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FY 2014-2015
RACE TO THE TOP
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Purpose of the RT3 Grant
The Race to The Top (RT3) grant is designed to
encourage innovation and reform, achieve significant
improvement in student outcomes, and implement
ambitious plans in Four Core Education Reform Areas:
Standards and Assessment: Adopt standards and
assessments that prepare students to succeed in college
and the workplace, as well as to compete in the global
economy
Great Teachers and Leaders: Recruit, prepare, reward,
and retain effective teachers and principals
Data Systems: Build data systems that measure student
achievement, and inform teachers and principals about
how they can improve instruction
Lowest Achieving Schools: Turn around our lowestachieving schools
• Utilization of RT3 Funding
• APS will receive $39,348,675 of the $400
million Georgia award over a 4 year (2011 –
15) time period
• State Board of Education has direct
accountability for the grant
• Funds cannot be used to supplant state or
local funds
• Funds can only be used to address the reform
areas
• Standards and Assessments
• District wide Common Core Georgia Performance
Standards (CCGPS) Implementation
• Provide curriculum resources and instructional
materials for teachers to support implementation
of the Common Core standards
• Provide professional learning opportunities to
deepen their understanding of Common Core
Georgia Performance
• Implementation of online professional learning
resources to support the instructional strategies
• Great Teachers and Leaders
• Teacher evaluation, tenure designation, and professional
development align with the district’s rigorous definition of
teacher effectiveness
• Implementation of the Teacher Keys Effectiveness Systems
(TKES) evaluation tool
• Implementation of the Leader Keys Effectiveness Systems
(LKES) evaluation tool
• Development of a Performance Based Leadership
Certification Program for aspiring school administrators
• Ongoing support for graduation coaches to aid in increasing
the high school graduation rate and increase academic
achievement of middle school students
• Use of principal mentors and a principal coach to support
new principals
• Continued support of the Urban Teacher Residency (UTR)
and Teach for America (TFA) teacher induction programs
• Data Systems
• Install and deploy a comprehensive Instructional
Management System that will administer
formative assessments aligned to the CCGPS,
deliver rapid results, and support teachers in the
identification of student strengths and
opportunities for growth; the system will also
house lesson planning and curriculum
• Hire data analysts comprise the district’s Data
Team to support schools in the effective
interpretation of data found in the State
Longitudinal Data System (SLDS), the Computer
Adaptive Assessment system, the IMS and other
data systems that support instructional decisions
• Lowest Achieving Schools (LAS)
• The lowest achieving schools currently receiving
support through the RT3 grant are Crim High
School, Douglass High School, Therrell Law High
School, Therrell Health and Sciences High School
and Harper-Archer Middle School
• Provide additional graduation coaches,
instructional coaches and support staff to lowest
achieving schools
• Provide additional tutorial funding to lowest
achieving schools
• Provide support to lowest achieving school
principals through the use of a principal coach