDF)
An excerpt from the CDE District Accountability Handbook that describes the roles for School Accountability Committees in unified improvement planning (including quarterly monitoring progress)
Progress Monitoring Calendar: Action Steps(DOCX)
An example calendar that teams can use to plan for when they will monitor the implementation of their action plan using implementation benchmarks.
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References:
Failed Turnaround Strategies: Mass Insight Education & Research Institute (2009). School Turnaround Strategies That Have Failed: How to avoid past mistakes in addressing the needs of low-performing schools. Retrieved November 18, 2011, from http://www.massinsight.org/publications/turnaround/123/file/1/pubs/2011/08/10/STG_Failed_Strategies_-_March_2010.pdf
What Rural Districts are Doing: Center on Innovation & Improvement (n.d.). Retrieved November 18, 2011, from http://www.centerii.org/WhatAreDistrictsDoing/resources/WhatRuralDistrictAreDoing.pdf
Performance Cases: Center on Innovation & Improvement (2009). Breaking the Habit of Low Performance: Successful school restructuring stories. Retrieved November 18, 2011, from http://www.centerii.org/survey/downloads/Breaking_the_habit_of_low_performance.pdf