• Continuous Improvement
    Superintendent and Leadership Team
    Continuous Improvement
    Suggested Professional Learning Sequence

    ORIENTATION/ AWARENESS
    Orientation to Performance Excellence
    This training provides an introduction to the Criteria for Performance Excellence and is the prerequisite for other more in-depth sessions. It is an essential first step to the continuous improvement journey.
    • Identify strategies and techniques for getting started using the Criteria for High Performance
    • Focus on the relationships required for success from key stakeholder groups
    • Identify the principles of organizational change
    • Provide a framework for using an entry-level assessment instrument to determine organizational effectiveness

      2 days
    STRATEGIC/
    OPERATIONAL
    PLANNING
    Planning for Performance Excellence: A Continuous Improvement Approach to Department Planning
    A trained consultant will meet with key senior leaders from the district to collaboratively facilitate district-level strategic planning.
    • Develop strategic goals, measures and indicators that will set direction for the district and schools
    • Develop an improvement plan for the district

      2 days
    DEPLOYMENT COMPONENTS
    Tools and Techniques for Performance Excellence
    Tools and Techniques training helps to support the on-going improvement of process improvement efforts and introduces participants to the use of a PDSA (Plan, Do, Study, Act) process improvement approach.
    • This training introduces district staff to quality improvement techniques and tools for use with process improvement teams
    • Participants learn how to choose the quality tool that is most appropriate for a variety of analysis, problem solving and decision-making purposes

      Prerequisites: Orientation to Performance Excellence
      1 day
    BUILDING
    CAPACITY
    Leading for Performance Excellence Part I: A Focus on Application and Deployment
    This workshop focuses on the management and improvement of leadership systems to support performance excellence. Leaders will learn about the systems components needed to build a high performing school or district. Time is provided to work on the district or school quality implementation and training deployment plan.
    • Understand the leader's roles and responsibilities for leading an integrated management system to achieve performance excellence
    • Learn to support effective work teams. All participants will develop a plan for leading a multi-level process improvement initiative

      Prerequisites: Orientation to Performance Excellence, Planning for Performance Excellence
      2 days
    BUILDING
    CAPACITY
    Supporting Performance Excellence - Advanced Strategies
    This training provides a deeper level of understanding of the Criteria for Performance Excellence.
    • Increase understanding of the Continuous Improvement criteria as a framework for continual improvement
    • Increase ability to analyze a case study consistent with criteria requirements
    • Increase ability to write high quality feedback statements
    • Increase ability to work as a member of an examination team in reaching consensus and developing a feedback report
    • Increase ability to coach, mentor and facilitate the use of the Performance Excellence Criteria with individuals, schools and departments

      Prerequisites: OPE, LPE
      2 days
    ASSESSING
    SYSTEMS
    CAPACITY
    Assessing Performance Excellence: Facilitated Assessment Process
    A trained consultant will meet and interview staff in order to conduct an assessment using the Performance Excellence Criteria. Leaders will receive feedback on areas of strength and recommended next steps.
    • Provide district with a written feedback report prepared by a process improvement expert
    • Establish baseline data and recommended actions for setting district priorities for improvement and refinement

      Prerequisites: Orientation to Performance Excellence Workshop
      Length of Workshop: Minimum of 1 day on site plus feedback meeting at a later date

    Please E-mail Margaret Miller or call (817) 547-5811 with questions.