EL-Centered School Improvement
While establishing your schoolwide ELD model, begin building an EL-centered school improvement plan fueled by lessons in performance excellence in the Baldrige Excellence Framework.
1. Organizational Performance Results
Key Questions:
• What are the summative measures used to determine progress toward proficiency in English?
• How do we use these results to guide our school improvement plan?
• How well are we doing in achieving our EL-centered SMART goals and action plans?
Available Tools:
• Middle-of-Year and End-of-Year Goals and Results Dashboard for Literacy, Math, and Language
• Schoolwide Professional Learning Community Google Site
• Contact Us
2. Measurement, Analysis, and Knowledge Management
Key Questions:
• What formative measures do we use to track progress toward proficiency in English?
• How often is English language proficiency data collected, analyzed, and shared in grade-level PLCs?
• How do we ensure the quality and availability of needed data and information?
Available Tools:
• Middle-of-Year and End-of-Year Goals and Results Dashboard for Literacy, Math, and Language
• Schoolwide Professional Learning Community Google Site
• Contact Us
3. Leadership
Key Questions:
• What are the EL-centered vision, mission, and performance expectations in the school?
• How do we develop the EL-centered vision and mission to include our stakeholder?
• How do we monitor our EL performance, and how do we use the information to support continuous improvement?
Available Tools:
• Staff Surveys on the Status of the Current ELD Model
• Staff Carousel Process to Provide Input and Feedback on an Equitable ELD Model
• Staff Surveys on the Characteristics of Professional Learning Communities Middle-of-Year and End-of-Year Goals and Results Dashboard for Literacy, Math, and Language
• Schoolwide Professional Learning Community Google Site
• Contact Us
4. Strategic Planning
Key Questions:
• What are the measurable EL-centered improvement goals and objectives?
• What are the action plans for these goals?
• How do we engage all stakeholders in the school improvement process?
Available Tools:
• Middle-of-Year and End-of-Year Goals and Results Dashboard for Literacy, Math, and Language
• Schoolwide Professional Learning Community Google Site
• Staff Surveys on the Status of the Current ELD Model
5. Process Management
Key Questions:
• What are the key processes needed to support the EL-centered improvement goals and objectives?
• How are these key EL processes defined, designed, and deployed to support our EL-centered goals and actions?
• How have key processes been aligned and integrated to maximize efficiency?
Available Tools:
• EL-Centered Articulation Process
• Newcomer Identification Process
• Newcomer Exit Process
• ESOL 1 Pull-Out Determination Process
• Language Objective Development Process
• In-Process and Outcome Measures for All Key Processes
• Contact Us
6. Student and Stakeholder Focus
Key Questions:
• What are the levels of satisfaction/dissatisfaction of stakeholders regarding the ELD model currently in place?
• What are the expectations of students and stakeholders?
• How do we determine student and stakeholder needs and expectations?
Available Tools:
• Staff Surveys on the Status of the Current ELD Model
• Staff Carousel Process to Provide Input and Feedback on an Equitable ELD Model
• Staff Surveys on the Characteristics of Professional Learning Communities
• Middle-of-Year and End-of-Year Goals and Results Dashboard for Literacy, Math, and Language
• Contact Us
7. Staff Focus
Key Questions:
• What are the professional development and resource needs of the staff to implement the EL-centered improvement plan?
• How do we determine the needs for professional development needed to support the EL-centered improvement plan?
• How do we maintain a work environment and staff support climate that contribute to the well-being, satisfaction, and motivation of all staff members?
Available Tools:
• Staff Surveys on the Status of the Current ELD Model
• Staff Carousel Process to Provide Input and Feedback on an Equitable ELD Model
• Staff Surveys on the Characteristics of Professional Learning Communities
• Middle-of-Year and End-of-Year Goals and Results Dashboard for Literacy, Math, and Language
• Summer Project Charters and Teams to Design Teacher-Led PD Aligned with Strategic Improvement Priorities
• Contact Us
The above guiding questions are informed by the Essentials of Baldrige School/Office Improvement Planning linkages chart available at
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/info/baldrige/leadership/essentials.shtm.