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Continuous Improvement

School Improvement Review Cycle

This table identifies the year schools will be visited either by an AoC Review Team.

2015	2016
2017	2018
2019

Archdiocese of Chicago Improvement Priorities: download pdf

Archdiocese of Chicago Continuous Improvement

Coherence Framework	download pdf
Theory of Action	download pdf
Accreditation Handbook	download pdf

School Responsibilities for Academic Year 2019-2020

1. All schools have received their Continuous School Improvement Plans (CSIP) by Friday, July 17, 2020.

2. Review and share data presented in the CSIP with staff and identify possible data sources to support goal development by Friday, September 4, 2020. Please see available resources below to support meeting and collaboration with staff.

3. Create a minimum of three CSIP goals with a defined action plan, supportive checklists, plan to assess and professional development calendar by Friday, September 25, 2020

4. Show evidence in their Part 4b, 4c, 4d, (goal areas) that schools have reflected on the progress of the goals listed in their CSIP by Friday, January 29, 2021

5. Show evidence in their Part 4b, 4c, 4d, (goal areas) that schools have r efelcted on the progress of the goals listed in their CSIP by Tuesday, June 15, 2021

Resources

National Standards and Benchmarks for Effective Catholic Elementary and Secondary Schools

Download PDF

Continuous School Improvement Plan for 2019-2020 (Schools should have received their CSIP directly from the Director of School Improvement. Please see the CSIP Training Presentation for information on correcting a small formatting error.)

Continuous High School Improvement Plan- template

Continuous Elementary School Improvement Plan- template for 2019-20	Download Spreadsheet
CSIP Example Goals	Download Spreadsheet
CSIP Rubric	Download Spreadsheet
Meeting Wise Agenda CSIP Step 1	Download Document
Meeting Wise Agenda CSIP Step 2	Download Document
Meeting Wise Agenda CSIP Step 3	Download Document
CSIP Training Presentations	Download PDF Download PDF2

We also have started to build a webinar library for use by school teams and principals. Please see the following list of webinars. The presentations are available in PDF form above. Click the respective links to access.

Introduction to the CSIP Webinar	Access Webinar
Growth Targets and Student Dashboard	Access Webinar
CSIP Goal Setting Webinar	Access Webinar

CSIP Monitoring Tools:

1. Student Proficiency/On-Track Report
Student Proficiency Report	Click here to download
Student Proficiency Report- example	Click here to download

**2. Instructional Strategy Resources**
Marzano Research	Click here to access
Teaching Channel	Click here to access
What Works Clearinghouse	Click here to access
EduCore: Tools for Teaching the Common Core	Click here to access
Common Core Appendix B: Text Exemplars and Sample Performance Tasks	Click here to access
Engage New York	Click here to access
Reading strategies book by J. Serravallo	Click here to access
Writing strategies book by J. Serravallo	Click here to access
Math strategies book by Hatfield, Edwards, Bitter, and Morrow	Click here to access
The Daily 5 book by Boushey and Moser	Click here to access

Executive Summary

Executive Summary Process	Download Document
Mother Teresa Executive Summary Example	Download PDF

Meeting Wise Agenda

Meeting Wise Agenda Template

Download Template

Training Workshops

School Improvement Review Team Member Training
Overview of the school improvement review process and preparing for the review	Click here to view webinar
Using the effective learning environment tool to measure the learning environment	Click here to view webinar
Writing the School Improvement Review Reflection Report after the onsite review	Click here to view webinar
School Improvement Review Team Member Handbook	Click here to download

Climate Culture Catholic Identity Survey

Climate, Culture and Catholic Identity Survey

We are pleased to have all Archdiocese of Chicago schools participate in the Climate, Culture and Catholic Identity Survey utilizing the UChicago Impact 5Essentials Survey. Please send any questions or concerns to Hedi Belkaoui, hedi.belkaoui@archchicago.org

UChicago 5Essentials Handbook

Download Handbook

Sample Parent Communication Letters English and Spanish

Download Letters

NEW: Scoring and Reporting Webinar (25 minutes)

Understand and Analyze 3C Survey Results utilizing the UChicago 5Essential Framework PowerPoint

Understand and Analyze 3C Survey Results utilizing the UChicago 5Essential Framework Webinar

Contact

For questions or comments regarding this page, please contact the Director of School Improvement & Accreditation.