Transcript School Improvement: A Proven Process The Toledo Public Schools’ STAR Program

School Improvement: A
Proven Process
The Toledo Public Schools’ STAR
Program
The STAR Program
Striving Toward Academic
Reform
STAR Meetings
School Improvement Committee (SIC)
Dr. Eugene Sanders
Superintendent/CEO
Francine Lawrence,
President TFT
Craig Cotner,
Chief Academic Officer
Dr. Adrienne Noel,
Director of Research and Analysis
Instructional Planning Consultants
David McClellan,
President TAAP
Closing the Gap
Toledo Public Elementary Schools
Ohio Third, Fourth and Sixth Grade Proficiency/Achievement Test Average
100%
90%
Average Passing Rate
Ohio Proficiency/Achievement Tests
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
Free Reduced Lunch Percentage
Regular Education Students Taking the Test(s)
70%
80%
90%
100%
The Identification of STAR
Schools
•Based upon free- and reducedlunches
•Based upon all Proficiency and
Achievement Tests
•Based upon the relationship of the
individual school to TPS as a whole
•School is two standard deviations
below the regression line for two of
the three previous years.
Closing the Gap
Toledo Public Elementary Schools
Ohio Third, Fourth and Sixth Grade Proficiency/Achievement Test Average
100%
90%
Average Passing Rate
Ohio Proficiency/Achievement Tests
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
Free Reduced Lunch Percentage
Regular Education Students Taking the Test(s)
70%
80%
90%
100%
The Initial Meeting with the School
Improvement Committee
• The Director of Research and Analysis
makes her recommendations to the SIC.
• The SIC asks the Principal and Building
Representative to attend a meeting.
• The Director of Research and Analysis
shares the data with the school team
and SIC.
• The school team reflects on their data
and learns about its STAR status.
What does it mean to be a
STAR School?
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Additional Monies
“Enhanced” School Improvement Plan
Accountability to the SIC
No Excuses!
Expectations
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Work as a team
Analyze data
Reflect on data and instructional needs
Develop an enhanced School Improvement
Plan
• Implement plan to improve student
achievement
School Team Reflection
Sue Joseph, Principal
and
Joanne Bean, Building Representative
Professional Development
• Effective Leadership for Academic
Achievement Institute
• Presented by the American Federation
of Teachers and The United Federation
of Teachers Teacher Center
• Emphasis on the following areas:
Effective Communication
Team Building
Data Informed Decision-Making
Professional Development
Action Planning
The Institute
• School Teams attend
• Held here in Toledo as well as New York
• Resulted in the implementation of an
“Enhanced School Improvement Plan”
• Teams use the information in their
buildings to increase student
achievement
Relationship between Levels of Impact and
Components of Training
Awareness Plus
Concept
Understanding
Skill Attainment
Application/
Problem-Solving
Presentation of
Theory
85%
15%
5-10%
Modeling
85%
18%
5-10%
Practice and
Low Risk
Feedback
85%
80%
10-15%
Coaching
Study Teams
Peer Visits
90%
90%
80-90%
Levels of
Impact
Components
of Training
Adapted from:
NSDC Standards for staff Development Training Manual. Stephanie Hirsh, 1995.
Assisting Schools with
Needs
• Present information on Standards/Achievement
Tests/Diagnostic Tests/Other ODE Initiatives
• Assist with development of School Improvement
Plan
• Assist with professional development resources
 Reading Academy
 Math Academy
 Technology assistance
 External Experts
 Data Analysis
 Materials
Finding Time for
Professional Development
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Early release/Late start
Sharing substitutes among grade levels
Extension of monthly faculty meeting
Common planning time/lunch time
Incentives
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Hourly stipend
LPDC credit
Sharing of work load
Increased student achievement
Comments from Panel
• UFT Conference
• What has worked!
• Other comments
The STAR (Enhanced)
School Improvement Plan
• Developed by the Office of Instructional
Planning as a result of the increased use
of data and collaboration
• Action Plans are working documents
• Includes “Indicators of Success”
• Collaboration is a key component
Shared responsibility
Reviewed and modified by school team
on a regular basis
Submitting the SIP
• Reviewed by the Office of Instructional
Planning
• Revised as necessary
• Submitted to the School Improvement
Committee and the Chief Academic
Officer
• Reviewed with the school leadership
team regularly
Action Plan Template
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– Action Plan (Reading)
The action Plan(s) for each goal identified is a working document that clearly and briefly
describes the strategic objective(s) and activities to be undertaken for each particular goal.
GOAL:
What
Who
When
How
Support
Indicators
of Success
Samples of Success
Indicators
• SuccessMaker data (CCC)
• ProOhio data
• Others
Grade level meeting notes
Needs assessment
Parent attendance at school functions
Tutoring data
Data for targeted students
Panel Comments
• Developing and using the STAR School
Improvement Plan (Longfellow Team)
• School Improvement Review (Instructional
Planning Consultants)
STAR School
Accountability
• Meet with the School Improvement
Committee throughout the school year
• Key meeting in May
Teams present their data
Teams present the actions that resulted
in improvements
Data Chart (Sample)
Elem. School Math Correlation
(SuccessMaker)
# Needed
50
45
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
8
3
14
9
11
# Alternate
Assessments
Grade 6
students on
track w/CCC
Grade 3
students on
track w/CCC
Grade 3
students
passing in Oct.`
The Verdict!
• Director of Research and Data Analysis reviews
the latest Proficiency/Achievement Test results
with the School Teams and School Improvement
Committee (September)
• Team defends their scores
• SIC questions the team
• SIC reveals the school’s new status
 STAR
 STAR Plus
 Out of program
The Program Works!
• Chart with 6th grade results
• Chart of Historic Results for TPS
Percent of Students Passing the
Ohio Sixth Grade Proficiency Test
100%
90%
80%
Percent Passing
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Writing
Mar-00
Reading
Mar-01
Math
Citizenship
Mar-02
Science
Mar-03
Pass 5
Mar-04
Closing the Gap
Toledo Public Elem entary Schools
Ave rage Passing R ate on Ohio Profic iency/A chievem ent Te sts 2001-2004
10 0%
90 %
vArlington
vLongfellow
vLarchmont
70 %
60 %
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Av era ge Pa ssing Ra te on
Ohio Pr oficiency /A chie vem ent Tes ts
80 %
Longfellow
Mt Vernon
50 %
Arlington
Mt. Vernon
40 %
Larchmont
30 %
20 00-2 001
20 01-2 002
20 02-2 003
20 03-2 004
20 %
10 %
0%
0%
10 %
20 %
30 %
40 %
50 %
60 %
70 %
80 %
Building Te sted Students Per cent Rec eiving Fr ee or Reduced Price Lunch
Ma rch 2000 sc ore s
MT Vernon and Larchmont -Star Plus 2001-02
Ma rch 2004 sc ore s
Arlington and Longfellow -Star Plus 2002-03
90 %
10 0%
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Comments from Panel
• Reaction to “Final Verdicts”, Longfellow
School Team
Questions and
Answers
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Contacts
– Office of Instructional Planning
• Linda Rerucha, [email protected]
• Jewel Minarcin, [email protected]
• Bernadine Powell, [email protected]
--Longfellow Elementary School
• Sue Joseph, [email protected]
• JoAnn Bean, [email protected]