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Description
This document was created for small school systems to provide guidelines and recommendations for creating and updating Unified Improvement Plans (UIPs). Staff members in small systems often have questions about how to effectively plan with limited access to state required data metrics or, in some cases, how to write a plan when numbers are too small to be reported publicly. This document provides background information on the flexibility offered...
Pub. Date
2020-
Description
CDE has created a number of strategy guides to help schools and districts better understand what research says about strategies that are commonly used in the UIP. We have organized these strategy guides based on the 4 Domains of Rapid School Improvement. These guides can be used for strategy selection or to determine areas of focus and action plans.
Pub. Date
2013.
Description
Leaders and staff in new schools are sometimes confused by the state requirement to create a Unified Improvement Plan (UIP). Why would a school that has not been in existence need an improvement plan? First, the state accountability law requires that all schools, regardless of circumstance, develop a UIP. Second, new schools can launch with a strong start when leaders, staff, and the community are proactive and purposeful in their efforts to be highly...
Pub. Date
2011.
Description
In 2008, Colorado introduced the Unified Improvement Plan (UIP) to streamline the improvement planning components of state and federal accountability requirements. The common Unified Improvement Planning template and planning processes used represent a shift from planning as an "event" to planning as a critical component of "continuous improvement." This process reduces the total number of separate plans schools and districts are required to complete...
Pub. Date
2013.
Description
Unified Improvement Plan (UIP) was introduced to streamline the improvement planning components of state and federal accountability requirements. The common Unified Improvement Planning template and planning processes used represent a shift from planning as an "event" to planning as a critical component of "continuous improvement." This process reduces the total number of separate plans schools and districts are required to complete with the intent...
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
Unified Improvement Plan (UIP) was introduced to streamline the improvement planning components of state and federal accountability requirements. The common Unified Improvement Planning template and planning processes used represent a shift from planning as an "event" to planning as a critical component of "continuous improvement." This process reduces the total number of separate plans schools and districts are required to complete with the intent...
Pub. Date
2011.
Description
Unified Improvement Plan (UIP) was introduced to streamline the improvement planning components of state and federal accountability requirements. The common Unified Improvement Planning template and planning processes used represent a shift from planning as an "event" to planning as a critical component of "continuous improvement." This process reduces the total number of separate plans schools and districts are required to complete with the intent...
Pub. Date
2012.
Description
In 2008, Colorado introduced the Unified Improvement Plan (UIP) to streamline the improvement planning components of state and federal accountability requirements. The common Unified Improvement Planning template and planning processes used represent a shift from planning as an "event" to planning as a critical component of "continuous improvement." This process reduces the total number of separate plans schools and districts are required to complete...