EXPLORING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR IMPROVEMENT

From the Overview page in your dashboard, locate the condition listed last. This may be an 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.

Record this opportune area for improvement in Worksheet 6.

Go to the page that has this opportune area for improvement. This is listed in either the “Resources” or “Demands” section of your report.

In Worksheet 6, list the survey items from your school’s opportune area for improvement. You can find the items for each condition by locating the corresponding condition on your dashboard. For instance, the individual items for student engagement are on the page with the same label (see image below).

With your team, discuss the following and capture notes in Worksheet 6:

1. What connections are you seeing and what questions are emerging around the survey items of most challenge?

2. What school practices may have contributed to the improvement needs related to each of the items?

3. What school policies may have contributed to improvement needs related to each of the items?

4. What other contributing factors may be at play for each item signaling the greatest improvement opportunity?

For each row (Contributing Practices and Contributing Policies) highlight words or phrases that show connections among items. Use different colors for different connections.

Team discussion protocol:

1. Create role-alike groups and discuss the following questions, capturing notes on chart paper:

   1. What patterns do we see in the items from our opportune area for improvement?

   2. What patterns do we see in the highlighting of practices, policies, and/or other contributing factors?

   3. How might item(s) in your areas of strength be leveraged to address needs for improvement?

   4. To what degree might the practices and policies associated with the item(s) be leveraged to address needs for improvement?

2. 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.

3. 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?

4. Enter insights in Worksheet 6.