JSA PDSA Form

PDSA Instruction Guides

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NAME: Executive Directors / DEPARTMENT: Curriculum Team / DATE: June 2004
STUDY / What needs to be improved and what specific outcome needs to occur? Consistent curriculum guides deployed throughout the district with focus on essential curriculum and differentiation
What is the current condition and data that supports the need for improvement? Initially called pacing guides, name changed with focus on differentiation and essential curriculum. They are guides to determine curriculum and alternatives in resources and delivery systems. District policy requires instructional guides be designed by the district and distributed to schools. Best practice (DuFour, Eaker, English ,Wiggins) indicate curriculum guides should include essential curriculum with delivery methodology to be determined at the school level (DuFour in PLCs) where the need is determined for a particular group of students. In ISS guides had been developed on a 5 year cycle with dates determined by DPI revision processes. Guides were distributed but there was no assurance of deployment. Zoomerang survey with 85% of staff responding indicated that current guides were not used….on SCOS.
Who are the direct customers of the improvement and how will this benefit them?

PLAN

/ Alignment---What District priority does this improvement support?
Strategic Plan Goal # / 1 / High Student Achievement
Department Plan Goal # / 1
Strategy---

What is the general approach to achieving the outcome? Instructional guides will be developed annually on the same cycle as DPI with bi-annual review and annual revision of the district guides, but regular revision in the school guides based on predictive assessment data.

What resources may be needed and who else will be involved? Textbook allocation, stipends for summer review and revision; substitutes for textbook caravan participants; money for printing.

When and how will the improvement be evaluated for results? Input received twice a year through zoomerang, twice a year through plus/deltas, revisions immediately in emergency, on-going at the school level and annually at the district level curriculum week

DO / Steps / Actions to Accomplish Plan / Person Responsible / Results / Action Step Completion Date
# 1 / Develop Curriculum (language arts 06-07) (fine arts 07) (physical education (07-08) social studies (08) / Taylor, Setser, Hill, Allred / SCOS used in template / April for fine arts, November for PE, July for social studies
# 2 / Review Stakeholder requirements (include textbook process) / Taylor, Setser, Hill, Allred / PDSA validate need for improvement, best practice / March
# 3 / Assign team to develop guides (solicit volunteers, names to payroll) / Taylor, Setser, Hill, Allred / District plus/deltas/customer satisfaction and deployment, zoomerang for system / By March
#4 / Team Develops Guides / Johnson, Crisco, Anthony / Printed guides, website / July and August for summer
December for PE
#5 / Train Ifs on instruction guides, train principals / Taylor, Setser, Hill, Allred / training / Summer
#6 / Deploy guides in schools (separate deployment plan) / Principal/IF / Plus/deltas and guide (how do we know they are deployed the way they were designed) / August -June
#7 / Conduct and analyze plus/deltas and Zoomerang surveys on guide and use of guide / Ifs, Allred / Plus delta and zoomerang results / Plus/delta; Novv-Feb, May ; Jan and May all levels
#8 / Use feedback to improve guides / Taylor, Setser, Hill, Allred / Summer curriculum work / June
#9 / Act on improvements / Curriculum team, IFs / Action plan for following year / August
Will this require additional fiscal resources? x YES NO / Estimate cost / $15K
Will this require additional human resources? x YES NO / Estimate cost / $time
STUDY / What were the accomplished improvements and outcome results?Annual revision, additioin of a subject each year. Language arts, Math, Social Studies, Science have been done and in revision. EOC courses done and annually revised / What was the impact of the improvement on the direct customers? Zoomerangs and plus/delta data is improving. Started out rough, learned that training is key. Part of matrix for 2007-2008
ACT / How can this be refined or improved? Communication within curriculum team; deployment plans written and communicated
Can the improvement be transferred to other areas of the organization? If so, how? Use of Ifs as conduit for training in the schools
What modifications/refinements will be put in place for the next improvement cycle?
Analyze the data and modify as we go….hold principals accountable in coaching session each quarter
When will this be evaluated again and by whom? Plus/deltas and comments will be used in the writing and gap sheets used in upgrading of district guides.