Evaluate Your Draft Plan: Vision & Goals Key Questions Response & Evidence Does the draft plan, including state and local activities, align with the state’s vision for education? Do the strategies outlined in the draft plan address the state’s highest priorities for educators? How do the strategies include LEAs and partners? Do the policies, initiatives and funding in the plan complement and support other sections of the state’s ESSA plan and existing initiatives? Does your state vision for student learning align with the vision for teacher and school leader professional learning? Plan Strengths to Improve How do the vision and goals address each part of the educator workforce framework: Attract Prepare Develop Retain Step 4: Engage Stakeholders Once state teams have established the vision, goals and priorities for using Title II dollars to support the state’s ESSA and Equity plans, it’s time to engage stakeholders to refine and build support for them. ESSA requires SEAs to engage a broader set of stakeholders than was previously required by federal law. Most states have already begun to solicit input from stakeholders as part of ESSA planning. SEAs should seek stakeholder input and identify constituencies that have not been but should be consulted – – before they make final decisions to improve the quality of their plans. SEA staff should also develop key messages about Title II-A program changes that explain the rationale and the implications of funding and programmatic changes for stakeholders. Helpful Resources: CSSSO’s offers 10 action steps for engagement, state examples and reflection questions for assessing and broadening engagement plans. includes the legal stakeholder engagement requirements for individual program plans. The Center on Great Teacher & Leaders’ and can help SEA staff develop effective presentations and protocols for meaningful stakeholder engagement throughout the design and implementation process. Education First’s provides state leaders with tools and resources to communicate with stakeholders about educator evaluation systems and in particular about difficult and complex topics such as the use of value-added data. Evaluate Your Plan: Stakeholder Engagement Key Questions Response & Evidence
Evaluate Your Draft Plan: Vision & Goals Key Questions Response & Evidence Does the draft plan, including state and local activities, align with the state’s vision for education? Do the strategies outlined in the draft plan address the state’s highest priorities for educators? How do the strategies include LEAs and partners? Do the policies, initiatives and funding in the plan complement and support other sections of the state’s ESSA plan and existing initiatives? Does your state vision for student learning align with the vision for teacher and school leader professional learning? Plan Strengths to Improve How do the vision and goals address each part of the educator workforce framework: Attract Prepare Develop Retain Step 4: Engage Stakeholders Once state teams have established the vision, goals and priorities for using Title II dollars to support the state’s ESSA and Equity plans, it’s time to engage stakeholders to refine and build support for them. ESSA requires SEAs to engage a broader set of stakeholders than was previously required by federal law. Most states have already begun to solicit input from stakeholders as part of ESSA planning. SEAs should seek stakeholder input – and identify constituencies that have not been but should be consulted – before they make final decisions to improve the quality of their plans. SEA staff should also develop key messages about Title II-A program changes that explain the rationale and the implications of funding and programmatic changes for stakeholders. Helpful Resources: CSSSO’s offers 10 action steps for engagement, state examples and reflection questions for assessing and broadening engagement plans. includes the legal stakeholder engagement requirements for individual program plans. The Center on Great Teacher & Leaders’ and can help SEA staff develop effective presentations and protocols for meaningful stakeholder engagement throughout the design and implementation process. Education First’s provides state leaders with tools and resources to communicate with stakeholders about educator evaluation systems and in particular about difficult and complex topics such as the use of value-added data. Evaluate Your Plan: Stakeholder Engagement Key Questions Response & Evidence