Communication Plan

The Pacific East District provides schools with direction and guidance regarding communication plans in alignment with the Pacific East District’s purpose. Schools develop communication plans, matrices and details to help ensure clear communication within schools and provide specific ways they share communication with stakeholders and engage in two-way dialogic conversations to receive input from stakeholders. All Pacific East Schools have communication plans, which improved communications across the district, as evidenced by the results from the Internal Review Visits.

Continuous School Improvement Network

The Continuous School Improvement (CSI) networking sessions serve as opportunities for continuous 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 facilitating and providing these opportunities to schools. The district and schools work collaboratively to develop district and school goals and action plans.

DoDEA College and Career Ready Standards (CCRS)

DoDEA’s College and Career Ready Standards provide the rigorous standards and curriculum necessary for educators to cultivate high student achievement in alignment with the district’s purpose statement. The Pacific East District provides continual professional learning through implementing timelines, creating clear expectations and establishing guidelines for educators regarding rigorous instruction with high student achievement. DoDEA implemented the rigorous College and Career Ready Standards following research which determined a need for alignment with school systems in the United States to meet the needs of military-connected students.

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 learning. Data from DoDEA-CAS is readily available in the Pacific East Dashboard. Educators utilize results from the DoDEA-CAS during their work in Focused Collaboration to determine instructional paths forward for students and engage with data through the Pacific East Data Management System. 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 to provide educators with feedback regarding their instructional practices as a means to develop further professional practices among educators. The Pacific East District’s set expectations has led to increases in the usage and implementation of the DoDEA Learning Walkthrough tool.

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 district’s guidelines, expectations, common schedule, calendar and framework for educators in the Pacific East has led to improvements in its implementation.

Internal Review Visits

Internal Review Visits (IRVs) within the Pacific East District are the method by which the Pacific East measures school continuous improvement.

The IRV process, which happens annually, 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). Administrators and school continuous improvement chairs participate in IRVs as a way to improve their professional practice and learn from peers regarding best practices for improving schools. Results from the IRVs suggest growth across all schools in the Pacific East District, demonstrating continued ongoing growth.

Leadership Development

The Pacific East District Leadership Development provides administrators with a variety of learning opportunities to develop their professional practice. Professional learning opportunities for leaders include leadership summits, complex huddles, CSI Networking Days, CSI Complex Days, Leadership Meetings, principal and assistant principal learning networks and coaching opportunities. The establishment of this process has led to an increase in leadership’s understanding of the common Pacific East processes.

Levels of Support

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

Pacific East Data Management System (PEDMS)

The Pacific East Data Management System (PEDMS) aligns with standard 1.3 as it was developed as a system for the district, schools, teams, and teachers to engage in ongoing data analysis. PEDMS provides schools with a structured approach to analyzing data. 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 within the district.

Steering Committee

The Pacific East Steering Committee serves as the continuous school improvement team for the district. This team provides their insight and feedback into district decisions and examines various aspects of the district improvement plan. The development of the Steering Committee arose from the need to implement a system for decision making that involved various stakeholder perspectives.

Strategic Plan

The Pacific East Strategic Plan, developed by the Pacific East Steering Committee, aligns with standard 1.3 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.

System Quality Factors

The Pacific East District focused on SQF A: Clear Direction and SQF B: Healthy Culture and engaged in work to ensure that we provided all schools with the district’s expectations, vision, and direction in alignment with the district purpose statement. The focus on SQF A: Clear Direction, led to the development of the district strategic plan. Following a successful improvement with developing a clear direction, the Pacific East District decided to focus on SQF B: Healthy Culture and SQF D: Impact of Instruction.

Master Calendar

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

Pacific East Data Dashboard

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