Find out what the Payne School Improvement Model can do for you

The Payne School Improvement Model is proven to increase student achievement in standards-based testing.

How?

Dr. Payne’s model for school improvement is best understood through three key trainings:
  • Training 1 provides a framework for understanding the mindsets of poverty, middle class, and wealth and their impact on schools.
  • Training 2 focuses on cognitive structures vital to learning and academic success.
  • Training 3 provides a systemic approach to monitor learning that addresses accountability, standards and curriculum, and student growth. More.
Multi-day to multi-year plans are available. We can develop a plan to specifically meet your needs.


Students outperform expectations! Lenisha Broadway

"We received our state test scores, and our students who were at 30% in literacy are now at 50%, which is a 20-point gain in a year!

In math our students made a 9-point gain.

We’re celebrating thanks to aha! Process!"
–Lenisha Broadway, principal, Ridgeroad Charter Middle School, North Little Rock, Arkansas

Dr. Wynona Winn "All achievement scores have gone up. Students who come from homes of poverty are closing that achievement gap. So not only are they catching up with their peers, but as all our test scores go up exponentially, they are right there with them."

Dr. Wynona Winn, superintendent 2000-2007, in Hutchinson, KS. Dr. Wynona Winn was one of 100 districts recognized by Standard & Poor’s as making a statistically significant difference in achievement of students from poverty.


"The Ruby Payne Model of school improvement positively impacted Union County Middle School in helping teachers understand the changing environment in the classroom……..Discipline referrals declined since teachers are using the adult voice in dealing with student problems. The needs of the students have changed over time and teaching styles must change along with those needs". Angie Burns- Assistant Principal
Read more Union County successes.


Raising Spirits and Test Scores:
The story of Ridgeroad Charter Middle School

This video provides viewers with insights from interviews with school professionals who worked alongside aha! Process consultants to apply the Payne School Improvement Model at Ridgeroad Middle School. View.


Research findings demonstrate positive impact

What does research conclude about the design of the Payne School Improvement Model and program evaluations? More.

Find summaries of research studies conducted in schools where the Payne School Improvement Model was embedded. More.


Why does the Payne School Improvement Model work for student achievement?

Principals and teachers who have applied the Payne School Improvement Model in their schools will likely tell you that it all comes down to relationships of mutual respect with their students. They have REAL knowledge of where their kids are coming from and what they are dealing with at home.

Not that the kids are off the hook; rather, now the teacher knows the how, why, and what their students need to succeed. And because the model has been integrated into the entire school, all the teachers and administrators are working with the same rubrics, structures, and “blueprints.”

For more information about the Payne School Improvement Model, contact Donna S. Magee, Ed.D., at longterm@ahaprocess.com, or call (800) 424-9484.

Dr. Magee is the head of the long-term training initiatives at aha! Process. She has been a professional educator since 1980. She has served as a high school teacher, high school assistant principal, middle school principal, central office administrator, and consultant.

Dr. Magee understands school leadership, collaboration, and systemic change. Dr. Magee and aha! Process consultants are currently working with 52 schools throughout the nation.

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Find out what the Payne School Improvement Model can do for you.