State Support Team

Serving school districts in Ashland, Crawford, Huron, Knox, Marion, Medina, Morrow, Richland, Seneca, and Wyandot Counties in Ohio

School Improvement

Overview

5 different steps of the Ohio Improvement Process, including supporting implementation

Ohio’s State System of Support is in place to assist schools and districts to increase student outcomes and achievement. This includes Educational Service Centers (ESC), State Support Teams (SST), Instruction Technology Centers (ITC), and direct supports from the Department. This system utilizes the Ohio Improvement Process (OIP) as a framework to establish systemic collaborative structures designed to support development and implementation of focused goals and a strategic plan looking at both student academic and non-academic needs. The continuous improvement cycle becomes the process for district and school core work and is used to implement, monitor and evaluate their goals and strategic plan.

SST 7 Padlet for 2023-2024

Access the content and recordings from the 2023-2024 OIP Network.

Don't forget to use the passcode to access materials from each session this school year!

Padlet for OIP NIC for the 2023-24 School Year

Password: OIP2024

Laws, Regulations, and Guidance

DEW Identification Link: The Department of Education and Workforce's page on Identification and Requirements for Districts and Buildings.

ESSA: Ohio's plan for accountability and school improvement; it fulfills the U.S. Dept. of Education's requirement of a school improvement system.

Identification Dashboard: A system for supporting districts and schools according to their needs for improvement.

Resources

DEW Administrator Resources: Superintendent and Treasurer Resources

High Quality Instructional Materials: High Quality Instructional Materials (HQIM) and resources to support HB33.

Ohio Improvement Process: Recommended Framework for District, Building and School Leaders to use for Continuous Improvement.

Region 8 Comprehensive Center: The Region 8 Comprehensive Center (CC) is one of 19 Regional CCs in the CC Network that provides high-quality, intensive capacity-building technical assistance and resources to clients from state, regional, and local educational agencies and schools in Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio.

Regional Data Leads: Regional Data Leads (RDLs) are members of the Ohio Educational Data Professionals Network who work at the regional level. They provide professional development, technical assistance, and coaching support to educators to strengthen professional practice and improve learning for all students.

WWC: What Works Clearinghouse is a central and trusted source of scientific evidence on education programs, products, practices, and policies.

Visible Learning: The Visible Learning^® research base is the culmination of Dr. John Hattie's research encompassing 25 years and includes 2,103 meta-analyses comprising more than 132,000 studies involving more than 300 million students around the world.

Contacts

The School Improvement Team in Region 7 provides support to district leadership in using the Ohio Improvement Process Framework.

Please feel free to contact the individuals listed below for more information.

Stacy Hunsinger, Consultant
[email protected]
Phone: 419.747.4808

Steve Short, Consultant
[email protected]
Phone: 419.747.4808