Transcript DN 101:Unpacking Diplomas Now

DN 101:
Unpacking Diplomas Now
Keeping Every Student on the Path to High School Graduation, College
Readiness and Adult Success
| July 8-9, 2013 | Baltimore, Maryland
| July 8-9, 2013 | Baltimore, Maryland
Welcome and Purpose
The purpose of this session is to:
•Provide information on the history and current status of
Diplomas Now
•Explain the roles and purpose of Diplomas Now Partners
•Identify the roles and purpose of Diplomas Now teams
•Share best practices
• Allow participants to ask clarifying questions about Diplomas
Now and their role in the implementation of the model.
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Activity
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Agenda
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Purpose
Group Activity
Review of the Agenda
History of DN and current locations
Overview of the Process
Description of Roles
How it Works
Sharing of Best Practices
Questions, Comments, Concerns
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What is Diplomas Now?
Diplomas Now is a comprehensive model for school
improvement that helps the toughest middle and high schools
in America’s largest cities ensure that every student
graduates ready for college or career.
The Right Supports
To The Right Students
At the Right Time
It is the first fully integrated model that improves a school’s
curriculum and instruction while it provides direct support
and interventions to students.
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DN 101
Prior to 2007
3 organizations doing high impact work
2007
Talent Development initiated partnership based on work with CIS and City Year
Built on the research of Dr. Balfanz
2008
DN proposal submitted to Pepsi
Projected funded with first investment ($5 million)
2008-2009
DN pilot at Feltonville High School in Philadelphia
2009-2010
DN expands to 10 schools in 4 additional cities.
Featured in cover stories in EdWeek and USA Today
Pepsi commits $6 million to further expand model and build capacity
Awarded i3 grant of $30 million (plus PepsiCo) to expand model to 60 schools by 2014
2010-2011
DN expands to 10+ additional schools in 5 new cities
2011- Present
DN serves 39 schools in 12 cities and 2013 -14 introducing Jacksonville FL
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Diplomas Now
Investing in Innovation Fund Validation Grant
“Cutting-edge ideas that will produce the
next generation for reform.”
- Arne Duncan, Secretary of Education
1,700 Applicants
49 Grantees
 $30M federal grant + $6M match through generous support of the PepsiCo
foundation
 60 high poverty middle and high schools in 10+ districts reaching 57,000
students
 Conduct randomized experimental study validating the impact of the model,
and focusing on the conditions necessary to:
 Achieve 80% grad rates in high schools
 Reduce by 66% the number of students entering high school below grade
level
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Current DN Footprint
Seattle 2
schools
Detroit
3 schools
Boston
3 schools
New York City
2 schools
Chicago
3 schools
Columbus
3 schools
Los Angeles
5 schools
Philadelphia
5 schools
Washington, DC
1 school
Jacksonville
2 schools
San Antonio
2 schools
East Baton
Rouge
3 schools
Miami
6 schools
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Diplomas Now Cities and Schools
BOSTON, MA
McCormack MS
The Burke HS
The English HS
CHICAGO, IL
Chicago Talent Development HS
Gage Park HS
John Hope College Preparatory HS
COLUMBUS, OH
Linden McKinley STEM HS
Mifflin HS
South HS
DETROIT, MI
Clippert Academy
Detroit Collegiate Prep HS
Noble ES (K-8)
EAST BATON ROUGE, LA
Capitol MS
Broadmoor MS
Belaire HS
JACKSONVILLE, FL
Andrew Jackson HS
Matthew Gilbert MS
LOS ANGELES, CA
Clinton MS
Liechty MS
Hollenbeck MS
Manual Arts Senior HS
Thomas Jefferson HS
MIAMI, FL
Allapattah MS
Drew MS
Edison MS
Booker T. Washington HS Homestead
Senior HS
Miami Carol City Senior HS
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NEW YORK CITY, NY
John Ericsson Middle School 126
Newtown High School
PHILADELPHIA, PA
Dimner Beeber MS
E. Washington Rhodes MS
Feltonville School of Arts & Sciences
Grover Washington MS
Woodrow Wilson MS
SAN ANTONIO, TX
Rhodes MS
Luther Burbank HS
SEATTLE, WA
Denny International MS
Aki Kurose MS
WASHINGTON, DC
Cardozo HS
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Pause for Questions, Comments
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The Partners
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Diplomas Now
A Comprehensive Secondary School Transformation Model
Integrated
Student
Supports
Targeted
Support &
Whole School
Prevention
Whole School
Reform
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Case management for social service
referrals to community partners
Small group and individualized
counseling
Needs Assessment and Resource
Mapping
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Teams of near peer mentors
Instructional supports
Attendance monitoring and coaching
Behavior monitoring and coaching
Afterschool/extended learning
One on one small group mentoring
Whole school positive climate
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School organization and scheduling
(double and triple dosing)
Teacher teaming and research-based
curriculum
Job-embedded professional
development
Early Warning Indicator and Response
Systems
School climate
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Shared belief that the way to fundamentally transform high-need schools & change the
trajectory from dropout to graduate for the majority of students is through collective impact.
