St. Clair County Regional Educational Service Agency

The Michigan Department of Education approved the School Improvement Framework(SIF) to guide schools in developing effective school improvement efforts. The five strands of the SIF are identified below, along with links to MDE resources for each.

• Teaching for Learning
• Leadership
• Personnel and Professional Learning
• School and Community Relations
  
• Data and Information Management

MDE resources to support school improvement

• MDE Official School Improvement website
• School Improvement Framework
• Introduction to Goals Management Video
• Using Goals Management Video
• AdvancEd Resources and Tools

Additional Resources for School Improvement

General

• What Works Clearinghouse
• Teaching for Learning
• Center for Applied Special Technology, CAST
• M.O.R.E. (Michigan Online Resources for Educators)
• Marzano Research Laboratory
• Intervention Techniques
• RtI Network
• National Center for Response to Intervention
• Wayne RESA School Improvement Page
• Practical Michigan School Improvement Timeline

ELA

• Florida Center for Reading Research
• Big Ideas in Beginning Reading
• Oregon Reading First Center
• Mission Literacy
• Vaughn Center for Reading and Language Arts
• WriteWell© (research information)
• National Writing Project
• What Works Clearinghouse

Behavior

• Positive Behavior Intervention and Support
• Safe and Civil Schools (C.H.A.M.P.S.)
  
• Positive Behavior Supports
• Fidelity/Process and Measurement Tools
• MiBLiSI
• MDE-Michigan's Positive Behavior Support Implementation Guide

Math

Technology

Partnership with AdvancEd

The Office of School Improvement and the Office of Education Assessment and Accountability of the Michigan Department of Education, in collaboration with AdvancED, provide unified online resources designed to:

• Assist Michigan schools and districts with their school improvement and accreditation efforts.
• Avoid duplication of effort for schools and districts to meet their school improvement and accreditation requirements.

Local district support for school improvement

St. Clair County RESA staff will assist local districts in developing effective school improvement plans focused on student learning. Contact Brenda Tenniswood, RESA Director of Education Services, at (810) 455-4002.

Supporting school improvement with data

Local districts in St. Clair County are implementing Illuminate DnA for use in the 2017-18 school year. 

Michigan Department of Education, School Data Warehouse, MiSchooldata.org

Data4SS (Data 4 Student Success) is and online data tool designed to support data-driven decision making in Michigan's schools. The project also provides quality professional development tools that support school improvement activities.