How Level

Seven can Hawai ‘i Based

SchoolRise Consultants
Developmental Model
help our school? Needs
Kathryn Au
Chief Executive Officer
Tara Takatsuka
Assessment
Executive Director, SchoolRise Hawai‘i

Level 1 Sharyn Hirata

Taking the guesswork
• Recognizing a need Special Projects Coordinator
out of school improvement
• Focus: Leadership training Kitty Aihara
Level 2 Claire Asam
• Organizing for change Jackie Carroll
• Focus: Leadership and infrastructure Ruth Ann Cullen
Level 3 Randee Golden-Scalise
• Working on the building blocks Alice Kawakami
• Focus: Infrastructure, school
Gail Lee
philosophy and vision
Judy Scheu
Level 4
Elsie Tanaka
• Moving as a whole school
• Focus: SBC Process To Do List Annette Yamaki

Level 5
• Sharing results within a professional
learning community
• Focus: Three times per year reporting
of assessment results
Level 6
• Implementing the staircase
curriculum
• Focus: Teacher-developed curriculum
guides
520 Lunalilo Home Road, #230
Level 7 Honolulu, HI 96825
• Engaging students and families (808) 429-9464
• Focus: Portfolios, student self- email tara.takatsuka@schoolriseusa.com
assessment and goal setting www.SchoolRiseUSA.com
 What is included in a
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assessment?

“Everyone has been working working hard, but

• Evidence collection we’re not getting anywhere. It seems like we’re
• o School
School self-assessment
self-assessment going in circles!”
survey
survey
We have heard words to this effect from many
o In-depth interviews
• o In-depth interviews
Curriculum documents educators. Standards and rigorous expectations
o Achievement test results for student achievement have been part of
• Document analysis
• Deliverables American education for over two decades. Yet the
• o One-pagetest
Achievement executive
analysis goal of improved achievement remains elusive for
summary many schools.
o Full results in a written Once we have identified your school’s present
report of about 50 pages One of the main benefits of working with
SchoolRise is that we give you a roadmap for level, we can make recommendations that will
o 5 – 7 specific
change. This roadmap is provided by the move your school to the next higher level within
recommendations to move
your school to the next level SchoolRise Seven Level Developmental Model. one year. The goal is to help your school advance
o PowerPoint summary of This research-based model was created on the steadily through the levels, until your school
results basis of observations of successful schools in reaches level 6, the point at which increases in
o SchoolRise certification Hawai‘i and Chicago – schools that succeeded in achievement can be sustained.
• Half-day debriefing and planning improving their students’ achievement through The needs assessment addresses all three factors
meeting with the leadership team the SchoolRise Standards-Based Change (SBC) shown in the pyramid: (1) infrastructure, (2)
• Timeline
Process. Studies showed that schools reaching classroom practices, and (3) student outcomes.
o 2 – 4 days for data
Level 6 on the Developmental Model were able to Our research shows that schools must have a
collection
o One month to complete the raise their test scores, sometimes dramatically, strong infrastructure, including consistent plans
analysis and draft the report and to sustain these increased scores in the years for professional development, and adequate time
that followed. for teachers to work together. When schools have
The SchoolRise needs assessment starts with the a strong infrastructure, teachers receive the
premise that every school is unique. The needs support they need to improve their classroom
assessment allows us to determine your school’s practices. When teachers use improved classroom
present level on the Developmental Model and its practices, student outcomes - including test
pattern of strengths and challenges. In dozens of scores – improve.
needs assessments, we have yet to find two The SchoolRise needs assessment takes the
schools with the exact same pattern. The needs guesswork out of school improvement. You learn
assessment results allow us to develop exactly where you are now and what you can do to
recommendations tailored to your school. reach the next level.