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Welcome
District 11 is committed to Continuous Quality
Improvement. In education, students became the focus, classroom
effectiveness the concern, and assessment the means by which educators gain
feedback about what works and what needs to be improved. Under continuous
quality, we seek to improve the quality of the resources we uses, what we
do, and how we deliver needed services. The ultimate goal is to enhance
classroom effectiveness in order to improve student learning (Chaffee and Sherr, 1992; Deming, 1982).
District 11 strives to meet or exceed customers' expectations while
maintaining fiscal responsibility. Continuous Quality Improvement is a
systematic, organization-wide approach for continually improving all
processes that deliver and support increased student achievement. This
framework is a strategy to meet today's challenges and be prepared for those
we will face in the future. All staff new to District 11 must attend CQI
training.
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Patricia Pierce
Continuous Quality Improvement
piercpm@d11.org
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The principles of CQI rest on an underlying philosophy of quality,
which leads an organization to systematically analyze its systems for
variance, make decisions based on fact, consciously define the
organization's internal and external customers and actively seek input
from both. It drives out fear by encouraging organization members to
risk making mistakes in order to learn more about the system. It removes
organizational barriers by establishing clear and open lines of
communication. It educates and retrains employees, and it thrives on
teamwork and interrelationships. In other words, CQI creates a structure
conducive to never-ending, incremental improvement by building
cooperative labor-management relations (Seymour, 1992; Cornesky, 1990). |
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What We Believe
Mission: The
Mission of the Continuous Quality Department is to
facilitate the deployment of a systems based continuous
improvement approach district-wide through training,
coaching, consulting and systems assessments.
What is Continuous Quality Improvement?
CQI is an approach to quality improvement that emphasizes the
organization and systems: it focuses on "process" rather than the
individual; it recognizes both internal and external "customers;" it promotes
the need for objective data to analyze and improve processes.
The focus is on a team approach, based on data, that
drives improvement. The heart and soul of improvement is the PDSA
(Plan-Do-Study-Act) process:
- Plan:
Validate the need for improvement based on at least three data sources.
Based on data findings, write a SMART goal
(Specific-Measurable-Aligned-Results focused-Time-framed).
- Do:
Specific actions to attain your plan.
- Study:
Analyze results of data and evaluate reasons for variation.
- Act: Act
on what is learned and determine next steps. If the plan is
successful, work to make it part of standard operating procedure. If it is
not successful, analyze sources of failure, design new solutions and repeat
the PDSA cycle.
Guiding Principles
Remember: If you keep doing the same thing, you will continue to get the same
results. The only thing that will change your results is your actions.
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Training
New Teacher Training:
Day 1-September 25 8:30-4:00 at Tesla
Day 2 November 12 Sept. 18 8:30-4:00 at Tesla
CQI for ESP Training:
October 30 8:00-12:00 at Tesla
October 30 1:00-5:00 at Tesla
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PDSA
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BLT/Goal Teams/PLC
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Tools
Performance and Data Analysis Tools |
Performance Evaluation
Certified Teacher Performance Evaluation
Educational Support Professional (ESP) Evaluation
Program Specialists Evaluation |
Links
Comments:
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