The purpose of this community off practice is to come together as an equity-centered community of practice in order to share with and support one another in strengthening your district and/or school’s multi-tiered systems of support.

The period of transitioning out of the global pandemic is a critical time for reflection, innovation, and forward planning. Join your colleagues across the state in leading schools into the future at this critical juncture. This CoP is jointly organized by CLEE, RIDE, and Systems of Support at BRIDGE-RI.

Dates and Times:

November 1, November 15, December 13, January 24, March 7, March 21, April 18,  May 16, June13 

8:30-10:00  8:30-10:00am

This course is part of a three-part course series and serves as a tool to support school leaders in understanding the why and how around the school improvement process.  By the end of the Course 3, participants will be able to effectively engage their School Improvement Team in the facilitation of the school improvement process to develop a school improvement plan that meets the requirements of the Education Accountability Act (EAA).  Participants will also be able to effectively implement and monitor plans designed to improve the efficacy of teaching and learning in their individual schools.  We recommend this course to anyone who is leading the school improvement process.  Tools will be provided to participants to utilize with the School Improvement Team (SIT) members.  Topics will be presented sequentially in the order that a School Improvement Plan (SIP) would be built in the course of an academic year.  

Upon Completion of Course 1 participants will be able to:

• Identify the required expectations as defined in the Education Accountability Act (EAA). 

• Define each of the components of the cycle of continuous improvement.

• Develop a school improvement calendar for your School Improvement Team (SIT).

• Identify requirements for SIT composition as it relates to EAA.

• Explain differences between inclusion and representation.

• Describe structures for effective teaming as it relates to EAA.

This course is the final in a three-course series developed to support school leaders in designing, facilitating, and engaging school improvement teams (SIT) in the school improvement planning process. The course was developed at RIDE by Michael Mancieri, Andrew Milligan, and Amanda Turcotte, through the Office of School and District Improvement (OSDI), in partnership with BRIDGE-RI. The course serves as a tool to support school leaders and SIT members in understanding the why and how of the school improvement process. Participants are automatically enrolled in this course upon successfully completing RIDE: School Improvement Process Courses 1 & 2.

By the end of Course 3, participants will be able to:

• Identify and select high-quality, evidence-based initiatives to support the implementation of School Improvement SMART+E goals.

• Equitably allocate resources required to support School Improvement Initiatives

• Write logical action steps to ensure the implementation of School Improvement Initiatives

• Develop a plan for monitoring progress towards the achievement of SMART+E goals