DSLN Year 3-4 Success by Nancy Gannon

Sustainability no matter what

gcox33 — 2023-10-30 17:22:45 UTC

Districts have a sustainability plan no matter their budget situation; (there are things to sustain even if cuts are very large)

District peer-to-peer collaboration is strong; evidence of leaders working together outside of WGPD (Presenting together; co-planning; sharing resources, etc.)

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SEAs achieve a concrete, measurable goal (or goals) that help districts better implement high quality summer learning, AND we can understand and articulate how coaching/DSLN helped them achieve that goal

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Strong Vision & EBPs

ngannon10 — 2023-10-30 17:23:00 UTC

The 5 SEAs create and communicate a strong vision that integrates EBPs and the pillars.

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Seamless data collection and analysis process where everyone involved knows what to expect, what's coming, what to do, etc.

The FHI brand

ngannon10 — 2023-10-30 17:23:44 UTC

We share and present and write such that when education leaders see FHI, they think oh those are the folks leading that summer learning work.

Summer as a strategy

gcox33 — 2023-10-30 17:23:47 UTC

SEA's themselves are invested in summer as a strategy for increased student success across the state; they are working across SEA's to find their strategies and levers.

A demonstrated commitment (e.g. a structure) for state and LEA collaboration on summer learning design and planning

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The CI process is well documented, including the outcomes of the data analysis /impacts to the project.

Codify and replicate

gcox33 — 2023-10-30 17:24:38 UTC

We are codifying some of our great work in ways that make it easy to replicate and offer to future clients

Balanced

ngannon10 — 2023-10-30 17:24:47 UTC

Our team, esp this core group, is working in a way that allows for a balanced life, and we've found ways to use other staff, DSLN consultants, and other consultants to support the work.

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Through publications, conference presentations, etc. FHI 360 positions itself as an expert in this field.

Consistent, clear and engaging internal communications products for different audiences (staff, districts, SEAs) and efficient, clear processes that support those products (planning, production, review)

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Strengthening the DSLN impact story esp regarding what a paradigm shift looks like in action.

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We meet all performance measures by end of year.

LEAs

ngannon10 — 2023-10-30 17:25:52 UTC

LEAs take their audacious goals through to implementation in ways that make the world say OH WOW, that's cool.

External comms: we are creating and disseminating products with learning, arguments, replicable practices, etc. that are a value-add to the larger field (e.g., not restating what others have already said)

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Develop relationships and proposal ideas throughout the year to take action on.

We are disseminating products in areas/through partners that are likely to reach the audiences we want to reach

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Assets

ngannon10 — 2023-10-30 17:26:41 UTC

we have a set of assets that are compelling and easy to share. (Think TNTP)

Just a note that I think some of the comms goals are also BD goals, and wondering if it's important to tease those out

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Every district is able to tell a compelling and evidence-based story of impact of a redesigned summer learning

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We regularly look "around the corner"

gcox33 — 2023-10-30 17:27:28 UTC

and collaborate to prevent deadline pileups, unnecessary duplication of efforts, bottlenecks in review, etc.

Continuous Learning

ngannon10 — 2023-10-30 17:27:35 UTC

We consistently learn at monthly meetings in ways that make us change our practice.

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We continue to acknowledge what is working well and what needs to be improved in order to create a stronger team and better work.

Clear processes and timeline for review and decision making

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Workday norms and operating procedures - how can we make this program work for us?

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"Just right" CI

gcox33 — 2023-10-30 17:28:31 UTC

We have enough data -- but not too much - to answer questions reliably so that we have confidence as we go forward from each cycle.

Updated filing system and practices (yay Kate!)

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Describing impact

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We can clearly communicate what DSLN has achieved (qualitative and quantitative) and how for potential funders

Wallace

gcox33 — 2023-10-30 17:36:18 UTC

Maek Wallace happy.

Scope Creep!

gcox33 — 2023-10-30 17:38:16 UTC

We slow down and assess the ROI on new ideas for work as they emerge.

Agreements about feedback

gcox33 — 2023-10-30 18:18:53 UTC

When and how are we planning for feedback and collaboration so that folks get what that need? eg EOY survey