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Indistar is a platform that guides high-quality work by school or district Leadership Teams with built-in flexibility to set your own direction, personalized to your needs. “We will not go back. This is what is driving our work and the shift in our results.” - Salina Public Schools View All Success Stories Focus Your Time on What Matters Imagine all your current district or school services contained in one place. The four main components of the Indistar process are shown below. Click a tab to view more information. Our Direction Our Meetings Success Cycle Our Progress Get Everyone on the Same Page Start with the basics- where are you, who are you, and who will be helping you along this journey? Indistar meets your team where you are currently and guides you through manageable steps to get you where you want to go. What Do You Want Your School or District to Look Like? Allow Indistar to guide you through your strategic direction (your vision, values, mission, and goals with performance measures). Add any pertinent data such as student outcomes and needs assessments. Use this information to select Effective Practices then specific indicators you wish to focus on to achieve your goals. Focus Your Team on What Matters Team meetings are the driving force that will bring your vision to life. By deciding your direction, your team can now share responsibility for your common goals and the indicators that will propel you toward those goals. Stay on Track Manage your meetings by setting agendas, adding specific indicators to focus on, and keeping minutes on what was discussed. Celebrate any successes along the way! Begin Making Small Steps Toward Your Goals By defining your future success, the Success Cycle is where "the rubber meets the road." Your chosen indicators are ready for your team's daily application. Assess, Plan, and Monitor Your Chosen Indicators Expect success by focusing on quality over quantity with each indicator. How well is your team is applying a specific indicator? Indistar allows teams to create many small, well-defined actions to ensure implementation. As an extra boost of confidence and peace-of-mind, each indicator includes video examples and Wise Ways® of real classrooms applying the indicator. Simplified and Secure Data Every detail of your hard work can be stored in Indistar. In turn, you receive detailed progress data reports with rich and accurate information for Indistar coaches, parents, or other educators. Take the time to visit these reports to acknowledge and celebrate your team's success! Broad Engagement and Transparency No special actions required, all sites you make with Mobirise are mobile-friendly. You don't have to create a special mobile version of your site, it will adapt automagically. IT'S EASY AND SIMPLE Cut down the development time with drag-and-drop website builder. Drop the blocks into the page, edit content inline and publish - no technical skills required. IT'S EASY AND SIMPLE Cut down the development time with drag-and-drop website builder. Drop the blocks into the page, edit content inline and publish - no technical skills required. TRENDY WEBSITE BLOCKS Choose from the large selection pre-made blocks - full-screen intro, bootstrap carousel, slider, responsive image gallery with, parallax scrolling, sticky header and more. TRENDY WEBSITE BLOCKS Choose from the large selection pre-made blocks - full-screen intro, bootstrap carousel, slider, responsive image gallery with, parallax scrolling, sticky header and more. Own your process. Think small. Choosing Indistar means getting better together. District and school success is best accomplished when directed by those closest to the student. By adopting the Indistar mindset of support, teams soon discover the joy of engaging in the things that matter most- providing students with the education they deserve. Process Plus Practice Indistar guides your team toward your goals of student achievement by adapting research-based Effective Practices. Indistar's process becomes your everyday practice of getting better together. Read About Effective Practices Proven Research, Simplified. No other system provides the equivalent of Indistar's Wise Ways®. Ongoing efforts and support are required to maintain measurable success. This mean truly understanding your indicators for real-life application, which only Wise Ways® can provide. View an Example Continuously Pursue Your Vision Your environment is ever-changing, but Indistar provides stability and consistency by not ending with a new year. Continue to build from previous work, and allow Indistar to house your documented evidence of growth. View Training Modules The Recognition Your Team Deserves Where does your staff excel? Where are your opportunities for growth? You can easily recognize strengths as well as areas needing attention with Indistar’s guided process. Harness the power of local ingenuity! View Success Stories From the Field Indistar provided us with the benchmarks and reflective moments to assess and know deeply what great instructional strategies are and whether or not we used them in our school and in every classroom. LEAD HILL SCHOOL DISTRICT View Story Here These principals are now better equipped to guide their Leadership Teams and their schools to more effectively implement [Indistar] in Maine. MAINE PRIORITY SCHOOLS (TLN) View Story Here This kind of partnership between school and home was not happening before [Indistar]. SCOTT DUAL LANGUAGE MAGNET SCHOOL View Story Here We had a chance to listen to one another—as opposed to someone else’s interpretation of what was said and how—and trust began to build. SOLEN HIGH SCHOOL View Story Here Previous Next Tech Support Use the form below or contact Stephanie Benedict, Director of Client Services, directly at 217-732-6462 ext. 32 or call toll free at 1-800-759-1495 . ADI Intranet ADI Email Terms Privacy Policy Contact Us Academic Development Institute & Transformation Academy : PAM SHELEY Indistar : STEPHANIE BENEDICT School Community Network : BERNADETTE ANDERSON Strategic Performance Management : ALLISON LAYLAND ADI Mailings Sign up to receive announcements of new resources: You're in! We're excited to share our free resources with you. Subscribe Connect With Us! © 2000 , Academic Development Institute. All Rights Reserved...