WorksheetsSSD's Continuous Improvement Journey 2017
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The district just spent months holding focus groups and interviews with our stakeholders as a way of listening to their priorities and needs. Which is these is NOT an identified district stakeholder?
a)
Students
b)
The St. Louis Blues
c)
Parents/Families
d)
Partner Districts
2.
The System Focus Goal Team, also known as the Continuous Improvement Goal Team, created a district-wide tool to help learn from groups at SSD who use PDSA. This online tool will be deployed next year. What does PDSA stand for?
a)
Please Dance for Sam Adams
b)
Pray Don Stops Aardvarks
c)
Plan Do Study Act/Adjust
d)
Project Daily Stops Action
3.
The SSD Board of Education asks for and receives a quarterly report on the status of the CSIP. Goal Team Champions which are members of the Executive Leadership Team prepare it for the Superintendent to report. This report is referred to as ________.
a)
The Enquirer
b)
The Board Priority Report
c)
The Memo
d)
The Minority Report
4.
The district's 16 step strategic planning and annual review process which we have used for 6 years now includes formally approving the CSIP from what two governing bodies?
a)
The Missouri House of Representatives & Senate
b)
The Governing Council and the Board of Education
c)
The Parent Advisory Council and the Family Community Resource Center
d)
Dancing with the Star Judges and The Voice Judges
5.
SSD has a Measurement Team that has been working all year to make sure the new CSIP has measures to show progress to its goals. In fact, the Executive Leadership Team has been using a data _________to review data weekly.
a)
Dashboard
b)
Headboard
c)
Keyboard
d)
Cupboard
6.
In 2013, the Board of Education and the Governing Council approved readjusting the timeframes for the strategic planning cycle to coincide with the budgeting process. This cycle of improvement helps the plan to drive the budget and actions, rather than actions aligning to _______ parameters.
a)
Kelly Alexander's
b)
budget
c)
whimsical
7.
The Superintendent started 2 additional two - way communication approaches this year. What are they?
a)
A modeling career & wedding planning
b)
@SSD_Supt (Twitter) and a Student Advisory
8.
Which of the below is NOT a documented system to listen to and respond to complaints at the district level?
a)
IEP Feedback Surveys
b)
EPIC Feedback Surveys
c)
Let's Talk (Starting 2017-18 school year) button on the main SSD website
d)
Passing notes in class
9.
Partnership Agreement plans were created between partner districts and SSD this past year and will be deployed 2017-18. A baseline self-assessment guided what the priorities would be for each plan.
a)
Yep, true dat!
b)
That's bogus!
10.
The ELT aligns the measures on the district scorecard to SSD's vision, mission and values. Which of the below are NOT key organizational measures?
a)
Post-secondary outcomes & Safety plans
b)
EES task completion & Vacancy fill-rates
c)
Transportation on-time rates & the fund balance
d)
Plus/Deltas & Emails to the Superintendent
11.
Which of the below is False?
a)
Students with IEPs in St. Louis County perform exceptionally well in terms of four‐year graduation rates. Of large districts, only one other district, Northside ISD in San Antonio, Texas records a higher percentage.
b)
SSD is ranked as the 11th largest IEP provider in the nation
c)
SSD students appear to spend a roughly equivalent percent of time in general education relative to districts with similar revenue situations.
d)
SSD is not working to identify comparative and benchmark districts.
12.
SSD staff agreement with the statement, “I feel personal satisfaction with my job” from the annual climate survey has a 3 year upward trend for which workforce segment?
a)
Paraeducators
b)
Your neighbor's sister's husband
c)
McDonalds employees
d)
Teachers
13.
The highest percent of staff who agreed with the statement "SSD provides opportunities that promote employee wellness (i.e., employee health and general well being)" in the 2016 climate survey was in what workforce segment?
a)
SSD School Teacher
b)
SSD School Paraeducator
c)
Partner District Teacher
d)
Partner District Paraeducator
14.
In 2017, there has been an average of _______ Cause for Applause nominations per month.
a)
100
b)
20
c)
50
d)
200
15.
The priority SSD places on instruction is reflected in the percent of its budget spent on instructional categories. SSD spent _____ of its budget on instruction in 2016. This percentage is higher than both St. Charles County and St. Louis County averages.
a)
66.1%
b)
40.2%
c)
75%
d)
33.8%
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