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SPSA Tools & Resources
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Shown below are several useful tools, websites and texts that provide information, tips, and guidance to assist School Site Councils in the development of effective Single Plans for Student Achievement (SPSA). SPSAs should be designed to address the specific educational needs of students at each school site.
Tools to Analyze and Develop the SPSA
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Guide To Using Data in School Improvement Efforts
This guide is designed for educators who are learning how to use data in their school planning process. The guide offers some foundational information on types of data, strategies for understanding and analyzing data, and methods for determining how these efforts can influence goals and planning.
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Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) Cycle
The PDSA model is a simple, but effective protocol for teams to use to explore strategies over time.
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1- Fishbone Diagram Protocol
To arrive at a deeper understanding of the problem (before jumping to solutions).
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2- Interrelationship Diagraph Protocol
To determine which root causes from the Fishbone Diagram are the most impactful on which to focus.
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3- Expert Convening Protocol
To learn from people who have relevant expertise and who provide multiple perspectives on the issue a team wants to improve.
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4- Empathy Interview Protocol
To gain a deeper understanding of a stakeholder’s experience of the issue you are working on.
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5- Digging into Data Protocol
To help a group engage in productive dialogue about data and to build collective capacity to make sense of data relevant to Local Educational Agency/School Improvement.
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6- Process Mapping Protocol
To better understand the process leading a particular outcome, and identify potential breakdown points where we should focus our improvement efforts.
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7- Driver Diagram Protocol
To generate or refine a shared “theory of action” to drive a team’s improvement efforts and achieve the goal.
Website Resources
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Educational Results Partnership
Educational Results Partnership (ERP) is a national alliance of business and academia dedicated to improving educational productivity: kindergarten through career. Using the nation’s largest database on student achievement, ERP uncovers successful schools, particularly in economically disadvantaged districts, and promotes their best practices. The company’s stated purpose is to change the conversation about American education from pointing out failure to promoting success.
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Quality Schooling Framework
The Quality Schooling Framework (QSF) is the California educator’s destination for timely tools and practices to guide effective planning, policy, expenditure, and instructional decisions at all schools and districts.
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What Works Clearinghouse
The What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) is an initiative of the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences. Established in 2002, the WWC reviews and assesses research evidence for educational programs, products, practices, and policies. Its goal is to provide educators with the information they need to make evidence-based decisions.
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Evidence for ESSA
In December 2015, Congress passed the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). Within the bill are provisions that promote the use of federal dollars on programs with evidence of effectiveness. ESSA encourages the use of strategies with evidence of impact. This website was created to help identify these programs. It provides a free, authoritative, user-centered database to help anyone – school, district, or state leaders, teachers, parents, or concerned citizens – easily find programs and practices that align to the ESSA evidence standards and meet their local needs.
Additional Plan Writing Guides
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Supporting School Reform by Leveraging Federal Funds in a Schoolwide Program
This document highlights specific advantages and flexibilities inherent in schoolwide programs, clarifies common misunderstandings about schoolwide programs, and serves as a resource, in conjunction with existing guidance, for state education agencies, districts, and schools.
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For additional information, please contact Mohamed Tantawi at (213) 241-6990 or email to mkt3216@lausd.net