Continuous School Improvement Network

The Continuous School Improvement (CSI) networking sessions serve as opportunities for school improvement teams within schools and complexes to engage in professional learning, share best practices, and collaborate on methods to improve schools. The Pacific East District supports ongoing school improvement by providing these opportunities to schools. The district and school work collaboratively to develop goals and action plans. The Pacific East District has improved the process for the Continuous School Improvement Network by adding more collaborative opportunities, monitoring participant feedback, and adjusting the process in response to CSI network participant feedback.

Department of Defense Performance Management and Appraisal Program (DPMAP)

The Pacific East District monitors leadership growth and performance through the DOD Performance Management and Appraisal Program (DPMAP). DPMAP aligns with standard 1.11 as it serves as the professional evaluation system within DoDEA that provides the quality assurance checks.

The DPMAP process provides professionals within DoDEA with performance elements aligned with expectations regarding their roles. Evaluators engage in beginning-of-the-year, middle-of-the-year, and end-of-the-year meetings with each educator. The implementation of the DPMAP process across DoDEA has led to a cohesive process for evaluating administrators across the Pacific East District.

DoDEA Comprehensive Assessment System

DoDEA’s Comprehensive Assessment System (DoDEA-CAS) provides the measurement and monitoring tool to determine whether the Pacific East District is increasing student performance. Educators utilize results from the DoDEA-CAS during their work in Focused Collaboration to determine instructional paths forward for students. The Pacific East District has demonstrated growth regarding student performance on DoDEA-CAS assessments.

DoDEA Learning Walkthrough Tool 2.0

The DoDEA Learning Walkthrough Tool (DWLT) provides administrators and educators with guidelines and expectations regarding instructional practices. Administrators are provided with the expectation to engage in five learning walkthroughs each week and engage in learning walkthrough calibrations with other administrators, Center for Instructional Leadership coaches, and Instructional Systems Specialists. The LWT serves as the quality assurance check for monitoring educator instruction. The Pacific East District’s approach to DWLT has led to improvements in understanding DoDEA LWT indicators and an increase in completions of learning walkthroughs.

Focused Collaboration

Focused Collaboration serves as the vehicle for educators to collaboratively engage in job-embedded professional learning focused on student achievement. During this time, educators review evidence of student learning and use this information to make instructional decisions. All educators engage and are provided with direction and guidance regarding Focused Collaboration on a weekly basis. The Focused Collaboration process centers on colleagues collaborating throughout the district and within schools. The Pacific East District engages in an annual review of the Focused Collaboration process and receives feedback from stakeholders to determine the effectiveness of the program. The district analyzes feedback results and makes adjustments to the program each year.

Forward Integrated Support Teams (FIST):

• Facilities

• HR

• Logistics

• Manpower

• Procurement

• Resource Management (Budget)

• Safety

• Security

• Transportation

The Pacific East District Forward Integrated Support Teams (FIST) provide policies to guide school and district operations in alignment with the identified goals of the district. All schools demonstrate alignment with the DoDEA guidelines and policies. FIST monitors compliance and quality assurance regarding policies and operations for DoDEA.

Interactive Customer Evaluation (ICE) System

The Interactive Customer Evaluation (ICE) system is a means for stakeholders to provide anonymous or named feedback regarding DoDEA, the Pacific East District, and schools. Comments received from the ICE system are provided to relevant stakeholders. Action is taken to correct any identified problems within five days. Praises are highlighted and celebrated within the district. The Pacific East District has increased our responsiveness to ICE comments from stakeholders.

Internal Review Visits

Internal Review Visits (IRVs) within the Pacific East District align with the district purpose statement as they are the method in which the Pacific East monitors school understanding of the district direction and monitors quality assurance. The IRV process, which happens on an annual basis, provides the district with insight into areas of growth and ways to provide support for schools. Schools provide their progress toward four district-selected Cognia Standards focusing on continuous improvement (1.3), differentiation (2.7), assessment (2.11), and professional learning (3.2). Results from the Internal Review Visits suggest growth in schools understanding the common vision and purpose of the district and positively growing in the Pacific East District’s four Power Standards.

Levels of Support

The Pacific East District developed the Levels of Support as a means to determine resource allocation regarding support for schools, providing a framework for structured and strategic support and monitoring of schools. The Levels of Support, while a new system, has led to alignment within the district office regarding methods of monitoring and supporting schools, as evidenced through the calendar and ISS travel planning.

Pacific East Data Management System (PEDMS)

INSERT TEXT The Pacific East Data Management System (PEDMS) aligns with standard 1.11 as it was developed as a system for the district, schools, teams, and teachers to engage in continuous improvement through phrases that include assessing and adjusting.

The implementation of PEDMS enables schools and the district to measure and examine student learning and school improvement in alignment with their continuous improvement process.

The district’s and schools’ goals are embedded in the PEDMS process.

Professional Learning

The Pacific East District Professional Learning Plan outlines the professional learning opportunities for educators within the district. The plan uses the Kirkpatrick Model’s Four Levels of Training Evaluation (results, behavior, learning, and participant reaction) to gauge the success of professional learning implementation throughout the district.

Strategic Plan

The Pacific East Strategic Plan, developed by the Pacific East Steering Committee, aligns with standard 1.11 as it arose from feedback from stakeholders in requesting direction for schools, administrators, and teachers across the district in alignment with DoDEA’s goals and initiatives.

Educational Program Reviews

In the spring of 2021 RAE instituted a new process to put the 50+ Curriculum and Student Services Programs on a five-year review cycle to evaluate program implementation and effectiveness. Thus are, three evaluations have been completed:

• 3-12 Math

• 3-12 Literacy

• K-5 Science

Five evaluations are scheduled for SY 2021-2022

• 6-12 Social Studies (+ AP)

• 6-12 Science (+ AP)

• K-5 Literacy

• School Nursing

• Chemical Hygiene Safety Protocol

Master Calendar

The Master Calendar aligns with the Pacific East District continuous improvement process by outlining professional learning and internal review visits in the district.

Pacific East Data Dashboard

The Pacific East implemented the Pacific East Data Dashboard to make data more easily accessible to colleagues throughout the district.