Our Stewardship: Stewardship can be defined as "being accountable for the increase in value of something held in trust"
(Eric Mowris – Selling Solutions, Inc.). The following documents provide an outline of GLISI’s stewardship strategies:

GLISI’s Systemic Impacts One-pager (PDF). A one-page summary of GLISI’s work and its impact.

Service Levels (Map of Districts Served) (PDF) This state map indicates the number and type of GLISI events districts have participated in.

GLISI Stewardship Report, 2009 (PDF). Stewardship Reports demonstrate return on state and external investments in our work by showing the unique value we added  to organizations we served and how those  organizations leveraged our support to  achieve  targeted local outcomes and results, such as improved graduation rates. To read the 2008 report, click here:  GLISI Stewardship Report, 2008.

Our Evaluation and Accountability Methods

GLISI is committed to good stewardship of the State and private funding entrusted to us, and we have always supported independent, integrated evaluation of our systemic improvement efforts. We regularly report our results and impacts to the Governor’s Office of Planning and Budget and our private funding partners. GLISI models performance-based practices in our training, consulting services, and resource development.  We evaluate our work based on impact and results.

What’s Working? Success Cases in Action

GLISI seeks to understand the impact of our work on the leaders we serve and their schools and school systems. Since education leaders in Georgia are engaged in multiple improvement interventions, GLISI has adopted a proven  process – the Success Case Method – for finding out what’s working, what barriers are preventing those we serve from implementing solutions effectively, and the impact our work is making locally.

Using principles articulated by Dr. Robert O. Brinkerhoff in his book, The Success Case Method, GLISI is conducting analysis of outcomes with evidence that is documentable and verifiable. GLISI has engaged the University of Georgia in using this methodology to capture and document our results at the local level. Using the Success Case Methodology allows us to find what works and how it can be replicated and shared.
 

GLISI has also chosen to highlight some of these district stories in a booklet to show our gratitude toward those doing the GLISI work.  In addition, the book is a great way to celebrate GLISI and the work of Georgia's districts and leaders through pictures, stories, and true impact.  Below are links to the booklets from 2008-2009 and this year's newest 2009-2010 highlighting APS, Baldwin, Candler, Clay, Clayton, and Mitchell School Districts. 

• 2008-2009 GLISI Success Case Booklet
• 2009-2010 GLISI Success Case Booklet

Below are GLISI’s Success Cases:

• Making High Expectations a Reality in Fannin County

• Development of a Competency Model for Negotiating with Partnering Colleges and Universities in Middle Georgia

• Rising Stars Collaboratives™ at Northeast Georgia RESA

• Burke County Public Schools’ Team-based Improvement of Student Achievement

• Team-based Improvement Works in Meriwether County Schools

• Paulding County School District’s Distributed Leadership

• Monroe County School System’s Fully Aligned and Integrated Balanced Performance Improvement System

• Performance Coaches Collaborating for Success

• Leadership and Literacy in Candler County

• Polk School District and Leadership POLK

• Dade County's Definition of Leadership

• Hancock County's Team-based Improvement of Student Achievement

• Implementing GLISI Initiatives to Increase the Graduation Rate in the Jones County School System

• Developing a University-RESA Partnership Using GLISI's Rising Stars Model

• Qualified Leadership in Walker County

• Clay County School Leaders Use Data to Drive Results

• Monroe County's Quarterly Performance Reviews

• A Turnaround at Mitchell County Middle School

• Leveraging the Balanced Scorecard in Candler County

• Transforming School Leadership Through Performance Coaching (Clayton County)

• Using Action Research to Transform Problem-Solving (Hall County)

• The Impact of Shared Leadership within a School Community (Dougherty County)

• Implementing GLISI's Systemic Leadership Process in Baldwin County School District

• Innovative 12 for Life Program Changes Dropout Statistics in Carroll County

• Gilmer County's Commitment to Improving Graduation

GLISI contracts the University of Georgia to conduct two meta-analyses on GLISI programs and initiatives:

• Rising Stars Collaborative Program:  a meta-analysis of Rising Stars site visits to shed light on the essential elements necessary for a successful implementation of the program.  To read the executive summary, click here.
• Engagement for Success:  The GLISI Impact Story:  a meta-analysis of 15 Success Cases developed by GLISI to report on the impact GLISI is making across the state as well as data to inform GLISI's continuous improvement process.  To read the executive summary, click here. 

***Full reports are available upon request to Leslie Hazle Bussey at leslie.hazlebussey@glisi.org

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University System Releases its Annual Report

An Annual Report On The University System’s Contributions To Georgia is now available online by clicking here. This report highlights some of the University System’s key actions and accomplishments of the past fiscal year, as well as continued progress in all six goals of the Board’s Strategic Plan.  GLISI's contributions are highlighted throughout the report.