Findings: Caring, responsive, and committed leadership propels the organization to greater likelihood of achieving its mission...
A clearly articulated continuous improvement process and quality assurance practices ensure accountability and ultimately move the system to higher levels of student success.
Demonstrated:
- Challenge, Content, Action & Results (CCAR)
- Plan of Action & Milestones (POAM)
- Complex COVID Assessment Teams
- Validation Visits
- ISS Buddy System
- Learning Site Guidance, Digital Learning Support Plan, Digital Support Team
- Big Four
- Theory of Action
- SAP/DAP
- ORID protocol
Demonstrated:
- Learning Walkthrough Cycles
- Ladder of Feedback
- Focused Collaboration Implementation
- Calibration & Validation Visits
- Data Protocols (ORID)
Findings:
The DoDEA Europe West District has developed and maintains a solid and targeted focus on student learning.
Demonstrated:
- Focus on differentiation
- Providing equitable learning opportunities
- Supports for effective instructional practice:
- Initial Implementation of REDI program
- Multiple feedback loops to gather implementation and student outcome data
Demonstrated:
- Professional Learning opportunities
- Feedback cycles for improvement
- ISS development
- ISS support
- Leadership Development (ILT)
- Student Support Teams
- "Whole Child"
- Digital Learning Plan
Demonstrated:
- Ability to pivot
- Digital Learning Support Plan
- Tech Bytes
- Parent University
- Complex COVID Assurance Teams
Growth Opportunities - ContInuous Improvement Journey
Findings: The district has instituted rich and sophisticated applied data analysis and systemic evaluation to inform instruction, individualize support, plan interventions and institute curricular reform across core academic areas, however some identified processes, procedures and programs unique to some schools included in Europe Est demonstrated less consistent systematic formal evaluation.
Areas for Further Study & Review
A couple of areas that you may wish to examine include a more systemic, programmatic process:
- School Initiatives (PBIS, Discipline approaches) - How do we evaluate programs that are not system wide? (PBIS, discipline approaches, for example)
- Stakeholder Engagement - how can we evaluate to make sure we are getting those voices from across our schools?
- Mentoring & Coaching - How are we inducting people into Europe West [in a systematic way]? Are we evaluating how effective that is?
Challenges
The Cognia Team acknowledged challenges that may be beyond our control, and encouraged our continued improvement efforts to mitigate student transience, consistency and change in leadership, time zones & country specific requirements, travel COVID 19 and staffing.