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Entry Point 2: Designing a future improvement plan with equity in mind
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Identifying Priority Performance Challenges
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Identifying Root Causes
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Identifying Major Improvement Strategies, supported by suggested Action Steps
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Assess school climate regarding equity and access for all to define needs.
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Set goals for better serving stakeholders, and create an aligned tool for evaluating progress.
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Provide professional development staff to develop cultural competence through self-reflection and hearing the voices of those with different experiences than their own.
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Select curriculum and design instruction to promote Best, First Instruction for all.
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Engage in a reallocation of resources.
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Each example Major Improvement Strategy provided is connected to content in one of the prior sections: Understanding Self, Understanding Others and Understanding Context. In addition, each Major Improvement Strategy is aligned with one of the Four Domains of Rapid School Improvement. (Adapted from: The Center on School Turnaround (2017). Four domains for rapid school improvement: A systems framework [The Center for School Turnaround at WestEd]. San Francisco, CA: WestEd.)
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When considering Priority Performance Challenges, ask:Priority Performance Challenges
When determining Root Causes, consider: Root Causes
Examples of equity-centered Major Improvement Strategies that can be tailored to your specific context Examples of equity-centered Action Steps aligned to Major Improvement Strategies that can be tailored to your specific contextMajor Improvement Strategies
Action Steps
Assess school climate regarding equity and access for all to define needs. If this is one of your major improvement strategies, please review Understanding Self and Understanding Context. Four Domains for Rapid School Improvement: Culture & Climate Shift
Set goals for better serving stakeholders, and create an aligned tool for evaluating progress. If this is one of your major improvement strategies, please review Understanding Context. Four Domains for Rapid School Improvement: Culture & Climate Shift
Provide professional development staff to develop cultural competence through self-reflection and hearing the voices of those with different experiences than their own. If this is one of your major improvement strategies, please review Understanding Self and Understanding Others. Four Domains for Rapid School Improvement: Talent Management
Select curriculum and design instruction to promote Best, First Instruction for all. If this is one of your major improvement strategies, please review Understanding Others, School Policy Best Practices. Four Domains for Rapid School Improvement: Instructional Transformation
Engage in a reallocation of resources. If this is one of your major improvement strategies, please review Understanding Context. Four Domains for Rapid School Improvement: Leadership for Rapid Improvement
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