Strategic Performance

Management
Three Ways to Apply SPM

The Entire Multiple A Branch

Organization Organizations or Strand
SPM Implementation Process
SEA, LEA, or School
Four Modules in Implementing SPM
A. Set the Direction
◦ Vision, Mission, Values, Goals, Strategies
◦ Performance Measures – Indicators, Data Sources, Baseline
Data, Targets
B. Operationalize the Direction
◦ Connection to Purpose and Direction
◦ Coordination and Collaboration
C. Design Actionable Work
◦ Milestones and Action Plans
◦ Collaborative Teams
D. Implement Performance and Innovation Cycle
◦ Implementation data and feedback Adjustment and Innovation
◦ Adjustment and innovation
◦ Reports (communication)
Strategic Direction Strategies

Milestones Milestones
Year 1 Year 2
& &
Actions Actions

Goals Strategies
Vision
Milestones Milestones
Mission Year 1 Year 2
& &
Values Actions Actions

Strategies
Foundation Student-focused
Milestones Milestones
Year 1 Year 2
& &
Actions Actions

Organization-
focused
ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS
PERFORMANCE CYCLE OF REPORTING, REVIEWING AND ADJUSTING
A Strategic Performance Network
Domain-based Practices
Framework presents
effective practices
that resulted in rapid
school turnaround.

A Needs Assessment
identifies strengths,
weaknesses and
root causes in each
domain.
Selecting Effective Practices
• Needs Assessment informs
selection of domain-based
effective practices
• NIRN’s Hexagon Tool informs
selection of practices via 6
broad factors
o Need
o Fit
o Resources
o Evidence
o Capacity
o Readiness
Creating and Implementing a System
A Strategic Performance NETWORK
• Facilitates each organization’s (SEA,
LEA, schools) self-determined,
aspirational pursuit of more effective
education .
• Creates: (1) a structure of common
data elements and coded categories
(Domains/practices) and (2) routine
reporting cycles that enable a
collaborative and supportive system.
Goal-aligned Strategies
Each strategy is written as a mini-Theory of Action
(sound familiar?) aligned to a domain-based practice
(coded category).

If we…

then…

and …
 Strategy
Student-focused Goal: Domain-
Each student will meet or exceed their growth based
effective
targets along the pathway to graduate prepared practice
for post-secondary study and employment.

Strategy (1 of several):
IF the SEA ………………………………..…………, THEN LEAs or schools will
……………………….. AND each student will meet or exceed their
growth targets along the pathway to graduate prepared
for post-secondary study and employment.
Result for
students- Impact on
student LEAs or
focused Schools
goals Goal performance measure Strategy Performance Measure
 Performance Measures
Goal Performance Measures indicate progress on
moving closer to realizing our goals.
• Percentage of students who meet or exceed their
growth targets
Goal 1:
Measure: Indicator(s) Data Baseline Target Target
Source Year 1 Year 2
1.
2.
 Performance Measures
Strategy Performance Measures focus on the “then”
portion of the statement. It measures the direct
impact of implementing the effective practice.
• If we provide professional learning and supports on
student personal competencies, then teachers will
provide opportunities for students to develop and apply
personal competencies to enhance their learning, and
students will meet or exceed their growth targets.
Strategy 1.1:
Measure: Indicator(s) Data Baseline Target Target
Source Year 1 Year 2
1.
2.
Milestones and Actions
• Milestones are the large steps to implementing
the strategy (the If we part)
• They are written in past tense and serve as
indicators
• Actions include Outputs, Timeline,
Resources/Budget, Responsible Person, and
Collaborators
Performance Cycle
• Monthly
Implementation Status
Reports
• Quarterly Performance
Reviews
• Annual Leadership
Performance Reviews
Implementation Drivers
Strategic Performance Network
• Maintains autonomy of each organization in setting its direction,
however operational procedures include common elements

• Creates implementation and performance data at multi-

organization levels

• Adds a multiplier effect to the potency of the whole system as

well as each organization

• Creates rapid circuits of information through interlaced data that

activate responsive supports

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SPM Network
System of Interlaced Data
• Common Elements
◦ Goals (and goal performance measures)
◦ Strategies (and strategy performance measures)
◦ Milestones (implementation measures)
◦ Actions (implementation measures)

• Coded Elements
◦ Strategies and related milestones and actions are coded
based on 4 Domains
◦ Other Coding Categories determined by SEA
And Responsive Supports
Coding is used to determine differentiated supports
• For initial implementation
o Is there a need for professional learning in a particular
domain or practice at the initial implementation stage?
o Are any leadership supports need to kick start
implementation of the plan?
• In response to progress data
o What supports are needed to keep districts and school
progressing on plans?
o What immediate interventions are needed to get work
back on track?
Digging Deeper with Examples
With your group, examine the examples provided
and answer the following questions:
• Does the Strategy seem appropriate for the goal?
• Do the Category Codes seem appropriate for the
strategy?
• Other than the Category Codes for the Four Domains
and Practices, what other categories would be used?
Subject area, Grade range? Other?
Applying Learning through Practice
Using either School C, District Z or Anywhere State,
• Create a goal
• Identify a goal performance measure
• Create a strategy aligned to a Domain and Practice
• Identify a strategy performance measure
Be ready to share
• Why is the strategy appropriate for the goal?
• What category and other codes would be useful?
Applying Learning through Practice
Trade your example for a different example created
by another team
• Discuss possible supports
• The school could provide itself
• The district might provide
• The state might provide
• How helpful would a net of SPM in a System of
Support be?
• How could it be used to build the school’s capacity to
use data from a performance cycle to make timely
self-corrections or seek responsive supports?
 Building A Collaborative and Support System for
School Improvement Can Result in More Students
Learning and Succeeding in Pursuit of Their
Interests and Aspirational Goals.