Performance Fact: Resources

Gallery of Client Work

		8 Bedrocks of a Continuous District and School Improvement System (October 2006) Success does not happen by chance. Rather, success comes from the alignment of purpose and action; it is the reward of paying disciplined attention to our intention. Successful districts and schools ought to continually improve their practices and processes in order to remain successful. Likewise, underperforming or "struggling" districts and schools must embrace the idea of continuous improvement in order to live up to their potential. The 8 Bedrocks is a guide for educational leaders and practitioners that outlines the essential elements of a coherent design for continuous district and school improvement. View online (pdf)

		Learning Leaders Digest (June 2006) This Digest takes a two-year retrospective look on leadership development efforts at Havenscourt Middle School in Oakland Unified School District (Oakland, California). During the first year (2004-2005), the school focused on clarifying its vision for change and defining an action plan. In the second year (2005-2006), the school made continuous improvements to their action plan, while experiencing leadership and structural changes. This Digest highlights the Performance Fact inquiry process, Eye on the Goal™. View excerpt online (pdf) To obtain a complete copy, email contact@performancefact.com with your inquiry.

		Learning Leaders Journal (June 2005) Learning Leaders is a practitioners' journal for the Principals-in-Action Network™. In 2004-2005, a network of 13 elementary schools in Oakland Unified School District (Oakland, California) participated in a year-long professional leadership development program facilitated by Performance Fact. This journal highlights the impact of principals' leadership practices on teaching practices and student learning. View excerpt online (pdf) To obtain a complete copy, email contact@performancefact.com with your inquiry.

		Necessary Conditions: A Perspective on Success for All Students in Low-Performing Schools (2000) Low-performing schools are more alike than they are different. While their challenges may appear quite different on the surface, in truth, they share identical root causes. We suggest that success for all students rests on addressing the challenges facing low performing schools at their root. Nothing else will produce the lasting effect we all desire. The five fundamentals offer a guide for designing and operating strong schools where adults and the students in their care can thrive. View online (pdf) To obtain a complete copy, email contact@performancefact.com with your inquiry.

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Welcome to our gallery of client work! Read brief descriptions about a sampling of projects or publications that have been facilitated, compiled, or published by Performance Fact. To obtain further information about a particular project or publication, email contact@performancefact.com with your inquiry.

Allentown SD 2005-2011 Strategic Plan

Allentown School District serves about 17,500 students in the city of Allentown, Pennsylvania. In 2004, the district wrote its 6-year strategic plan, Students First!, with the support of a core planning team of over 40 participants. Performance Fact facilitated the planning process and compiled the final report.

View online at Allentown SD (pdf)

Council Rock SD 2006-2012 Strategic Plan

Council Rock School District is a suburban district in Bucks County, Pennsylvania that serves over 12,000 students. The district's 6-year strategic plan titled Blueprint for Excellence! was completed by a strategic planning core team of 35 participants including teachers, parents, students, community members, principals and central office staff. Performance Fact facilitated the planning process and compiled the final report.

View online at Council Rock SD (pdf)

Pocono Mountain SD 2006-2012 Strategic Plan

Pocono Mountain School District is located in Northeastern Pennsylvania and serves about 17,500 students. The planning process was completed in less than three months and the final plan met the state's Chapter 4 Strategic Plan requirements. Performance Fact facilitated the planning process and compiled the final report.

View online at Pocono Mountain SD (pdf)

Southwest Independent School District 2007-2012 Strategic Plan

Southwest ISD is located outside of San Antonio, Texas with an expanding student population of over 9,500 students. The district spent the 2006-07 school year writing the strategic plan and gathering feedback from all stakeholder communities. The 5-year strategic plan, titled Becoming a Value-added Exemplary District!, was facilitated and compiled by Performance Fact.

Sacramento City Unified School District 2004-2006 Strategic Plan

Sacramento City USD is among the 10 largest school districts in California serving about 50,000 K-12 students and 20,000 adult education students. Success for Every Student by Name is a two-year strategic plan that builds off its predecessor, High Standards, Great Results! An Action Plan for Educating All Students (1997-2001). Both plans were facilitated and compiled by Performance Fact.

Getting Results!™ Customized for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Getting Results!™ is a continuous improvement planning framework that guides schools through data analysis, root cause analysis and discovery, and solution planning. Pennsylvania released Generation 3 of Getting Results!™ in September 2006. Beginning in 2007, all Pennsylvania schools will be using Performance Fact's Getting Results!™ framework to write their school and district improvement plans. Getting Results!™ has also been used for school improvement planning purposes in Southwest Independent School District (San Antonio, Texas) and by selected schools in Oakland Unified School District (Oakland, California).

View online at the Pennsylvania Department of Education

High Priority Schools Grant Program

In California, the High Priority Schools Grant Program (HPSGP) is intended to assist the lowest-performing schools in the state by offering additional resources targeted at student performance. In 2006-07, Performance Fact worked with teams from Maxwell Park Elementary, Sherman Elementary, Lazear Elementary and International Community School (Oakland USD) to complete their HPSGP plans. All schools used the Getting Results!™ framework to conduct student achievement data analysis, root cause analysis and discovery, and solution planning.

Stronger Schools…by Design! A Systems-thinking Approach to Continuous School Improvement (2005)

Stronger Schools…by Design! was presented at the Council of Chief State School Officers LEADING SYSTEMS REFORM Conference in October 2005. Pennsylvania Secretary of Education, Dr. Jerry Zahorchak, outlined the state's strategic plan for PreK-12, which included the foundation for a systems-thinking approach to continuous school improvement, described in this report.

School Nutrition. . . by Design!
Prepared for the California Department of Education (2006)

In January 2005, the California State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Jack O'Connell, convened an Advisory Committee on Nutrition Implementation Strategies to address the looming health care crisis related to childhood obesity. Over the course of several months, Performance Fact facilitated the Advisory Committee's deliberations, as the Committee researched, discussed and proposed strategies that schools and districts can use to develop a healthy nutrition environment and model healthy eating habits for their students. The final report was published in 2006 and disseminated to the superintendents in every school district in California.

View online at the California Department of Education (pdf)

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