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Communities In Schools
 For more than 30 years, Communities In Schools
has been helping students achieve in school,
graduate and go on to bright futures.
 A nationwide network of passionate professionals
working in public schools to surround students with
a community of support, empowering them to stay
in school and achieve in life.
 There are nearly 200 local affiliates serving 1.25
million students in 2,700 schools in 27 states and
D.C.
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The CIS Model of Integrated
Student Services
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Whole School Whole Child Model
Tiers of Impact
Whole School
Prevention
Classroom
Support
Targeted
Support
• School climate, attendance, positive
behavior and enrichment programs
• Family engagement
• Enable differentiated instruction
• Reinforced classroom learning
• For hundreds of students in school
• Academic and socio-emotional
Corps Member Assets
• Critical mass of people power
• Diverse “near peer” role models
and tutors
• Full-time and extended day
• Idealistic culture/energy
• Real-time response to need
Improved student Attendance, Behavior and Course Performance: English & Math
Improved on-time grade progression
Student mindset and skills for school achievement and civic participation
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City Year Supports Teachers in Implementing the
Common Core State Standards
WSWC intervention strategies and tools center on key math and literacy domains
of CCSS
• ELA interventions support development in 3 main strands: Foundational
Skills, Reading, and Language
• Math interventions support grade-level Standards for Mathematical Content
and Practice
Corps members are trained to scaffold content for struggling students and support
teacher-driven content delivery leading to mastery within math and literacy
classrooms
Corps members help reinforce classroom curricula, pedagogy, standards and
learning practices through extended day programs, interventions and just-intime learning.
City Year integrates with teacher teams to support data-informed interventions to
help students reach grade-level proficiency
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Johns Hopkins Talent Development Secondary
•Research-based reform model designed by Johns Hopkins University
•Established model working in schools since 1994
•Serving more than 100 schools and reaching more than 50,000 students
nationwide, almost 90% of whom qualify for Free and Reduced Lunch
•Running three schools, tow of which are Diplomas Now sites.
•Leading third party evaluator, MDRC, found in a rigorous quasiexperimental study, that Talent Development produced “substantial gains” in
attendance, promotion rates and course credits earned for ninth grade
students in Philadelphia
•US Department of Education-approved turnaround and transformation
provider
•In 2007, the What Works Clearinghouse at the U.S. Department of
Education gave the Talent Development model its second-highest rating as
an effective dropout prevention program
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The School
Has the full support of the District to fully
support Diplomas Now in the schools where
the model exists by providing ongoing
support.
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The School with the District’s Works with the
Diplomas Now Team to:
 Collaborate with DN partners on creating a process for
integrating each partner in the school culture to include an
initial presentation to the school faculty on the model and its
purpose; introduce each partner and their role; and the how
the collaboration will fit into the school’s plan.
 Include all partners in the writing of the school’s improvement
and/ or site plan for the school year.
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Work with the School Transformation Facilitator to develop
and maintain a positive school climate amongst the school
faculty and Diplomas Now partners in the building.
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Include all partners in the writing of the school’s
improvement and/ or site plan for the school year.
