Ohio Improvement Process

The Ohio Improvement Process (OIP) as an Organizational Strategy

The OIP includes, but goes well beyond, the traditional plan-do-study-act (PDSA) cycle. When viewed as an organizational strategy, rather than an exercise in compliance, the OIP gives districts a template through which focused and intentional action can take place. It brings educators together through collaborative team structures to learn from each other, and it facilitates communication and decision-making between and across levels of the system (district, central office, school, grade levels, content areas, classrooms). The team structures at the core of the OIP form peer-to-peer networks, giving more people a voice and allowing for the inclusion of multiple perspectives in guiding each district’s journey toward organizational learning and continuous improvement.

Resources

• Supporting OIP Implementation - Supporting implementation consists of setting up the collaborative teams and processes districts and schools need to identify, research, plan, implement and monitor, and examine their improvement efforts.
• 5 Steps to Being Empowered by Evidence - The Ohio Department of Education’s empowered by evidence tools can help you make strategy decisions that will save you time and resources and make an impact on your students. | Resources Supporting the Use of Evidence in Education
• Ohio’s Evidence-Based Clearinghouse - Ohio’s Evidence-Based Clearinghouse is intended to empower Ohio’s districts with the knowledge, tools and resources that will help them identify, select and implement evidence-based strategies for improving student success.
• Defining Levels of Evidence - A brief overview of how ESSA differentiates between four levels of evidence-based strategies

OLAC and the Ohio Improvement Process

Continuous Improvement Toolkit