The document provides an overview of the Byron Public Schools district. It discusses the district's vision of maximizing learning opportunities for all students. It outlines district goals such as financial stability, engaging learning environments, and effective use of technology. It then describes the district's innovation committee and processes for submitting and evaluating staff innovation ideas. Several specific innovations are highlighted, including a district online teaching certification program, data-driven decision making processes, and a technology plan focusing on 21st century learning. Awards received by the district and some of its schools are also listed.

1. Byron Public
Schools
Home of the Byron Bears

2. Byron Elementary School
Byron Middle School
Byron High School
Community Education

3. Our Vision
Maximizing Learning
Opportunities for All!

5. District Goals
Financial stability
Engaging learning environment
Community relations
Effective use of technology
Integrate continuous improvement practices
Curriculum aligns with standards
Reading at or above grade level

9. BPS’s Innovation Committee was created in 2011
after feedback was received from the
Baldrige Express Survey Feedback Report

11. Innovation means first different
then better.

12. Innovating is a fundamentally
different way of doing things
that result in considerably
better, and perhaps different,
outcomes.

14. Innovation distinguishes between a
leader and a follower.
-Steve Jobs, Apple

15. Safety
Work
Processes
Teaching
and
Learning
Areas for Improvement

18. Embedded within our Culture

19. Job Descriptions Hiring Process
Innovation Personal
Training Innovation
Goals
Senior
Leader

21. NEED: Time to be Innovative
Amended Day

22. Defining idea
categories

23. • Classroom/Department/Team
Category 1 • No Senior Leader / no $ / no Time
• Ex – 1st grade Daily Five
• Building Level
Category 2 • Admin/Mngr sponsor needed / little $ / some time
• Ex - E-Portfolios, Bidding Adieu, 7 grade blogs
• Building-District Level
Category 3 • Multiple Admin/ More complex / $ / time
• Ex - Google Apps for education
• District Level
Category 4 •
•
•
Multiple Admin / Very complex / $$ / significant time
Significant Gains
Ex – Infinite Campus, Data Warehouse

24. Submitting Ideas
All Admin/Managers are notified.

26. District Sponsored
Professional Development

27. Amended Day
Continuous Communication Collaboration
Improvement
Consistency Curriculum

28. Flipped PD

29. BPS First Annual
Innovation
Fair
Photo Credit - http://goo.gl/6ZkAJ

30. Innovation Fair
• 25 Min – Innovative
Show and Tell by ALL
employee subgroups
to ALL employee
subgroups
• Extending invitation to
district collaborators
and partners!
Photo Credit - http://goo.gl/6ZkAJ

32. • Summer Academy
• Most training
from OUR staff
• Sessions from 1.5
hours to Multi-
Full Day
• Voluntary (60% of
teachers attend)
• Aligned with
district goals

34. District Online Teaching Certification
• 6 week Online Course
• 3 grad Credits
or 36 CEU + stipend
• Fully online
• Voluntary
• Teachers & Admin
• Elementary - High
School participants

35. District Online Teaching Certification
• Required for teachers
to teach online
• 30 teachers have
gone through the
program
• Retired teacher
opportunities

36. Personal Learning Networks

37. Data Driven Decision Making

38. Byron Public Schools
Data Coaches
Data Coaches
in our Schools
Original Flickr photo by Xurble

39. • MCA • Disaggregate
• NWEA • Trends
• AIMSweb • Ranking/Percentile
• ACT/Plan/Explore • Proficiency
• Growth
Assess Analyze
District Data Coach Process
Act Share
• Intervention •
• Modification • District/School Board
• Differentiation • Building
• RTI • Grade Level
• Celebration • Classroom
• Parents/Students

40. Assess AimsWeb
Sept, Jan, April
Analyze Grade Levels
(Immediate)
Data Coach -
Summer Overall
Chutes and Parents End of Year
Share RTI, PST ladders
Fall/Winter/Sprg
Conferences
Oct/Feb
Report w/Admin
BOE
Staff
Act Differentiation
Modification
Celebrations/PDS
A
Personal Goal
Action Planning
Development
and Procedures

41. Math Data

42. Reading Data

44. 2012-15 Technology Plan

45. All students will have engaging and
empowering learning experiences
in school that prepare them to be
active, creative, knowledgeable and
ethical participants in our global
society.

46. Schools and educators
will create a 21st
century learning
environment which uses
technology to measure
student outcomes and
provide immediate and
meaningful feedback for
continuous
improvement.

47. Administrators and educators
will be supported with
technology that connects them
to data, content, resources,
expertise, and learning
experiences that enable and
inspire more effective teaching
for all learners.

48. Students and educators will have
access to a comprehensive 21st
century technology infrastructure and
support system.

49. The district, schools, and educators will improve
communication between students, teachers,
administrators, parents and the community through
the effective use of today’s technology.

50. Innovation in our
District!

51. Cafeteria – Farm to School

57. Awards
Image Credit - http://goo.gl/dVPvl

61. Other Awards
• Middle School -
Minnesota Academic
Excellence Foundation
spotlight award (2008)
• MN Elementary Art
Teacher of the Year
• RAMSP Educators of
the year (6)
• School Finance Award

63. Byron High School

64. eLearning
Byron Public Schools

66. • Increased
interaction/participation
• Student-centered
• Personalized pacing
• Increased self direction
• Improve 21st century skills
• Improve Teaching/course design
• F2F time with students who need it
• Evaluate learning on a personal level
• Maintain high school social
atmosphere
• Retain Students (PSEO)

68. Access this site by visiting
http://sg.sg/ByronMath

70. Flipped Classroom Results
Algebra 2

71. Flipped Classroom Results

79. Guided Study Hall
Byron Public Schools

81. Byron Middle School

84. Stability Balls

88. Byron Elementary School

90. ES iPads

94. Kahn Academy