Understand the System Before You Change It.
Meaningful improvement starts with clarity. Orenda's Baseline Systems Study helps educational leaders develop a shared understanding of the systems, practices, experiences, and conditions shaping student outcomes.
See the Whole Picture.
Districts are complex systems.
A challenge that appears instructional may also involve leadership structures, curriculum, data practices, guidance systems, or organizational alignment.
Before determining what needs to change, we work alongside partners to better understand what is happening now.
The Baseline Systems Study brings together multiple sources of information and stakeholder perspectives to identify strengths, patterns, gaps, and opportunities across the system.
A Shared Starting Point for Action.
The goal isn't simply to produce another report. It's to give leaders greater clarity about their system so they can make more intentional decisions about:
Where to focus
Identify the conditions most connected to priority student outcomes.
What to strengthen
Recognize existing strengths as well as systems or practices that may need greater alignment.
How to move forward
Use a shared understanding of the current system to establish priorities and inform customized support.
How to keep learning
Create a foundation for monitoring progress and continuously improving over time.
Insight Guides the Partnership.
The Baseline Systems Study helps inform what an Orenda partnership looks like from there.
Depending on what we learn together, that may include work around curriculum, instruction, leadership, data, guidance, system building, or a combination of interconnected areas.
Start With a Conversation.
You don’t need to know exactly which Orenda service you need. Tell us what you’re seeing in your schools, where you’re trying to go, and what’s getting in the way. We’ll start there.