Specialist, IMPACT Data and Operations

Office:
Office of School Improvement and Supports

The mission of theOfficeof

School Improvement and Supports (OSIS) is to ensure we support our schools and our students to succeed and to meet the Goals of our Strategic Plan. The Officeworks to dramatically accelerate the number of excellent schools through school transformation, including design, partnerships, Connected Schools, and Comprehensive School Planning (CSP). The Office develops, aligns, and delivers high-qualitysupportsto ensure students, particularly students furthest away from opportunity, are in school, able to engage in rigorous learning, and have a joyous educational environment.

The Office ensures our schools have excellent leaders, educators, and staff who are prepared to meet the diverse needs of the young people we serve.

Divisions/Teams

School Improvement

School Performance:Promotes data-driven decision-making through a cycle of continuous improvement to develop, implement, andmonitorthe comprehensive school plan designed to move schools toward a consistent standard of excellence.

Design:Designs innovative school models that transform learning for our students furthest from opportunity and supports District work streams to be more grounded in community voice by anchoring in data, community engagement and understanding, and elevating and integrating student voice.

Connected Schools:Supports schools in implementing the DCPS Connected Schools Model. Connected Schools take a whole child, whole school, whole community approach by making schools spaces that support not only a student’s academic development, but also the student and family’s overall wellbeing through access to resources related to health, employment, housing, and more.

Student Supports

School Mental Health:Ensures that students' behavioral and social-emotional needs are met to increase access to the curriculum,strengthen emotional regulationandprosocial skills, and respond to school communities in times of crisis.

Student Placement:Ensures every student thatrequiresa change in school assignment based on housing status,military transition,communityreleaseor other specialcircumstancereceives aplacement that considers their unique needsfor school success.

Student Health Services:Ensures access to preventative and coordinated services forall students to sup porthealth and wellness,appropriate careofstudents with chronic healthconditionsandpreventabsenteeism due to health-related factors.

Learning and Development Sciences

Learning and Development Sciences Division(LDS)is charged with supporting the district’sStrategic Plan goals on Safety and Belonging. Grounded inthe latestscienceof learning and developmentandpowered by lived experiences, the district’s approach is a long-term vision that incorporates criticalsystemshifts,codifies the most effective evidence-based practices,and supports individual schools to implementsystemsand practices that create favorable conditions for learning.

Multi-Tiered Systemsof Support(MTSS):DCPS’s approach to tieredsupportsis grounded in a commitment to serving the whole child. The MTSS team supports schools to understand student and staff strengths and needs holistically and supports their implementation of aligned evidence-based best practices across academics, social-emotional learning, attendance, and behavior.

IMPACT: IMPACT isDCPS’effectiveness assessmentsystemforallschool-based staff.

IMPACT endeavorsforallschool-staff memberstoreceivetimelyandaccuratefeedbackon their performance and to have that performance recognized and rewarded.

The ultimate goalof IMPACT isto ensure thatall students,at all schools,have access toahighestquality staffmembersacross all roles.

IMPACT Operations:The teamcoordinatesacross DCPS to develop guidance for individual…