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Gilbert Unified details districtwide continuous improvement process, moves to fewer formal impact checks
Summary
Assistant superintendents and school leaders described a four-year effort to standardize school improvement planning, quarterly "impact checks" and a shift this year to three formal reviews, saying the process has increased collaboration across departments and produced early gains on test-score projections.
Assistant Superintendent Marcy Taylor and Assistant Superintendent Dr. Jason Martin told the Gilbert Unified District (4239) governing board on Tuesday that a districtwide continuous improvement process begun in stages four years ago has brought common goals, shared action steps and regular progress checks to all 39 schools.
Taylor and Martin, joined by principal coach Tia Hanson and Campo Verde High School Principal Tyler Dumas, described a system that pairs site-level continuous improvement plans (SIPs) with district-level goals and quarterly "impact checks" during which school teams present progress and evidence to district leaders.
The work addresses what Martin called a change in approach. "We were lucky. We weren't intentional. We weren't leading necessarily. We just had good kids, good families, and we had good test scores," Martin said, describing why the district created a single,…
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