EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD

October 6, 2011

TURNAROUND SCHOOLS

STATUS REPORT

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Where We Are …

At the starting line, we’re running a mile long race from a mile and a half behind !!

This is the 41st day of the school year. Approximately 140 days remain.

We have been working to get school open, students registered, classes started, teacher assignments leveled, and implementation of strategies which are a part of the Turnaround Schools effort.

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Who We Are … Name Principal

1.) Capitol Elementary Mona Collins

2.) Delmont Elementary Jill Saia

3.) Merrydale Elementary Toni Morgan

4.) Park Elementary Jessica Brister

5.) Mayfair Middle Louis Moore

6.) Glen Oaks High Clinton Sampson

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Our Numbers …

Enrollment Tchrs. Core/ESS/Pre-K

1.) Capitol Elementary 583 34

2.) Delmont Elementary 364 24

3.) Merrydale Elementary 544 29

4.) Park Elementary 402 24

5.) Mayfair Middle 377 246.) Glen Oaks High 745* 39

* Includes 102 8th Graders

Approximately Averaging 16:1 PT Ratio

Many Selected

by Autonomou

s Principal Decision

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Starting Line/SPSs 3 Yrs.

2009 2010 2011

1.) Capitol Elementary 59.6 60.8 61.3

2.) Delmont Elementary 60.2 57.3 60.1

3.) Merrydale Elementary 61.4 63.5 65.3

4.) Park Elementary 54.8 67.8 66.5

5.) Mayfair Middle 57.4 58.5 6.) Glen Oaks High 71.7 69.3 68.2

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On Our Mark, Ready, Set !! …

Early ED Meetings with Principals and entire staff to introduce myself and speak generally to our tasks for the year

Meetings with Principals to Review the 1003g Grant Requirements ED Review and discuss each individual requirement and whether it has been

implemented to date, if not , charge to begin implementation ED Review budget for each program component, and revise, if funding or

criteria has changed since submission

More substantive ED Meetings with each school staff Review and discuss the requisites , speak to consequences both positive

(financial incentives), and negative (removal from the Turnaround responsibility), and the expectations of the school, the principal, the teachers, and the students

ED visits to schools To generally get to know the staff/operations/participate in events

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Go ! … ED visitations and feedback to Principals More Principal Time in Classrooms Substantive Feedback to Teachers Principal/Teacher training for Response to Intervention

Universal Screening Diagnosis Grouping for Targeted Instruction/Interventions Implementation of interventions and direct instruction with fidelity Instruction/Immediate follow-up for understanding Progress Monitoring (weekly/bi-weekly) Benchmarking (end of units/6 weeks or 9 weeks

based on grade level and pacing documents Re-teaching as indicated by assessments Continue to work on and implement PBIS (as cognition is very fragile)

SAMs

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Go Go !! …

Cognizance of Competence and Ratings of All

Courageous Conversation Between teacher and principal Between principal and ED Between ED and Superintendent

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We’re Running …

Review job descriptions and prepare professional growth plans for discussion and sign-off

Implement instructional strategies in multiple tiered groups, with fidelity Text and intervention materials EBR Curriculum Guide EBR Pacing Guides LA Instructional tools and Assessment Guides

Principal observation and feedback Receive/Review/Evaluate first Benchmark Assessment Implement Response to Intervention strategies in

multiple tiered groups, with fidelity, based on the data High expectations for teacher and student performance Check for understanding/Celebrate success or

Reteach/Intervene9

Creativity/InnovationWe Must Run Faster !!

All Free to Think and Innovate, and Have New Ideas Considered

No Administrative Arrogance – A Total Team Effort !! Teacher Teaming/Leadership Student Peer Teams/Study Groups Regrouping for Instruction Based on Data Student/Teacher/Administrative Incentives Broadened Experiences for Students Relevance at Every Opportunity Work to have everyone feel LOVED, LIKED, RESPECTED,

REWARDED, AND STROKED !! Tag Team the Instruction Where Needed No Limits on More Effective Use of Time

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As We Reach Each Milepost …

We will monitor data and make decisions to target instruction in tiered groups using RTI strategies

We will periodically report to the Superintendent and the Board as to how things are going

We will have high expectations and push all in the arena to run faster

We will care about the students in our charge and let them know we care !!!

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Postlude !!

As we continue the race, I leave you with this quote:

“We can whenever and wherever we chose, educate all children whose education is of interest to us, we know more than we need to know to do that. Whether or not we do must ultimately depend on how we feel about the fact that we haven’t so far”.

Ron Edmonds, Ph.D. Professor/Researcher/Educator

Michigan State University, East Lansing - 1970

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QUESTIONS ??

SHIRL E. GILBERT IIEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR – TURNAROUND SCHOOLS