END OF THE YEAR REPORT

JUNE 2015

Superintendent’s Evaluation

Components of the Evaluation

Education Leadershi

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Learning Communit

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Operations

Family and

Community

Personal

Goals

Educational Leadership

School Building Plans

ACTION - Bilingual Fair

Monthly meetings with Administrators – oversight of the principals (10 meetings)

New Local assessments vs. Regents exams

Authenticity: Integrated Units, Teacher Leaders,

ExCel Grant – Targeted Support – continued

Facilitated Collective Impact Committee

Professional Learning Community Leadership

Communicates Success – Social Media, O-Blast, Spanish O-Gram

IPC Meetings (10) – Focused Learning on Professional Learning Communities

Students of Distinction

STLE Grant – improved units of study; communication of our curriculum; new models for adult learning.

High Visibility: Various District Events, Meetings in the Community, “Hike with the Superintendent”

Increase focus on Professional Capital

Walkthroughs (5 teams of 5 – 3 times per year) Attendance Matters – Students and Staff

Administrators Reorganization

Operations Leadership

New evaluations tools for various units – Administrators, Support Staff

New interview packets for Administrators and Support Staff

Administrator Reorganization

Move to 400 Executive Blvd.

Developing a New APPR to Better Support Teacher Growth and Protect Instructional Time

Budget Process – Focused, Data-Driven, Transparent, Inclusive

Bond and Facilities – Painting new space, new playground, outdoor space for students, Makerspace, Bond Phase 2

Family and Community Leadership

Key Communicators

Spanish O-Gram

Meetings with the PTA, SEPTO, Proyecto ALCANCE

Meeting with Ron Ferguson and Parent groups of Tarrytown, Bedford and Ossining

Community Learning Center

Farmer’s Market at Claremont

Hikes with the Superintendent, Sunday sessions with Parents (St. Ann’s), Guitar at Ossining Matters

Grants – 20 K for after school programs at Park School

Inter-municipal Meetings and Meetings with the Planning Boards – Village and Town

Newsletters for families

Personal Leadership

Always Focused on the Students

Meetings with Union Leadership – “Less is a sign” - continued

Scholar Athlete Teams

Counseling Meetings with Employees: Math, Evaluations

Opt-Out Process

Goal Leadership

Build Systems for adult learning.

Complete the Long Range Plan Goals.

Build a team that supports the needs of all students.

Seek opportunities for extended learning

Seek a curriculum identify

Space

Challenges

Challenges:

Common set of beliefs about how children learn.

Buy-in regarding professional learning

Parent involvement – Latino population. Are they involved?

State Mandates – Common Core, APPR, etc.

“Creating structures and cultures by which current educators continuously improve both their individual and collective professional practice” (Marzano, 2011).

Other Accomplishments

Established Myself with my Colleagues – Presenting at LHCSS, Liaison to NYSCOSS, often quoted

Partnerships: Tarrytown, Bedford, Universities, Local Organizations.

ACTION“Calming of the Internal Difficulties” Recognized as Friend of Manhattanville CSI Food Bank of Westchester – Backpack Program, Mobile

Food Pantry. Nita Lowey, Dr. Ronald Ferguson, Regents Harry

Philips, Chancellor Meryl Tisch