Watch the full recording for this webinar here: http://www.schoolimprovement.com/resources/webinars/developing-high-growth-schools-webinar/ This webinar gives five tips for improving student achievement school- or district-wide. Dr. Bobby Moore invited three school administrators to share their methods and successes.

1. (View the recording for this webinar at http://bit.ly/BFKfivestrategies)
FIVE STRATEGIES FOR CREATING A
HIGH-GROWTH SCHOOL
Webinar presented through School Improvement Network
October 3, 2013

2. Today’s Webinar
! Learn the findings from Battelle for Kids’ research on high-
achieving and high-growth schools
! Hear current practitioners share practices that align with the
five strategies to create a high-growth school
! Receive the Five Strategies for Creating a High-Growth School
white paper after the webinar
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3. Dr. Bobby Moore, Senior Director at Battelle for Kids
Bobby works directly with schools and districts across the country to help
them identify areas of opportunity for improvement and provide the powerful
practices, principal leadership, support, and tools needed to reach their
educational-improvement goals.
He leads Battelle for Kids’ SOAR school improvement collaborative of more
than 100 Ohio school districts—one of the largest collaboratives in the United
States focused on discovering innovative ways to accelerate student
progress.
Contact: bmoore@BattelleforKids.org Follow: @BobbyMooreBFK
#BFKSOAR!
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4. Mike Acomb, principal at Solon City SD
The Solon City School District is the only district in Ohio to be rated in the same
school year within the top five for both student achievement and student growth
measures. In his current role, at Lewis Elementary School, Mike’s efforts led to
increased levels of achievement and growth as the district continues to perform
as one the most effective school districts in Ohio. Previously, Mike led Orchard
Middle School to national recognition as a National School to Watch and to the
third highest value-added ranking of all Ohio schools.
Lewis Elementary School subscribes to top priorities:
1. Instructional decisions will be data-driven and made in the best interest of the
student
2. Each student will achieve their personal best and show at least one year’s
growth
3. Highly effective teams are critical and teachers work collaboratively to ensure
the highest quality instruction each day
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Contact: MikeAcomb@solonboe.org
Follow: @mikeacomb

5. Dr. Stephanie Starcher, superintendent at Fort Frye SD
Prior to her central office position, Stephanie was an elementary/middle
school principal for 12 years. Under her leadership, each of Stephanie’s
schools improved their state academic ranking and students consistently
demonstrated more than a year’s growth in a year’s time. Her schools
received several awards for tremendous gains in student growth data.
Stephanie often speaks at education events around the state of Ohio,
sharing her practical ideas for continuous improvement.
Fort Frye subscribes to top priorities:
1. Establish a focused plan with limited goals
2. Foster the capacity for teacher leadership
3. Hold people accountable
Contact: ff_sstarcher@seovec.org
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6. Dr. Melissa Stewart, principal, Indian Hill EVSD
Indian Hill Elementary School has consistently been recognized as a high
achieving school, earning “Excellent with Distinction,” by the Ohio
Department of Education. The value-added scores from the Ohio
Achievement Assessment in grades four and five have demonstrated
more than a year’s worth of growth for three years including last year’s
results of gains greater than at least 2 standard errors.
Indian Hill Elementary School subscribes to top priorities:
1. All student will show at least one year’s of growth
2. Students who fall within subgroup categories will make progress equal
with their school-wide peers
3. Staff members will create a school environment that is conducive to
student achievement, including professional learning communities that
focus on meeting students’ academic, social, and emotional needs.
Contact: melissa.stewart@ih.k12.oh.us
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7. Five Strategies for Creating a High-Growth School
Limit Goals and/or
initiatives to focus on
what really matters.
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8. Where are your people?
! Leading change requires disturbing people but at a rate they
can accommodate.
Fight
Comfort
Zone
Risk
Zone
Fear
Zone
Flight
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9. Create a “stop doing” list
“Most of us have a never-ending “to do” list, trying to build
momentum by doing, doing, doing–and doing more. And it rarely
works. Those who built ‘good-to-great’ organizations, however,
made as much use of ‘stop doing’ lists as ‘to do’ lists. They had
the discipline to stop doing all the extraneous junk.”
— Jim Collins
Author of Good to Great
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10. Five Strategies for Creating a High-Growth School
Develop a Balance
Assessment
Approach
by embedding formative
instructional practices and
common/short cycle
assessments.
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11. Diamond of Success
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12. Diamond of Success
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13. Five Strategies for Creating a High-Growth School
Establish important
structures &
routines.
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14. Five Strategies for Creating a High-Growth School
Use multiple
measures of data
including for improvement
and accountability
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15. Using multiple measures can help reduce error
Measure
#1
Measure
#2
Measure
#3
Measure
#4
Measure
#5
10%
Total Error Rate
10%
10%
10%
1%
10%
10%
5%
10%
10%
5%
10%
10%
10%
5%
10%
.05%
.01%
5%
.000003%
Lesson: When you use multiple measures you reduce or
soften the measurement error.
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16. Five Strategies for Creating a High-Growth School
Empower
teachers and
Develop leaders
system-wide.
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17. Summarizing our webinar
! Review of data by principals with their teachers
! Review incoming data of students
! Provide time for staff to review and use data
! Provide purposeful collaboration time for teachers
! Provide short-cycle and benchmark assessments
! Provide enrichment and intervention time
! Align professional learning with goals and focus
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18. Professional Learning Resources of Interest
! Five Strategies for Creating a High-Growth School white paper
! Diamond of Success facilitation guide
! Formative Instructional Practices (FIP) online learning modules
! Leadership and Principal Academies
! Common Core Vertical Progression Guides
! Consulting and professional learning opportunities
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19. QUESTIONS?
! Bobby Moore, Senior Director, bmoore@BattelleforKids.org
! Mike Acomb, principal, MikeAcomb@solonboe.org
! Stephanie Starcher, superintendent, ff_sstarcher@seovec.org
! Melissa Stewart, principal, melissa.stewart@ih.k12.oh.us
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