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TARGETED IMPROVEMENT PLAN (TIP) - INSTRUCTION VIDEOS
Journey to Improvement - The Targeted Improvement Plan Monthly Tips & Pointers
October 2023
The end of the first quarter is the ideal time to pull your Continuous Improvement team together and look at your data from this quarter. Here’s what the team should be doing:
- Start gathering your data from the Fall assessments.
- Study the Data and find your baseline.
- Talk about your projections for the Spring assessments. Where do you want your students to be in the spring?
- Open ILCD and add information to the website that you have gathered this fall.
- Watch the September webinar if you missed it.
Links for you to refer to as you review this quarter’s data:
Data Meeting Toolkit | IDC
Implementation Resources
TIP Guidance/Videos/Webinars
ILCD Website
For further information, please get in touch with
Darsha Pelland at: darsha.pelland@nebraska.gov
Dr. Micki Charf at: micki.charf@nebraska.gov
Abbey Cron at: abbey.cron@nebraska.gov
September 2023
Welcome Back to School!!
How to find the reviews of the Targeted Improvement Plans (TIP) submitted on May 1, 2023, that are posted in ILCD 3.0.
Access the review for the TIP on the NDE portal – HERE!
Log into ILCD 3.0 and click on the Program Improvement Tab
Scroll down below the colored Continuous Improvement Process wheel to “Uploaded Documents for Targeted Improvement Plan”.
The most recent review will end with 2023.pdf.
The Targeted Improvement Plan is now a part of the NE Counts Determinations
If you are looking for help as you work through your TIP this year, go to the ILCD webpage
Everything you need is on the ILCD page – HERE!
*The link to the NDE Portal
*Videos for each section of the TIP
*TIP trainings from past years
*Monthly Tips from last year
*Navigating the Targeted Improvement Plan’s Guidance Document.
Here are some resources to refer to as you review your data:
Implementation Resources
TIP Guidance/Videos/Webinars
ILCD Website
For further information, please get in touch with
Darsha Pelland at: darsha.pelland@nebraska.gov
Micki Charf at: micki.charf@nebraska.gov
Abbey Cron at: abbey.cron@nebraska.gov
April 2023
TIP DUE date is MAY 1st!!!
It is NOW TIME! The DEADLINE is almost here!! Pull your Continuous Improvement team together ASAP and look at your Data.
What should teams be doing?
- Review and evaluate all your data from this year
- What is your data showing you?
- Do you need to make changes next year?
- Set aside plenty of time to get your information uploaded and added to the ILCD webpage (half a day at least!)
- If possible, have your team meeting on a Wednesday, so you can ask any questions that arise during our office hours.
- Open ILCD and add your TIP information to the website.
Remember this is DUE MAY 1st!!!!
Office hours will be offered every Wednesday in April from 12:00 – 1:00 CST
- The purpose of the Office Hours is to allow districts an opportunity to call and ask questions they have about their submission or help problem-solve an issue they are having with their continuous improvement process.
- The Office Hours will not be recorded nor will any information be planned for discussion. It is an impromptu meeting allowing for discussion of topics regarding continuous improvement to be raised by those who participate.
Office Hours Zoom link: https://educationne.zoom.us/j/93669194332
Here are some resources to refer to as you review your data:
Implementation Resources
TIP Guidance/Videos/Webinars
ILCD Website
For further information, please get in touch with
Kelly Wojcik kelly.wojcik@nebraska.gov or
Darsha Pelland at: darsha.pelland@nebraska.gov
March 2023
The end of the THIRD QUARTER is upon us! You can pull your Continuous Improvement team together NOW and look at your Data. TIP DUE date is MAY 1st!!!!!!
What should teams be doing?
