- What is ED STEPS?
ED STEPS will enable districts to develop one comprehensive plan for student growth and leverage all its federal and other resources in creating programs based on available funding to better serve students and communities. This will make it easier for districts and schools to coordinate administrative planning with program planning and implementation.
ED STEPS Planning Cycle
As part of the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce’s ED STEPS process, organizations within Ohio are assigned to one of three cohorts. In each year, the organizations that are part of that cohort will begin three-year planning. This will include identifying needs in a three-year format and writing three-year plans. For more information please check out our pages below.
What is the One Needs Assessment?
The One Needs Assessment is a tool designed to allow districts (including community schools) and schools to identify all their needs in single location to drive impactful planning and funding applications. Starting in January 2021, the CCIP Needs Assessment is no longer available. All districts and schools are to use the One Needs Assessment.
Conducting a Root Cause Analysis
Using The 5 Whys to Complete a Root Cause Analysis
One Plan
The One Plan is a systemic consolidated planning tool strategically aligned to funding, resources, and focused on improving outcomes for all students. After the One Needs Assessment is submitted, the One Plan tool opens. While it is recommended that all buildings develop a One Plan that is aligned to the district One Plan, not all buildings are required to. Please review ED STEPS resources to determine which buildings are required to develop a One Plan.
Preparing for the One Plan requires careful attention to the timeline necessary for completion, ongoing communication/feedback, and ensuring the teams have adequate time to research evidence-based solutions to the priority needs identified from the One Needs Assessment.
One Funding Application
The One Funding Application allows users to maintain grant applications and submit for award reimbursement within a single system. With the appropriate Ohio Educational Directory System (OEDS) access, the One Funding Application will populate within the ED STEPS tile in the Applications section of your OH|ID account.
**If you would like support to complete your One Needs Assessment and Root Cause Analysis, please contact your SST4 School Improvement Consultant.**