Transcript NC Race to the Top (RttT) Webinar for Principals NC Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) November 2009

NC Race to the Top (RttT)
Webinar for Principals
NC Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI)
November 2009
Overview of Webinar
• RttT 101: Background, Charge, Logistics
• NC's RttT Proposal: Emerging Themes
and Initiatives
• Proposed RttT participation plan
and funding process
RttT 101:
Background, Charge, Logistics
State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF)
$53.6 billion
Formula funding
Competitive funding
Governors
$48.6 billion
The Secretary
$5 billion
Race to the Top
$4 billion
Public elementary,
secondary, and IHEs
$39.8 billion (81.8%)
Education, school
modernization, public
safety or other
government services
$8.8 billion (18.2%)
New Assessments
$350 million
Innovation
$650 million
Goal of RttT:
Advance Core Education Reforms
College- and career-ready
standards and high quality,
valid, and reliable assessments
for all students, including ELLs
and students with disabilities
Pre-K to higher education data
systems that meet the principles
in the America COMPETES Act
Teacher effectiveness and
equitable distribution of
effective teachers
Intensive support and effective
interventions for lowestperforming schools
Preliminary RttT Guidelines
Two guidelines in particular drew numerous comments:
• Effective teachers and effective principals defined as those
whose students achieve greater than one year of growth
• States having a cap on charters will be at a competitive
disadvantage
NC is currently moving forward with the assumption that
these will not change and therefore we must shape the
proposal accordingly
Charge: Accelerate NC's ongoing bold initiatives...
– New educator standards and aligned evaluation tools
– Accountability & Curriculum Revision Effort (ACRE)
– Common Education Data Analysis & Reporting System (CEDARS)
– District and School Transformation
– NC Virtual Public School (NCVPS)
– School Connectivity Initiative (SCI)
– Teacher Working Conditions Survey
– Nationally Board Certified Teachers
– Early College High Schools
– ...and many others
...and reflect some of NC's longstanding
commitments to:
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High standards for all students
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Schools as places of innovation, focused on improving
student learning
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Effective teachers and effective leaders in all schools
and districts
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Statewide commitment to tackling hard issues
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Successful collaboration among key stakeholders
In process – currently refining metric targets
RttT Overall Goals (by June 2014)
Overall RttT Goals
1 Increase the high school graduation rate
2 Produce more career-, college- and future-
ready graduates, as measured by performance
on the SAT, ACT, Accuplacer, Compass, and
other relevant assessments
3 Increase the number of graduating seniors
who complete challenging capstone courses,
including AP and IB
DPI
Goal?
SBE
Goal?
Gov.'s
goal?
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In process – currently refining metric targets
RttT Overall Goals (by June 2014)
Overall RttT Goals
4 Increase achievement in all grades, as
measured by state assessments, NAEP results,
and other relevant indicators
5 Improve the 121 low-performing schools and
23 low-performing districts so they are all
above the current low-performing criteria
6 Reduce the achievement gap by making larger
gains for lower performing subgroups
DPI
Goal?
SBE
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Gov.'s
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We are aligned on the goals for RttT and
for NC over the next four years
NC RttT Proposal Development Leadership
Governor Perdue
Steering Committee
Bill Harrison, June Atkinson, Myra Best
(advised by Glenn Kleiman and Allison
Bailey)
Effective Teachers
Rebecca Garland
Bill McDiarmid
Carolyn McKinney
Effective Leaders
Joe Peel
Improving Low
Performing
Schools
Pat Ashley
Ann Osborne
STEM Schools
Tony Habit
Research
Ludy van
Broekhuisan,
Alisa Chapman
Technology
Phil Emer, Peter
Asmar, Tim Poe
Standards and
Assessment
Angela Quick
Jere Confrey
Data Systems
Adam Levinson
Sarah McManus
RttT Timeline
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USED plans to release final guidelines in early Nov 2009
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Goal is to complete the proposal by Dec 16, 2009
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Round 1 proposals due in early January 2010
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Funding decisions in April 2010
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Round 2 proposals due in June or July 2010
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Four school years, through 2013-2014, to use the funding
These dates and other NC RttT details can be found on our
public website http://racetothetop.nc.gov
NC's RttT Proposal:
Emerging Themes and Initiatives
“We’ve made a lot of progress in NC, but we
understand we have a long way to go.”
We have made real progress (i.e., are innovative,
determined, and successful), but still have major challenges
to address
More of the same won’t get us far enough, fast enough.
We are moving toward “fewer, clearer, higher standards.”
We also need “fewer, clearer, higher reforms.”
We have the will and ability to tackle the difficult issues.
