Your School Improvement Plan Is Missing This One Step

Most school improvement plans fail — not for lack of effort, but because they're built on assumptions instead of evidence. In this live session, we walk through a research-backed, 6-step process for building a school improvement plan in under 60 minutes. Whether you're preparing for fall or addressing a problem you identified this year, this process gives you a decision-making framework grounded in evidence — not compliance. We use the Evidence Empowered Educator (E3) Method — continuous improvement pillar and curator lens — to take you from problem identification all the way through monitoring and adapting your plan in real time. What you'll learn: • How to define a problem that is observable, measurable, focused, and relevant • How to distinguish symptoms from root causes (and why this matters) • How to evaluate research for relevance, credibility, practicality, and applicability • How to write a theory of action your entire team can stand behind • The 5 elements every action plan needs: who, what, when, how often, and how will we know • How to monitor and adapt — without waiting until spring to know if it's working 📍 Timestamps: 0:00 – Why most improvement plans fail 1:19 – E3 Method: Continuous Improvement Pillar + Curator Lens 2:11 – The compliance trap vs. a real decision-making tool 4:18 – Overview: The 6-step planning process 5:03 – Step 1: Find the problem 6:52 – What makes a strong problem statement (observable, measurable, focused, relevant) 10:10 – Step 2: Understand the cause 13:17 – Step 3: Find the evidence 15:56 – Step 4: Select a strategy 19:54 – Writing your theory of action 21:58 – Step 5: Build the plan 23:27 – Step 6: Monitor and adapt 24:38 – Common mistakes to avoid 26:27 – What to do tomorrow (your one action step) 🔗 Resources mentioned: → E3 Method overview: https://leadwith3.com → Evidence Empowered Educator Community (free): https://leadwith3.com/community Join us live every Thursday at 7:00 PM Eastern for evidence-informed leadership conversations. If you found value in this video, make sure to like and subscribe. I'll see you next time.