DCI In Action

The Sullivan School District DCI Journey

Jana Thornsberry & Cindy Carey

Aligning the DCI work to the existing District teaching and learning goals. Intended audience: Teachers, Building Level Administrators, District Level Administrators

DLTs that Lead the Way for District Improvement

Shannon Hollifield

Aligning the DCI work to the existing District teaching and learning goals. Intended audience: Teachers, Building Level Administrators, District Level Administrators

DCI and Early Childhood Education: Improved Outcomes for our Youngest Learners

Kari Schriber, Shelly Doell, Ashley Painter & Loretta Dunkmann

This presentation will walk through how the Orchard Farm Early Learning Center implemented a formalized PLC at the Early Childhood level. Information related to identifying essential/supporting standards, unwrapping standards, developing common formative assessments, and implementing formalized data cycles will be discussed. Additionally, this presentation will focus on practical aspects such as developing a school-wide leadership team, implementing instructional rotations, and using a modified PLC workbook to track individual student growth. The presenters will also touch on utilizing a modified response to intervention approach as well as share data collected through a building-wide action research plan.

Grow your DLT Towards Success…One Districts Journey

Shana Turner, Amanda Sullivan & Allyson Hensley

Once we were stuck, feeling like DCI was something different, something else, or something more on our plates. Then we finally understood that these practices and processes ARE THE WORK to complement our existing teaching and learning goals! Learn how Farmington made it through a year of struggle to three preceding years of systematic progress once they focused the work on District goals for continuous improvement.

Why DCI? – A District Administrative Perspective

Matthew Martz

Dr. Matthew Martz presents the Worth County R-III District’s Journey for Improvement. Building and District Administrators will gain insight into how the DCI process works to provide focus to your district improvement efforts. Martz will also share lessons learned from the journey. Intended audience: Teachers, Building Level Administrators, District Level Administrators.

Success in Integrating DCI and District Initiatives

Candice Carter-Oliver

This presentation will focus on successful strategies for integrating DCI with district initiatives. With competing priorities at the district level, it is necessary to ensure alignment of proven research based strategies within one strategic plan. With full integration of DCI, the district is able to achieve its written and shared goals to impact student achievement at its maximum.