Your team should be reviewing your third-quarter data
If you have slipped behind, review all of your data for this year
Set up your FINAL team meeting for April
If possible, have your team meeting before one of our office hours, so you can ask any questions that arise
Our office hours will be offered every Wednesday in April from 12:00 p.m. CST – 1:00 p.m. CST
Zoom Link: https://educationne.zoom.us/j/93669194332
You can open ILCD and add your TIP information to the website at any time from now until May 1st! Take some of the stress from the end of the year off of your plate!!
Here are some resources to refer to as you review your data:
Implementation Resources
TIP Guidance/Videos/Webinars
ILCD Website
For further information, please get in touch with
Kelly Wojcik kelly.wojcik@nebraska.gov or
Darsha Pelland at: darsha.pelland@nebraska.gov
February 2023
Hello February! It’s that time again to pull your Continuous Improvement team together and look at your Data.
What should teams be doing?
- Watch the January TIP regional meeting
- Review your implementation data and discuss the following suggestions:
- Are there supports that you can provide your staff?
- Allow opportunities for modeling different implementation strategies
- Discuss offering low-stress opportunities to practice implementation strategies
- Would you like to set up coaching sessions with the staff?
Remember if any changes need to be made to your TIP plan:
- Write up a rationale for the changes you have noticed in your data
- Open ILCD and add information to the website that you have gathered this far
Here are some resources to refer to as you review your data:
Implementation Resources
TIP Guidance/Videos/Webinars
ILCD Website
For further information, please get in touch with
Kelly Wojcik kelly.wojcik@nebraska.gov or
Darsha Pelland at: darsha.pelland@nebraska.gov
January 2023
Happy New Year! It is time to pull your Continuous Improvement team together and look at your Data.
What should teams be doing?
Your team should be reviewing your first-semester data
Look at your implementation data
Does that data indicate you need some follow-up training or coaching?
Are there any changes you need to make to your TIP plan?
Write up a rationale for the changes you have noticed in your data
Open ILCD and add information to the website that you have gathered thus far
Here are some resources to refer to as you review your data:
Implementation Resources
TIP Guidance/Videos/Webinars
ILCD Website
For further information, please get in touch with
Kelly Wojcik kelly.wojcik@nebraska.gov or
Darsha Pelland at: darsha.pelland@nebraska.gov
December 2022
The Holiday Break is so close! As you wind the semester down pull your Continuous Improvement team together and look at your Data.
What should teams be doing?
This is a very BUSY time of year so relax and enjoy your break.
If you have a moment, you can take a peek at these things:
Dig into the data from your fall/Winter assessments
Look at your Implementation Data
Are you embedding Implementation Strategies into your daily/weekly routines?
Are there adjustments that need to be made after your data dig?
Write up a rationale for the changes you have noticed in your data
Open ILCD and add information to the website that you have gathered thus far
Here are some resources to refer to as you review your data:
Implementation Resources
TIP Guidance/Videos/Webinars
ILCD Website
For further information, please get in touch with
Kelly Wojcik kelly.wojcik@nebraska.gov or
Darsha Pelland at: darsha.pelland@nebraska.gov
November 2022
Now is the time to start Collecting your Implementation Data
Brainstorm ways to embed Implementation Strategies into your daily/weekly routines
Are there adjustments that need to be made after your data dig
Write up a rationale for the changes you have noticed in your data
Open ILCD and add information to the website that you have gathered thus far
Implementation Resources – HERE
TIP Guidance/Videos/Webinars – HERE
ILCD Website – HERE
October 2022
It is October!! The end of the first quarter is here. This is the ideal time to pull your Continuous Improvement team together and look at your data from this quarter.
What should teams be doing?
Start gathering your data from the Fall assessments.
Study the Data and find your baseline.
Talk about your projections for the Spring assessments. Where do you want your students to be in the spring?
Open ILCD and add information to the website that you have gathered this fall.
Please visit the following links to refer to as you review this quarter’s data:
TIP Guidance/Videos/Webinars
ILCD Website
Please contact Darsha Pelland (darsha.pelland@nebraska.gov) for further information.