Transcript 2008-09 Achievement Improvement Strategies Preview

Improve Achievement for
EACH PreK-12 Student
2008-09 Areas of Focus Preview
GREENWICH PUBLIC SCHOOLS
October 11, 2007
Improve
Achievement
for Each
Student
Improve Learning
Improve
Teaching and
Instruction
Improve
Resource
Management &
Alignment of
Adults
IMPROVE ACHIEVEMENT FOR
EACH PreK-12 STUDENT
I. Improve learning
accelerate growth and close gaps for
EACH learner
II. Improve teaching and instruction
transform classroom practices
III. Improve alignment of adults and
resource management
align resources with instructional priorities
IMPROVE
LEARNING
Accelerate growth and close
gaps for EACH learner
Provide Rigorous Curriculum
• Review/modify K-12 science
• Refine implementation of K-12 math
• Refine implementation of K-8 literacy
(reading and writing)
• Implement new Curriculum Review Cycle
Provide Comprehensive Program
Offerings
• Review Secondary (grades 6-12) Education
– Ensure rigorous, engaging, 21st century content
– Examine curriculum offerings, school community,
climate & culture, structures including scheduling &
start time, suspension & expulsion practices,
attendance, articulation across grade levels
• Review program options for Advanced Learners
– Honors, UCONN, IB, AP, ALP
Provide Comprehensive Program
Offerings (continued)
• Review/implement Magnet/Choice programs
– Monitor/evaluate achievement, program content,
facility utilization, stakeholder satisfaction, racial
balance, efficiency & application process
• Refine implementation of Supplemental
programs
– Refine extended school day, week & year
programs
Provide Comprehensive Program
Offerings (continued)
• Review Preschool program
– Monitor/evaluate selection process, curriculum,
instructional strategies, assessment, articulation
across grade levels
• Refine/expand Early Intervention programs
– Ensure consistency and alignment of student
assistance team procedures
– Sharing best practices in early intervention
procedures through activities funded by CT early
intervention grant
Infuse 21st Century Knowledge and Skills
Across All Curricular and Program Areas
• Incorporate 21st Century Skill components in
curriculum review cycle
– Review/modify K-12 Science to incorporate
innovation and creativity, critical thinking and
problem solving, collaboration and cooperation
• Refine implementation of Social Emotional
Learning (SEL)
– Ensure alignment with 21st century skills
framework and Board policy on whole student
development
– Establish baseline data using student rubrics
Infuse 21st Century Knowledge and Skills
Across All Curricular and Program Areas
(continued)
• Refine implementation of BOE approved
district Technology Plan
– Refine model of 21st Century classroom in relation
to information technology tools
• Classroom desktop computers, wireless laptop carts,
smartboard systems, access to web-based applications
and high quality digital resources
– Begin equitable distribution of smartboards in
grades 3-12 over a four-year period
– Provide teacher/administrative training
IMPROVE TEACHING AND
INSTRUCTION
Transform classroom practices
Provide Professional Learning &
Leadership Development for Teachers
and Administrators
• Implement integrated Classroom Walks
• Refocus elementary Coaching activities
– Training for math/science focus
• Review and refine Professional Learning Plan Protocol
– Ensure balance among competing needs: district (diversity,
TEPD), program (Science), school (SIT goals) & individual
(professional objectives)
• Refine Best Practices for delivering instruction
– Consistency in implementation of curriculum and instructional
best practices
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Understanding by Design (UBD)
Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
Breakthrough Coach
Benchmark & Formative Assessments
Provide High Quality Supervision
• Implement training for revised Teacher
Evaluation and Professional Development
(TEPD) plan
• District-wide leadership training
• District-wide teacher training
Align Assessments to Instruction
• Implementation of revised K-5 Report Card
district-wide
• Refine implementation of Technology
assessments - TechLiteracy 5th, 8th; ICT 11th
• Explore International Benchmarking (PISA)
• Implement and refine benchmark assessments
for Reading
• Implement and refine benchmark assessments
for Science
Enhance Data-Driven
Decision-Making
• Plan and implement Data Teams at district
and building level
• Refine implementation of Tools for Data
Decision-Making
– data dashboard
– portal
• Refine implementation of Student Intervention
Plans
– Individual Student Instructional Plans (ISIPs)
– Individual Education Plans (IEPs)
– Student Assistance Teams (SATs)
Improve Alignment of Adults and
Resource Management
Align resources with instructional priorities
Clarify Roles and Responsibilities
• Refine implementation of Policy Governance
System
• Refine implementation of revised Vision,
Mission & Strategic Directions
• Refine implementation of Modes of
Communication with stakeholder groups
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Harris survey follow up
Linkage/focus groups
Electronic media
Print communication (including translations)
Use Resources
Effectively and Efficiently
• Restructure Time to teach, collaborate & plan
• Ensure Safe and Secure Learning Environments
– School Resource Officer
– Uniform standards and equipment for internal and external
security systems
– Continue to maintain facilities through 15 year capital plan
• Implement programs/strategies to address
Enrollment, Building Utilization, Class Size & Racial
Balance
• Monitor/maximize Energy Efficiency
Attract and Retain
High Quality Staff
• Explore Housing opportunities for staff
• Refine implementation of Transportation
assistance program
• Implement Childcare program for
certified staff
• Continuous development of high quality
Professional Learning and Evaluation
systems
Budget Implications
• Will be delivered within BET guidelines developed
in cooperation with board of education and district
administration
• Will reflect a shift of focus areas that will require a
redirection of resources
• Will improve coordination between centralized
and decentralized budgets to more efficiently and
effectively direct resources toward focus areas
• Will reflect a distribution of resources
that will result in improved achievement
for EACH PreK-12 student in the GPS