Initiative 1.2 Establish expectations and guidelines for CPT/Dept. meetings to ensure collaboration in developing units and lessons Activities to Achieve the Outcomes for the Initiative Who will Lead? When will it Start? When will it be Complete? Develop written guidelines for weekly CPT expectations (i.e. establishing norms, using protocols for data and analysis and looking at student work, lesson plan templates) Supervisor of Instruction (SI) January 2014 August 2014 FOR will Introduce PLC process to strengthen the effectiveness of CPT (e.g. Establishing norms, introduce Tuning Protocol to use for Looking at Student Work. Superintendent August 2014 October 2014 District leadership will present expectations for CPT and administrators responsibilities for leading/monitoring sessions and ensuring quality unit and lesson plans Superintendent August 2014 Ongoing Redesign HS schedule to provide weekly CPT. Principal February 2014 May 2014 Revise roles and responsibilities for Dept. Chairs to include facilitating CPT sessions. Superintendent January 2014 July 2014 Add Academic Dean position at Middle School who can assist Team Teachers in facilitating CPT sessions Superintendent August 2014 June 2015 Administrators/Teacher Leaders begin facilitating CPT sessions implementing new protocols Supervisor of Instruction (SI) September 2014 Ongoing Administrative Leadership as part of their biweekly onsite supervision will review CPT binders and feedback being given on plans Director of Teaching and Learning March 2014 Ongoing
Data on the Principals Quarterly Reports for Middle/High School Students show the following changes over base line data from the previous school year: 5% decrease each quarter in the number of students failing 5% decrease each quarter in the number of suspensions 1.5% increase each quarter in the attendance rate 5% decrease each quarter in the number of tardies 1.5% decrease in dropout rate Initiative 2.1 Establish a consistent district data driven decision making process to monitor student process and make decisions about need interventions Activities to Achieve the Outcomes for the Initiative Who will Lead? When will it Start? When will it be Complete? Create district wide K-12 assessment system aligned to Common Core Continue ANET interim assessments Gr. 2-8 Increase the number of assessments: Create 9-12 interim/unit assessments for all content areas aligned to Common Core Create K-1 interim assessments Implement new grade level/content biweekly open response common assessments Develop grade level DDMs to measure growth Supervisor of Instruction December 2013 June 2015 Develop an assessment calendar for all K-12 assessments (Sept. June) Supervisor of Instruction June 2014 September 2014 Expand data analysis process as used by ANet to include K-1 and 6-12 examination of data Supervisor of Instruction August 2014 June 2015 Grade level teams meet weekly to monitor student progress. Teams will examine bi-weekly common assessments to calibrate expectations and identify and implement effective strategies to support student growth. Teams will also review interim assessments every 6 weeks and develop reteach plans Principals September 2014 Ongoing