Integrated School Improvement Model Sample Clauses

Integrated School Improvement Model. Piloting the new model in approximately 90 to 110 schools across three regions to be selected through balancing strong economic growth and employment potential, high poverty rates, and including varying levels of education performance, and then recorded in an Implementation Letter. In the event of cost-savings, MCC Funding may be used to expand the sub-Activity to additional schools in the same regions. In order to enable a rigorous impact evaluation, schools participating in the sub-Activity will be chosen at random from a set of eligible schools in the targeted regions. Specific interventions will include targeted regulatory reform, technical assistance, training, infrastructure improvements (which includes rehabilitation and limited expansion), and new equipment. The Integrated School Improvement Model will be launched first in one region, and approximately one year later, will be extended to the other two regions. Before beginning with regions 2 and 3 and annually thereafter, the Government will conduct an interim performance review of the implementation of the Integrated School Improvement Model. This sub-Activity will include the following actions:  Participatory Diagnostic, School Improvement Plans, and Performance Contracts. The development of school improvement plans (“School Improvement Plans”) that will identify local needs and bring local stakeholders together. The School Improvement Plans will establish appropriate solutions to the causes of poor performance and inequitable access at individual schools. School Improvement Plans will include specific and measurable outcomes and targets and will be linked to performance contracts between schools and regional or provincial authorities.  Integrated Support for Management, Pedagogy, and Infrastructure. Supporting School Improvement Plans by providing funding for an integrated package of interventions to implement the Integrated School Improvement Model. The interventions will include targeted improvements in three key areas: school leadership and management, pedagogical improvements and innovation for student-centered learning, and school infrastructure improvement.  Regional Project Management, Capacity Building, and Learning. Providing targeted project management technical assistance to regional and provincial education authorities to implement the sub-Activity and facilitate learning and sharing across schools.