Timeline for Developing the Improvement Plan

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Upon being identified as a school in need of improvement, the school has up to three months to develop or revise a school improvement plan to submit to the district. In doing so, the school must consult with parents, school staff members, the district, and outside experts. Upon receving the district's approval of its plan, the school must begin to implement it immediately.

Thirteen weeks is not much time to create a school improvement plan. The challenge the principal faces is to optimize the assistance of the school improvement team and determine how the existing school improvement plan can be updated to address the school's current improvement status. The following suggested milestones for each week are offered as a tool to assist the principal in keeping the plan development process on track. The timeline begins when the principal receives notification from the district that the school has been identified for improvement.

Week	Activity Milestones
One	Get organized. Consult with superintendent. Think through process. Identify state and local technical assistance resources. Schedule improvement team meeting.
Two	Hold improvement team meeting. Review tasks ahead. Identify school's deficient areas. Establish work schedule.
Three	Review school's existing improvement plan. Identify areas needing update or modification. Review student achievement data.
Four	Formulate measurable improvement objectives.
Five	Formulate measurable improvement objectives.
Six	Present/review draft measurable objectives with school's constituent groups. Update objectives based on feedback offered.
Seven
Eight	Develop strategies for accomplishing measurable objectives. Assign lead responsibility for each objective and identify required resources.
Nine
Ten	Review strategies with constituent groups. Update strategies based on feedback.
Eleven	Revise written school improvement plan to incorporate new measurable objectives.
Twelve	Review plan with constituent groups.
Thirteen	Finalize improvement plan. (School improvement team adopts plan, and principal submits plan to district.)

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