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Work with the School Transformation Facilitator and school team to
develop and maintain a positive school climate amongst the school
faculty and Diplomas Now partners in the building.
Allow a designee from each DN partner to serve on the school’s
leadership team.
Co-design and implement a master schedule that will allow the
model to be fully implemented including key school organizational
elements as required (e.g., grade group organization, looping, small
learning communities etc.)
Assign a staff member to serve on the DN collaborative meetings
that include all of the partners to assess progress and shared goals.
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Support the On-Track Indicator meetings to be held at least biweekly that include all DN partners and teachers of the students
on the “focus list.”
Provide suitable staff development for all DN partners, as
necessary.
Keep the lines of communication open and clear by including all
partners in school related communications.
Allow a designee from all DN partners to have access to
students’ baseline and program outcome data, including
attendance, behavior, grades, promotion, and standardized
testing records;
Provide a suitable space for each partner in the building to
include tables, desks, chairs to deliver services and activities.
Allow access to copier, office supplies, and other materials
agreed upon.
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Collaborate with DN partners to raise awareness to key
stakeholders regarding Diplomas Now that will help to support
students and their families and to sustain the program that may
include hosting site visits and partner meetings.
Display partner and collaboration signage in and/or outside of the
building.
Allow volunteers and other community partners to work with
students and faculty in the building.
The Diplomas
Now Model
What does it look like in the city and
school….
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The Diplomas Now Model
Instructional Supports
Organizational Supports
• Bi-weekly EWI meetings
• On-site school transformation facilitator
• Inter-disciplinary and subject focused common
planning time
• Professional Development and technical assistance
focused on Positive Behavior Supports and
Interventions (PBIS)
• Double dose math & English
• Extra help labs
• Common college preparatory or high school
readiness curricula
Professional Development
Supports
• Job-embedded coaching - Math and
English instructional coaches
• Professional learning community
• Professional development linked to
grade/subject specific instructional
practice
Multi Tiered Response to Intervention Model
• 10 to 15 City Year AmeriCorps members: whole
school and targeted academic and socio-emotional
supports
• Communities In Schools on-site coordinator: case
managed supports for highest need students
Teacher Team
Data Supports
(3-6 teachers)
3-4
sections
• Easy access to student data on the
Early Warning Indicators
• Benchmarks tied to national and state
standards
• On-site facilitator to leverage EWI
data
Student Supports
Interventions to address early
warning indicators of
• Attendance
• Behavior
• Course Performance
• Whole school attendance,
positive behavior, collegegoing culture
• Strengthening student
resiliency
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Diplomas Now Works with Students & Schools
Partners with the
School Community
Integrates Student
Support & School
Improvement
DN’s Work
with
Students &
Schools
Gives
Adults Tools
to Improve
Student
Success
Provides
At-Risk
Students with
Caring Adult
Support
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Diplomas Now Work with Administrations &Teachers
Academies and
Small Learning
Communities
Professional
Learning
Communities
and Teacher
Teaming
Early
Warning
Indicator
System
DN’s Work
with Teachers &
Admin
Extra Help
Curriculum
Aligned with
CCCS
Technical
Assistance
(Scheduling,
Staffing, Data
Systems, etc.)
Standard Team Structures
National Exec
Team
DNIST
Local Exec Team
Local Ops Team
*in applicable cities
School Team
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The Diplomas Now Implementation
Doug Elmer,
Director of DN
/ DN Guru
Sheila
Drummond,
Deputy Director
Columbus
San Antonio
Seattle
Jessica Herman,
Deputy Director
Baton Rouge
Chicago
Los Angeles
Kathy Nelson,
Deputy Director
Matt
Wernsdorfer,
Field Director
Miami
Philadelphia
Washington, DC
Boston
Detroit
New York
Kellie Hinkle
Diplomas Now Manager of School Turnaround, City Year
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Need some Clarity?
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Your analogy here!
Diplomas Now is like _______
because it_______________!
Thank you!
Comments, Questions, and Contact Info:
Mike Hayes [email protected]
LaShawn Johnson [email protected]
Sheila Drummond [email protected]