School Improvement is at the heart of what we do to help schools help students.

Strand 1:  Teaching for Learning

• MDE Resources--oodles of resources, access to grade level content expectations
• Standards for Teaching and Learning--pdf
• Common Core State Standards--stay on top of the latest and greatest as these standards are developed and rolled our across the nation

Authors to Explore:

• Marzano
• DuFour
• Wiggins
• Stiggins
• McTighe

Strand 2:  Leadership

• MDE Resources--oodles of resources
• McREL --Mid-continent Regional Educational Laboratory
• NSBA --National School Board Associaton
• Learning Forward--formerly NSDC, National Staff Development Council  
• American Association of School Administrators--AASA

Authors to Explore

• Michael Fullan

Strand 3:  Personal and Professional Learning

• MDE Resources--oodles of resources
• ASCD--Association for Supervison and Curriculum Development
• Learning Forward--formerly NSDC, National Staff Development Council  
• MDE Office of Professional Preparation Services--Access to the Secure Central Registry for SB-CEU's

strand 4:  Personnel and Community Relations

• MDE Resources--oodles of resources
• National PTA--National Parent Teacher Association
• Whole Child Initiative--ASCD resource
• Healthy School Communities--ASCD resource
• CAST--Communities and Schools Together
• Communities in Schools--national ogranization
• Parent Involvement Matters--national organization
• National Coalition for Parent Involvement in Education--NCPIE

Strand 5:  Data and Information Management

• MDE Resources
• Data 4 Student Success--using data for the SI process professional development modules and tools
• CEPI--Center for Educational Performance Indicators

Authors to Explore:

• Doug Reeves
• Mike Schmoker
• Linda Darling-Hammond

• AdvancEd: ASSIST platform  for school improvement plan reporting
• MI School Data Michigan Data portal
• Michigan Dept of Education
• D4SS

Online Tool Kits

• Wayne RESA
• Practical MI School Improvement Timeline
• School Improvement in Maryland - has many useful school improvement resources and ideas
  

More Help Documents:

Assist: School Data Analysis diagnostic- Kathy Stewart of Gratiot Isabella RESD has created a step-by-step guide with screenshots of how to access the data needed to complete this diagnostic.

Cite the Research:

Deb Wahlstrom--Data Digest

Best Evidence Encyclopedia  - from Johns Hopkins University

Instructional Changes and School Improvement related to the Common Core ELA Shifts PowerPoint - by CharEm ISD

Adolescent Literacy Research and Standards At a Glance - Wayne RESA and CharEm ISD have created a useful chart of the most impactful research based literacy strategies

K-12 Mathematics Numeracy Research and Standards at a Glance - Wayne RESA and CharEm ISD have created a useful chart of the most impactful research based math strategies

Language for Funding

FAME program - This is some language you can include in your SIP to tie to your consolidated app to request funding for implementing FAME