School Improvement Model

School Improvement Model

The School Improvement Model is a custom-tailored package of trainings and support that is designed to give your faculty and staff broad-reaching professional development, as well as hands-on strategies and methods to embed success into the school. aha! Process works with you to build a plan that supports the various needs of your school.

The School Improvement Model is a comprehensive, research-based approach to success in schools that meets the requirements set under the federal No Child Left Behind Act. The model has been successfully implemented across the country.

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Why does the School Improvement Model work for student achievement?

Principals and teachers who have applied the School Improvement Model in their schools will likely tell you that it all comes down to relationships of mutual respect with their students. They have REAL knowledge of where their kids are coming from and what they are dealing with at home.

Not that the students are off the hook; rather, now teachers know the how, why, and what their students need to succeed. And because the model has been integrated into the entire school, all the teachers and administrators are working with the same rubrics, strategies, and processes.

Research findings

The School Improvement Model’s research results show increases in student achievement in standards-based testing.

What does research conclude about the design of the School Improvement Model and program evaluations?

Find summaries of research studies conducted in schools where the School Improvement Model was embedded.

How does the School Improvement Model work for student achievement?

Dr. Payne’s model for school improvement is built upon three cornerstone pieces of training:

A Framework for Understanding Poverty provides a framework for understanding the mindsets of poverty, middle class, and wealth and their impact on schools. See more details about this workshop. [link to workshop page]
Research-Based Strategies focuses on cognitive structures vital to learning and academic success. See more details on this workshop. [link to workshop page]
Raising Achievement with 9 Systemic Processes workshop gives you nine teacher-friendly processes you can use the next day that are designed to raise student achievement. Read more

Multi-day to multi-year plans are available. We can develop a plan to meet your specific needs.

Click here to read more information on the specific components that make up the School Improvement Model.

Students outperform expectations!

"We received our state test scores, and our students who were at 30% in literacy are now at 50%, which is a 20-point gain in a year!

In math our students made a 9-point gain.

We’re celebrating thanks to aha! Process!"

–Lenisha Broadway, principal, Ridgeroad Middle Charter School, North Little Rock, Arkansas

"All achievement scores have gone up. Students who come from homes of poverty are closing that achievement gap. So not only are they catching up with their peers, but as all our test scores go up exponentially, they are right there with them."

Dr. Wynona Winn, superintendent 2000-2007, in Hutchinson, KS. Dr. Wynona Winn was one of 100 districts recognized by Standard & Poor’s as making a statistically significant difference in achievement of students from poverty.

"The Ruby Payne Model of school improvement positively impacted Union County Middle School in helping teachers understand the changing environment in the classroom……..Discipline referrals declined since teachers are using the adult voice in dealing with student problems. The needs of the students have changed over time and teaching styles must change along with those needs". Angie Burns- Assistant Principal
Read more Union County successes.

Raising Spirits and Test Scores:
The story of Ridgeroad Middle Charter School

This video provides viewers with insights from interviews with school professionals who worked alongside aha! Process consultants to apply the School Improvement Model at Ridgeroad Middle School.

For more information about the School Improvement Model, contact Donna S. Magee, Ed.D., at longterm@ahaprocess.com, or call (800) 424-9484.

Dr. Magee is the head of the long-term training initiatives at aha! Process. She has been a professional educator since 1980. She has served as a high school teacher, high school assistant principal, middle school principal, central office administrator, and consultant.

Dr. Magee understands school leadership, collaboration, and systemic change. Dr. Magee and aha! Process consultants are currently working with 52 schools throughout the nation.

Frequently Asked Questions about the School Improvement Model.

For a sample of support tools provided to principals for follow-up between academic coaching visits by consultants, view the Staff Meeting Resources and Principal Tools and the Principal Tools data sheet.

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