Name: Department-Level Continuous Improvement: One School's Approach to Involving the Whole Team in CI
Start: 2024-11-21T12:45:00-0500
End: 2024-11-21T14:00:00-0500

Welcome to the 2024 Michigan Department of Education Continuous Improvement Conference.

Thursday November 21, 2024 12:45pm - 2:00pm EST

Cord Room

At WMAA, each department team participates in the continuous improvement process, identifying needs, making plans, and adapting programs. Multiple structures have been created to support this process, including new roles, new professional learning structures, and new ways staff time is used. This framework has become the basis for classroom instruction by defining curriculum and evaluating impact. Having just gone through a successful on-site review; we hope our journey will be helpful to other school teams.

Supported Strand: Systems

MODERATOR: Connie McCall

Speakers

Chris Williams

Dean, Teaching & Student Learning, West Michigan Aviation Academy, Kent ISD

Dr. Chris Williams is the Dean of Teaching & Student Learning at the West Michigan Aviation Academy, an aviation and STEM themed public charter high school in Grand Rapids, MI where he has served for 12 years. In his professional role, Dr. Williams focuses on core content curriculum... Read More →

Hannah Whyard

World Language Teacher & Department Leader, West Michigan Aviation Academy, Kent ISD

Hannah Whyard is a Spanish teacher and the World Language Department Leader at West Michigan Aviation Academy. She has been at the Academy for 8 years. Hannah is a frequent presenter at the Michigan World Language Association Annual Conference, presenting on topics such as curriculum... Read More →

Dept. Planning Template 2024 2025 docx

Goal Monitoring (Draft) docx

Course Outline TEMPLATE docx

Unit Organizer TEMPLATE docx

MICIP Conference (Final) pdf

Thursday November 21, 2024 12:45pm - 2:00pm EST
Cord Room