District Teams / Analyze
Exploring an Opportunity for Improvement
EXPLORING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR IMPROVEMENT
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From the Overview page in your dashboard, locate the condition listed last. This is likely your most opportune area for improvement. Is it a resource or a demand? Resources are indicated by the black bars. Demands are indicated by the light green bars.
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Record this opportune area for improvement in Worksheet 6.
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Go to the page that has your district’s most opportune area for improvement. This is listed in either the “Resources” or “Demands” section of your report.
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In Worksheet 6, list the survey items from your district’s most opportune area for improvement.
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With your team, discuss the following and capture notes in Worksheet 6:
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What district practices may have contributed to the improvement needs related to each of the items?
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What district policies may have contributed to improvement needs related to each of the items?
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What other contributing factors may be at play for each item signaling the greatest improvement opportunity?
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For each column (Contributing Practices and Contributing Policies), highlight words or phrases that show connections among items. Use different colors for different connections.
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Team discussion protocol:
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Create role-alike groups and discuss the following questions, capturing notes on chart paper:
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What patterns do we see in the items from our most opportune area for improvement?
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What patterns do we see in the highlighting of practices, policies, and/or other contributing factors?
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How might item(s) in the Areas of Strength be leveraged to address needs for improvement?
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To what degree might the practices and policies associated with the item(s) be leveraged to address needs for improvement?
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Each role-alike group shares the notes they captured with the whole group. As role-alike groups share, the rest of the team is listening for commonalities across roles.
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Whole group debrief: Across our role-alike groups, what commonalities do we hear for ideas on leveraging areas of strength to address needs for improvement?
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Enter insights in Worksheet 6.
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WORKSHEET 6:
PATTERNS IN PRACTICES AND POLICIES FOR OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT
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- Analyze the items and the notes from Worksheet 6.
- Analysis questions (enter your team’s responses in Worksheet 7):
- What is your team’s theory about why these items are most in need of improvement?
- How and to what extent does the evidence in the previous coding exercise (Worksheet 6) confirm or refute your team’s theory?
- What practices or policies from your areas of strength could be applied to your area for improvement?
- Where and with whom does expertise lie in those areas of strength?
- What would need to happen to be able to apply areas of strength to your most opportune area for improvement?
- Analysis questions (enter your team’s responses in Worksheet 7):
WORKSHEET 7: THEORY ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT
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