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Restructure Implementation Update Supports and Services School Performance Looking Ahead

Update on Organizational Structure and Activities Presented to the Providence Public School Board April 28 th , 2014. Restructure Implementation Update Supports and Services School Performance Looking Ahead. Restructure Implementation Update.

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Restructure Implementation Update Supports and Services School Performance Looking Ahead

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  1. Update on Organizational Structure and ActivitiesPresented to the Providence Public School BoardApril 28th, 2014

  2. Restructure Implementation Update Supports and Services School Performance Looking Ahead

  3. Restructure Implementation Update In response to the need for dramatic organizational change, UP! implemented staffing structure and personnel changes. • Accomplishments: • Interviewed and Hired Managing Director • Interviewed and Hired Lead Intervention Specialist • Interviewed 3 potential candidates for Intervention Specialist – decision to be made shortly • Implemented weekly pre-briefing/debriefing meetings as UP! team • Coordinating/sharing of Outlook calendars • UP! Board of Directors • PPSD Liaison • PTU Liaison • UP! Managing Director • OfficeManager • Lead Intervention Specialist • Intervention Specialist 1 • Intervention Specialist 2

  4. Restructure Implementation Update Supports and Services School Performance Looking Ahead

  5. Instructional Supports and Services Under the guidance of the new Lead Intervention Specialist, UP! provided and coordinated a variety of school-level instructional supports and services. • Accomplishments: • Focused Teacher Coaching • Provided individualized ELA coaching (AP Literature at Alvarez, Gr. 6 ELL at Stuart, Kindergarten intervention at Lauro) • Provided individualized math coaching (Gr. 9/11 ELL and Alvarez Algebra Teacher Team, Stuart Math Dept., new Math Coach at Lauro) • Ongoing Professional Development (PD) • Developed and offered ELA PD sessions on Marzano’sClassroom Instruction that Works; Writing an Argument; Text-dependent questions; Academic Vocabulary. • Developed and offered math PD an 8 session course on Standards for Mathematical Practice/CCSS and Research-based Pedagogy for teachers across all schools • Common Planning Time Supports (CPT) • Provided supports to guide and advise the effective use of ELA CPT (Rewriting units of study to align to Common Core; developing/using common rubrics; classroom engagement) • Provided supports to guide and advise the effective use of CPT for math (As needed per grade level including modeling, writing tasks, unit planning/backward design)

  6. Instructional Supports and Services Continued • Accomplishments: • Opportunities for Professional Growth: • Facilitating school visits: KussMiddle School, Fenway High School; Skype calls with Health Leadership Academy and ACE Leadership Academy in New Mexico; Individual teacher school visits with Lead Intervention Specialist to Veazie Street and Roger Williams to observe ELL Math teaching • Identifying external PD opportunities (e.g. conferences) • Committee Supports • Support/presence at school-level committee meetings (e.g. academic, data, culture and climate committees) • Support the development of the Alvarez design team. The team was charged with creating a plan for project-based learning

  7. Partnerships to Support Instructional Focus UP! secured and promoted external partnership to support our instructional focus . • Accomplishments: • National Center for Time & Learning (NCTL) • UP! team works closely with NCTL and with teams from Lauro and Stuart to strengthen instructional practices, communication, and examine best practices. • Lauroand Stuart greatly value this partnership. The schools actively incorporate learnings into practice and both have designed an Instructional Focus • National Academy of Advanced Teacher Education (NAATE) • Alvarez and Stuart teachers participate in NAATE. NAATE aims to train teachers with deep and rigorous content. Ultimately these teachers will have the capacity to develop and support peer teachers to become excellent educators. • Nellie Mae Grant PLC on Performance Assessment • The Alvarez team has received supports from the performance assessment work with Nellie Mae. This work is informing plans to incorporate project-based learning throughout their curriculum. Through this work teachers are learning how to rate projects in a rigorous manner and how to align them to standards and testing. • Swearer Center at Brown • Coordinated and trained AiM tutors from Brown to support Alvarez after school tutoring • National Educational Academic Partners (NAEP) • Initiated partnership to align instructional practice to Common Core State Standards

