The Partnership for Quality from QLD and CEC

 QLD and The Consortium for Educational Change have joined to create

The Partnership for Quality

to offer a variety of services and resources to school districts throughout Illinois and beyond. These resources and services, organized around the concepts of Focus, Alignment and Results (FAR), include:

Focus - CEC Resources:

Strategic Visioning - Living the Strategic Plan

System Assessment

Painting the BIG PICTURE of Continuous Improvement (PLCs)

Focus - QLD Resources:

Tool: S.M.A.R.T. Schools Self-Assessment

Article: "A Minimalist Approach to Reform" by Anne Conzemius (School Administrator)

Book: Building Shared Responsibility for Student Learning by Conzemius and O'Neill (ASCD)

Training: S.M.A.R.T. Academy (description is attached below)

Alignment - CEC Resources

Aligning Teacher Performance Expectations to Hiring, Induction, Mentoring, Professional Development, Supervision/Evaluating/Coaching and other HR Policies and Procedures

Aligning Leader Performance Expectations to Hiring, Mentoring, Professional Development, Supervision/Evaluating/Coaching and other HR Policies and Practices

Coaching Principals

Alignment - QLD Resources

Tool: S.M.A.R.T. Measurement System (SMS)

Book: The Power of SMART Goals by O'Neill, Conzemius, Commodore and Pulsfus (Solution Tree)

Book: More Than a SMART Goal by Conzemius and Morganti-Fisher (coming in August from Solution Tree)

Training: S.M.A.R.T. Academy (description is also attached below)

Online: SMART Goals Learning Community on PD 360 (a free group)

Results - CEC Resources

Aligning common assessments, differentiation, and interventions to Common Core State Standards

Identifying a shared accountability data system from the classroom to the boardroom that drives goal setting, goal action plans and requires monitoring and reporting to ensure growth and improvement

Results - QLD Resources

Tool: S.M.A.R.T. Measurement System (SMS)

Article: "Making Kids Work on Goals" (Wall Street Journal)

Article: "Gilmer ISD's S.M.A.R.T. Partnership" (JSD)

Book: More Than a SMART Goal by Conzemius and Morganti-Fisher (coming in August from Solution Tree)

Training: S.M.A.R.T. Academy (description is also attached below)

Click on the linked items to learn more about these resources. Other resource descriptions are attached below.