Continuous Improvement Plans-Template and Resources

What is it? MESD Continuous Improvement Plans (CIPs) help align our work with MESD’s strategic priorities and guide intentional improvements. These plans aim to enhance the experiences of the students, families, educators, schools, and districts we serve. Each CIP includes goals, strategies, activities, and metrics to focus and track progress throughout the school year.

Who needs to submit it? A current list of administrators expected to create an improvement plan can be found here

Instructions to complete it:

Guidance for completing your Continuous Improvement Plan can be found in the Continuous Improvement Worksheet and Plan Template

Important Deadlines:

• By October 31 - Add your completed Improvement Plan to this shared folder

Additional Resources to Support Continuous Improvement Planning: 

Protocols for Data Collection & Sense-Making:

Strengths, Challenges, Implications Data Analysis Protocol Template: Use this template to organize your thoughts while reviewing data. It’s helpful for capturing individual ideas, discussing them in small groups, and then bringing everything together for a whole-group conversation.

Empathy Interview Protocol Worksheet and Question Bank: The worksheet and question bank can be used together to support planning for and implementation of empathy interviews.  Empathy interviews are a qualitative data collection method that help practitioners better understand the perspectives of stakeholders.

Problem-solving cycle: This protocol helps teams use data to identify root causes of challenges with input from stakeholders. It guides collaborative conversations that move from identifying a problem to uncovering what’s driving it, laying the groundwork for targeted and meaningful improvement.

Data Resources:

Continuous Improvement Folders: These folders include perception and student learning data curated for MESD’s Instructional Leadership Team. The information supports data-driven discussions and planning during the continuous improvement process.

Other Resources:

Community Engagement Spectrum: The Community Engagement Spectrum from the Oregon Department of Education’s Community Engagement Tool describes six levels of community engagement. The spectrum, along with example engagement methods, reflection questions, and resources, can support programs and schools to move along the spectrum.