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Susanne Cramer, accountability and school improvement chief officer, presented to the Board of Education regarding steps our district is taking for continuous improvement.
Our district is aligning school improvement work through a systems approach to accreditation with Cognia. In the past, accreditation was done at the school level with differing standards for elementary and secondary. Continuous improvement in Omaha Public Schools will now be a single process with goals and monitoring aligned from the classroom to the board room.
A standard K-12 accreditation system supports data-driven conversations and actions about what makes effective schools. It creates a shared framework to achieve measurable, meaningful improvement for our students.
Cognia offers evaluation and observation tools to support ongoing data gathering to ensure consistent experiences and improved results. This systems accreditation process has three phases:
- Self-assessment
- Engagement
- Progress
Our district will work on self-assessment in 2023-24 and engagement review during the 2024-25 school year. After that, there will be ongoing improvement and monitoring efforts to track progress.
What is next?
Our district is building a Continuous Improvement Steering Team, which includes principals, district leaders, teachers and classified staff. This group will guide the work moving forward. Staff will update the Board on evidence of improvement in September and the Strategic Plan of Action in October.
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