We have loved working with Elsa and Faye! My staff was nervous about having a learning partner, and they put their mind at ease.
This is what a learning partnership should look like!
CONTINUOUS SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT
The Kane County ROE is an approved Learning Partner through the Illinois State Board of Education, offering support for continuous school improvement. We believe every school can benefit from engaging with us in school improvement. In this partnership, we collaborate with you to develop an effective plan that aligns with your school or district’s mission and vision. Then, we work to establish district-wide systems of data analysis, progress monitoring, and leadership coaching to build your team’s capacity to guide continuous improvement initiatives.
We believe that professional learning and school improvement are ongoing, fluid processes, not “one-and-done” events. Through genuine collaboration and cooperation, we partner with you to develop effective school improvement plans that align with your mission and vision.
As a stakeholder invested in your journey, we establish district-wide systems for data analysis, progress monitoring, and leadership coaching, building your team’s capacity for continuous improvement.
Our unique position in Kane County allows us to provide consistent, in-person professional learning tailored to the specific needs of all stakeholders, including the educators, students, and families we serve. We are dedicated to providing research-based support aligned with your goals, data, and school improvement plan. To ensure our work seamlessly integrates with your daily operations, we meet monthly with district representatives. This “boots-on-the-ground” support system ensures our initiatives are an aligned and supportive extension of your existing efforts, rather than “one more thing.”
OUR APPROACH: FROM COMPLIANCE TO CAPACITY
Our Focus–Plan–Implement–Evaluate cycle ensures that improvement efforts are meaningful, measurable, and sustainable—rooted in data, aligned to ISBE expectations, and customized to your unique local context.
1) Focus
We help schools identify and prioritize their most critical needs by analyzing data, facilitating root cause analysis, and aligning priorities with ISBE designations and district goals. Our team ensures schools have clarity on what matters most for student success.
2) Plan
We guide schools in building strong, actionable School Improvement Plans. This includes setting goals, aligning strategies to evidence-based practices, and ensuring resources and timelines are clear. We help schools move from ideas to a concrete roadmap.
3) Implement
We partner with schools to support the rollout and implementation of strategies and initiatives. This may include professional learning, coaching, observations or helping develop systems for monitoring progress. Our focus is on building capacity within the school to sustain improvements.
4) Evaluate
We support schools in reviewing progress against goals using data and feedback loops. Together, we adjust strategies when needed, celebrate successes, and ensure that outcomes are tied to student learning and growth.
The following are some, but not limited to, specific ways this process can support your district or school improvement efforts:
- Strengthen school and district leadership teams through coaching, facilitation, and systems development.
- Align improvement strategies to your district’s mission, vision, and SIP goals.
- Build leadership capacity to sustain improvement using “gradual release” methods.
- Guide teams through data collection, root cause analysis, and SMART goal setting.
- Support the development of progress monitoring systems and continuous improvement cycles.
- Provide tools for analyzing attendance, academic, and climate data to drive next steps.
- Ensure alignment of curriculum and instruction to the Illinois Learning Standards, evidence-based practices, and district priorities.
- Support differentiated instruction and intervention systems (MTSS, PLC+).
- Promote assessment literacy and use of formative data to inform teaching and learning.
- Foster positive, inclusive, and equitable learning environments that promote belonging for all students.
- Partner on strategies that address chronic absenteeism and increase positive behavior.
- Embed SEL and trauma-informed practices into daily operations and classroom culture.
- Design and deliver sustained, job-embedded professional learning aligned with district priorities.
- Provide coaching, modeling, and professional communities of practice that ensure transfer to the classroom.
- Develop systems for adult learning that support continuous growth, not “one-and-done” training.
- Strengthen two-way communication and authentic family engagement aligned to school improvement goals.
- Facilitate community partnerships that support student well-being, attendance, and academic success.