NAEP grade 4 math: Now above US Average
NAEP Grade 8 Math: At US Average
NC 4-Yr Graduate Rates, 2009
Overall rate was 69.5% in 2007 and 69.9% in 2008
NC a Diverse State:
One size won’t fit all…need differentiated strategy
Urban
Rural
23,189
26,355
9,803
11,929
12,076
15,904
Other
2,274
2,032
Total
47,342
56,220
Elementary School
Middle School
High School
Teachers in North Carolina, 2008-2009
NC RttT Approach: Key Themes
• Central strategy: improve student outcomes by
increasing teacher effectiveness
 Research shows this is the most important factor in
improving student achievement
• Leads to the need for effective school leaders
and supportive school contexts
• Special focus on low performing schools,
which need major changes to be transformed
into successful schools
DRAFT – IN PROCESS
Emerging RttT framework
(revised from Oct. 28 version)
College and Career
Ready
Great Teachers for All Students; Great Leaders for All Schools
Transform Low Performing Schools and Districts
Identify
Assess
struggling
districts and
schools
leverage points
for
transformation
Assist
building local
capacity
Monitor
progress and
refine
supports
Strengthen the Education Workforce Statewide
Classroom
Teachers
Standards &
Evaluation
Professional
Development
Data-informed
Decision-Making
School
Leaders
Standards &
Evaluation
Professional
Development
Data-informed
Decision-Making
District
Programs
Strategic Staffing
Initiatives
Support Education Reforms
Research and Evaluation, Data Systems, Technology Infrastructure
Statewide classroom/ teacher initiatives to be
delivered via new professional development system
Teacher Evaluation
Student Assessments
Data informed decisions
• Introduce expert
observers to provide rollout support
• Diagnostic and
formative assessment
systems that:
– Are embedded in
instruction
– Leverage technology
– Linked to
benchmark
assessments
• Tools, dashboards etc to
be developed to facilitate
data usage
• Evaluate instrument use
• Include student
outcomes, utilizing the
best available data (e.g. ,
EOCs, EVAAS, or SLOs)
• Training for teachers on
how to leverage data
(assessments, etc) to
inform instruction
• Assessments will be
linked to common core
standards
Will develop statewide system to deliver PD on each of the above topics, enable
systemic delivery of tailored PD, and ensure quality control through regular PD
eval
Statewide school leader initiatives to also be
delivered via new professional development system
Principal Evaluation
• Additional training on
eval process (both
teacher and principal
evals)
• Evaluate instrument use
• Include school
outcomes, utilizing the
best available data (e.g. ,
EOCs, EVAAS)
School Assessments
• Couple teacher-level
assessments with school
assessment systems to
enable higher-level datadriven decision making
Data informed decisions
• Tools, dashboards, etc.
to be developed to
enable data-informed
decision making
• Training for principles
on using data from all
assessments – including
summative – to identify
school needs
Will develop statewide system to deliver PD on each of the above topics, enable
systemic delivery of tailored PD, and ensure quality control through regular PD
eval
Statewide district-level initiatives focus on increasing
(and equitably distributing) effective educators
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Opportunities will include state-created initiatives as
well as those already being effectively used within the
districts
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These initiatives are meant to provide district
leadership with proven tools to increase teacher
effectiveness including:
– Induction programs (e.g., mentoring and training programs to
accelerate teacher development)
– Career pathways (to encourage effective teachers to remain in
the classroom longer and help identify future teacher-leaders)
– Strategic staffing initiatives focused on equitably distributing
highly effective educators throughout the district
Transforming low performing schools and districts
• Current DPI identification process will determine LEA
eligibility for RttT assistance for low performing schools and
districts
• Eligible LEAs that are interested in receiving RttT assistance
must collaborate with the state on needs assessment and
developing customized turn-around strategies
• Customized assistance strategies can include one or more of
the following:
– Compensation models
– Existing DPI turnaround model
– Recruitment/preparation programs – Virtual/blended approaches
– Workforce oriented schools
– Induction/retention programs
– Etc.
– Strategic staffing initiatives
Support for low-performing schools and LEAs:
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
(STEM)
Develop STEM high schools in low-performing LEAs
Utilize an integrated STEM curriculum to prepare
students for STEM careers and meet workforce needs
Partner with local communities and businesses; leverage
their expertise in STEM curriculum, where applicable
Schools will serve as centers for innovation, and as models
to influence other schools
Proposed RttT participation plan
and funding process
Proposed requirements for LEA participation
in Race to the Top
• All LEAs commit to core statewide initiatives (evaluations, standards
and assessments, data-usage, professional development), supporting
initiatives (research and evaluation, data, technology) and forwarding
statewide goal of improving student achievement
• All low-performing LEAs commit to the above PLUS participating in
collaborative needs assessment process
• Only use RttT funds in support of implementing designated RttT
initiatives
• Provide data and information to RttT Research and Evaluation teams –
at state and national levels – to support evaluation of RttT initiatives
• Participate in any meetings or forums regarding RttT implementation
• Provide resources to serve on RttT implementation teams as needed
Implementation at the LEA level will also be supported by a
centralized Race to the Top governance structure
RttT funding allocation process
• Regardless of the size of award, 50% of funding will be
allocated according to Title I allocation process
– Funding for statewide initiatives will be divided among LEAs
according to Title I allocation
– Additional funding for other initiatives will need to be provided
to some LEAs to meet Title I allocation requirements
• Other 50% of funding will be used to support targeted
(i.e., low performing schools and districts) initiatives
• Currently unclear how funds will be distributed; process
may be similar to Title I distribution process
Review of Webinar
• RttT 101: Background, Charge, Logistics
• NC's RttT Proposal: Emerging Themes
and Initiatives
• Proposed RttT participation plan
and funding process
Questions?