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    Figure 2: Plan-Do-Check-Act Example Plan. The A+ Approach Begins With A "Plan" Step Called "Analyze." in This Step

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    The Pearl River School District uses the Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) cycle as a model for defining work processes from strategic planning to classroom instruction. Their "A+ Approach to Classroom Success" follows the PDCA cycle of: 1) analyzing student data to identify needs, 2) aligning curriculum to standards and developing teaching goals, 3) providing instruction, 4) continually assessing student learning through various methods, and 5) standardizing successful curriculum and sharing best practices for the next cycle. Improvement is built into this continuous work process through ongoing evaluation and adjustment.

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    Figure 2: Plan-Do-Check-Act Example Plan. The A+ Approach Begins With A "Plan" Step Called "Analyze." in This Step

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    The Pearl River School District uses the Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) cycle as a model for defining work processes from strategic planning to classroom instruction. Their "A+ Approach to Classroom Success" follows the PDCA cycle of: 1) analyzing student data to identify needs, 2) aligning curriculum to standards and developing teaching goals, 3) providing instruction, 4) continually assessing student learning through various methods, and 5) standardizing successful curriculum and sharing best practices for the next cycle. Improvement is built into this continuous work process through ongoing evaluation and adjustment.

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    The Pearl River School District uses the Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) cycle as a model for defining work processes from strategic planning to classroom instruction. Their "A+ Approach to Classroom Success" follows the PDCA cycle of: 1) analyzing student data to identify needs, 2) aligning curriculum to standards and developing teaching goals, 3) providing instruction, 4) continually assessing student learning through various methods, and 5) standardizing successful curriculum and sharing best practices for the next cycle. Improvement is built into this continuous work process through ongoing evaluation and adjustment.

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    Figure 2: Plan-Do-Check-Act Example Plan. The A+ Approach Begins With A "Plan" Step Called "Analyze." in This Step

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    PlanDoCheckAct Example

    The Pearl River, NY School District, a 2001 recipient of the Malcolm Baldrige
    National Quality Award, uses the PDCA cycle as a model for defining most of
    their work processes, from the boardroom to the classroom.
    PDCA is the basic structure for the districts overall strategic planning, needs
    analysis, curriculum design and delivery, staff goal-setting and evaluation,
    provision of student services and support services, and classroom instruction.
    Figure 2 shows their A+ Approach to Classroom Success. This is a continuous
    cycle of designing curriculum and delivering classroom instruction.
    Improvement is not a separate activity: It is built into the work process.

    Figure 2: Plandocheckact example


    Plan. The A+ Approach begins with a plan step called analyze. In this step,
    students needs are analyzed by examining a range of data available in Pearl
    Rivers electronic data warehouse, from grades to performance on
    standardized tests. Data can be analyzed for individual students or stratified by
    grade, gender or any other subgroup. Because PDCA does not specify how to
    analyze data, a separate data analysis process (Figure 3) is used here as well
    as in other processes throughout the organization.

    Figure 3: Pearl River: analysis process


    Do. The A+ Approach continues with two do steps:

    1. Align asks what national and state standards require and how they will
    be assessed. Teaching staff also plans curriculum by looking at what is
    taught at earlier and later grade levels and in other disciplines to assure
    a clear continuity of instruction throughout the students schooling.
    Teachers develop individual goals to improve their instruction where the
    analyze step showed any gaps.
    2. The second do step is, in this example, called act. This is where
    instruction is actually provided, following the curriculum and teaching
    goals. Within set parameters, teachers vary the delivery of instruction
    based on each students learning rates and styles and varying teaching
    methods.
    Check. The check step is called assess in this example. Formal and
    informal assessments take place continually, from daily teacher dipstick
    assessments to every-six-weeks progress reports to annual standardized tests.
    Teachers also can access comparative data on the electronic database to
    identify trends. High-need students are monitored by a special child study
    team.
    Throughout the school year, if assessments show students are not learning as
    expected, mid-course corrections are made such as re-instruction, changing
    teaching methods and more direct teacher mentoring. Assessment data
    become input for the next step in the cycle.
    Act. In this example the act step is called standardize. When goals are
    met, the curriculum design and teaching methods are considered standardized.
    Teachers share best practices in formal and informal settings. Results from this
    cycle become input for the analyze phase of the next A+ cycle.

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