  8. Leadership Supports and Services UP! provided and coordinated resources to support leadership at all three UP! schools. • Accomplishments: • RIDE Quarterly Monitoring Meeting Support: • Maintained presence at facilitated meetings for each school • Assisted schools with the creation and improvement of monitoring report submissions • Strategic Planning Supports: • Assisted schools with school-wide strategic planning. (E.g. outlining a project-based learning plan for Alvarez) • Planning for Upcoming Supports: • Prioritizing leadership efforts for next year on topics including: burnout prevention, helping leaders lead to consensus. • Larry Myatt Partnership: • Provided targeted supports to the new Alvarez principal • Supported ILT restructuring efforts • Provided leadership for the Alvarez design team to implement project-based academic program • Leadership Coaching: • Support overcoming obstacles • Acting as a buffer with the district when possible • Acting as a sounding board

  9. Operations Supports and Services UP! completed operations supports for IT, HR administration, and financial services. Additionally, UP! conducts ongoing vendor contract management. • Accomplishments: • Alvarez: • Developed a partnership with Larry Myatt to provide leadership • Promoted partnerships with PASA, Swearer Center from Brown, and STEAMBox • Stuart: • Developed partnerships with City Year, National Grid, and NCTL • Lauro: • Promoted partnerships with Inspiring Minds, Resilient Kids, Leyendo!, NCTL, and beginning conversations for a City Year partnership • Operational Supports: • Substitute coordination with PPSD • PD coordination with PPSD • Technical assistance offered to each school on personnel issues, HR, and finance • Providing incentives to promote resource alignment • Assessing existing community partnership to determine what works and what adds burdens • Provided additional funds to the non-SIG recipient schools (Lauro and Stuart)

  10. Organizational Development Public Outreach & Community Engagement Fundraising • Accomplishments: • Alvarez: • Cheer UP! Carnival Planned for May 15th to engage community partners in supporting UP! Faculties and Staff • Stuart: • National Grid, Knight Mem. Lib., • Senator Whitehouse visit • Girls/Boys Night Out • Literacy Night • Lauro: • New playground ‘kickoff’ in Sept. • Attendance Award Ceremonies • Accomplishments: • Stuart: • Completed application for Honda STEM grant:  smart boards, equipment for science department. • Champlingrant in process: smart boards for social studies dept. • Lauro: • Donors Choose grant for mathematics resource library • UP!: • AFT- Innovation Fund Grant • Legislative Grant • Pursuing RI Foundation Grant • Cultivation of individual donors

  11. Restructure Implementation Update Supports and Services School Performance Looking Ahead

  12. School Performance: Student Attendance Data taken from REG on 4/14/2014.

  13. School Performance: Preliminary NECAP Reading 2012 Data taken from the 2012-2013 State Report Card Data files 2013 Data taken from the Measured Progress Student Data files

  14. School Performance: STAR Reading Results from STAR data extract at the end of each testing window.

  15. School Performance: STAR Reading Results from STAR data extract at the end of each testing window.

  16. School Performance: STAR Reading Results from STAR data extract at the end of each testing window.

  17. School Performance: Preliminary NECAP Math 2012 Data taken from the 2012-2013 State Report Card Data files 2013 Data taken from the Measured Progress Student Data files

  18. School Performance: STAR Math Results from STAR data extract at the end of each testing window.

  19. School Performance: STAR Math Results from STAR data extract at the end of each testing window.

  20. School Performance: STAR Math Results from STAR data extract at the end of each testing window.

  21. Acceptance Rate to 4 Year Colleges

  22. Restructure Implementation Update Supports and Services School Performance Looking Ahead

  23. Current Challenges • Challenges: • Re-building the UP! team • RIDE accountability / performance reviews • District-level requirements/timelines/deadlines • Multiple initiatives layered on each school without clear alignment • Ensuring all constituents remain informed of UP! initiatives and successes • Our Response: • Retreat planned for 3 Intervention Specialists upon hire • Intense work with Alvarez RIDE team on interim submissions • Coordination with OTI/PPSD • Strategic alignment of UP! initiatives • Intentional engagement with PPSD School Board members

  24. Planning Ahead Strategically We recognize the need to diagnose school needs and strategically plan targeted school supports for our next phase of work. Over the next month, the OTI will conduct a diagnostic of UP! and the UP! schools. This comprehensive process will give UP! the opportunity to better understand the needs of each school. Ultimately, this will allow UP! to create a scope of work that prioritizes and addresses specific needs.

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