restructure implementation update supports and services school performance looking ahead

Update on Organizational Structure and Activities

Presented to the Providence Public School BoardApril 28th, 2014

Restructure Implementation Update

Supports and Services

School Performance

Looking Ahead

© 2014 United Providence!


In response to the need for dramatic organizational change, UP! implemented staffing structure and personnel changes.

Accomplishments:

• Interviewed and Hired Managing Director

• Interviewed and Hired Lead Intervention Specialist

• Interviewed 3 potential candidates for Intervention Specialist – decision to be made shortly

• Implemented weekly pre-briefing/debriefing meetings as UP! team

• Coordinating/sharing of Outlook calendars

UP! Managing Director PTU Liaison

Intervention Specialist 1

Lead Intervention Specialist

UP! Board of Directors

Intervention Specialist 2

Office Manager

PPSD Liaison



School Performance

Looking Ahead


Instructional Supports and Services

Under the guidance of the new Lead Intervention Specialist, UP! provided and coordinated a variety of school-level instructional supports and services.

Accomplishments:

Focused Teacher Coaching• Provided individualized ELA coaching (AP Literature at Alvarez, Gr. 6 ELL at Stuart, Kindergarten intervention at

Lauro)• Provided individualized math coaching (Gr. 9/11 ELL and Alvarez Algebra Teacher Team, Stuart Math Dept., new

Math Coach at Lauro)

Ongoing Professional Development (PD)• Developed and offered ELA PD sessions on Marzano’s Classroom Instruction that Works; Writing an Argument;

Text-dependent questions; Academic Vocabulary. • Developed and offered math PD an 8 session course on Standards for Mathematical Practice/CCSS and Research-

based Pedagogy for teachers across all schools

Common Planning Time Supports (CPT)• Provided supports to guide and advise the effective use of ELA CPT (Rewriting units of study to align to Common

Core; developing/using common rubrics; classroom engagement)• Provided supports to guide and advise the effective use of CPT for math (As needed per grade level including

modeling, writing tasks, unit planning/backward design)


Instructional Supports and Services Continued

Accomplishments:

Opportunities for Professional Growth:• Facilitating school visits: Kuss Middle School, Fenway High School; Skype calls with Health Leadership

Academy and ACE Leadership Academy in New Mexico; Individual teacher school visits with Lead Intervention Specialist to Veazie Street and Roger Williams to observe ELL Math teaching

• Identifying external PD opportunities (e.g. conferences)

Committee Supports• Support/presence at school-level committee meetings (e.g. academic, data, culture and climate committees)• Support the development of the Alvarez design team. The team was charged with creating a plan for project-

based learning


Partnerships to Support Instructional Focus

Accomplishments:

National Center for Time & Learning (NCTL) • UP! team works closely with NCTL and with teams from Lauro and Stuart to strengthen instructional practices, communication,

and examine best practices.• Lauro and Stuart greatly value this partnership. The schools actively incorporate learnings into practice and both have designed

an Instructional Focus

National Academy of Advanced Teacher Education (NAATE) • Alvarez and Stuart teachers participate in NAATE. NAATE aims to train teachers with deep and rigorous content. Ultimately

these teachers will have the capacity to develop and support peer teachers to become excellent educators.

Nellie Mae Grant PLC on Performance Assessment• The Alvarez team has received supports from the performance assessment work with Nellie Mae. This work is informing plans

to incorporate project-based learning throughout their curriculum. Through this work teachers are learning how to rate projects in a rigorous manner and how to align them to standards and testing.

Swearer Center at Brown • Coordinated and trained AiM tutors from Brown to support Alvarez after school tutoring

National Educational Academic Partners (NAEP) • Initiated partnership to align instructional practice to Common Core State Standards

UP! secured and promoted external partnership to support our instructional focus .


Leadership Supports and Services

UP! provided and coordinated resources to support leadership at all three UP! schools.

Accomplishments:

RIDE Quarterly Monitoring Meeting Support: • Maintained presence at facilitated meetings for each school• Assisted schools with the creation and improvement of monitoring report submissions

Strategic Planning Supports:• Assisted schools with school-wide strategic planning. (E.g. outlining a project-based learning plan for Alvarez)

Planning for Upcoming Supports:• Prioritizing leadership efforts for next year on topics including: burnout prevention, helping leaders lead to consensus.

Larry Myatt Partnership:• Provided targeted supports to the new Alvarez principal• Supported ILT restructuring efforts• Provided leadership for the Alvarez design team to implement project-based academic program

Leadership Coaching:• Support overcoming obstacles• Acting as a buffer with the district when possible • Acting as a sounding board


Operations Supports and Services

UP! completed operations supports for IT, HR administration, and financial services. Additionally, UP! conducts ongoing vendor contract management.

Accomplishments:

Alvarez: • Developed a partnership with Larry Myatt to provide leadership• Promoted partnerships with PASA, Swearer Center from Brown, and STEAMBox

Stuart:• Developed partnerships with City Year, National Grid, and NCTL

Lauro: • Promoted partnerships with Inspiring Minds, Resilient Kids, Leyendo!, NCTL, and beginning conversations for a City Year

partnership

Operational Supports:• Substitute coordination with PPSD• PD coordination with PPSD• Technical assistance offered to each school on personnel issues, HR, and finance • Providing incentives to promote resource alignment• Assessing existing community partnership to determine what works and what adds burdens• Provided additional funds to the non-SIG recipient schools (Lauro and Stuart)


Organizational Development

Public Outreach & Community Engagement Fundraising

Accomplishments:

Alvarez:• Cheer UP! Carnival Planned for May 15th to engage community

partners in supporting UP! Faculties and Staff

Stuart:• National Grid, Knight Mem. Lib.,• Senator Whitehouse visit• Girls/Boys Night Out• Literacy Night Lauro:• New playground ‘kickoff’ in Sept.• Attendance Award Ceremonies

Accomplishments:

Stuart:• Completed application for Honda STEM grant:

smart boards, equipment for science department.• Champlin grant in process: smart boards for social

studies dept.

Lauro:• Donors Choose grant for mathematics resource

library

UP!:• AFT- Innovation Fund Grant• Legislative Grant• Pursuing RI Foundation Grant• Cultivation of individual donors



School Performance

Looking Ahead


School Performance: Student Attendance

Data taken from REG on 4/14/2014.

Year to Date* 2012-2013

Carl G. Lauro 93.1% 93.2%Gilbert Stuart 92.4% 92.3%

Dr. Jorge Alvarez 85.3% 84.7%

District Wide 91.6% 91.3%

District Elementary Schools 93.2% 93.1%

District Middle Schools 92.7% 92.0%

District High Schools 87.6% 86.8%

AttendanceSchool


School Performance: Preliminary NECAP Reading

2012 Data taken from the 2012-2013 State Report Card Data files2013 Data taken from the Measured Progress Student Data files

School Year

Substantially Below

ProficientPartially

Proficient Proficient

Proficient with

DistinctionNumber Tested

2012 33.6% 26.1% 35.6% 4.7% 4912013 34.9% 27.7% 33.0% 4.4% 5272012 24.5% 27.2% 41.7% 6.7% 64522013 23.8% 26.6% 42.0% 7.5% 6989

2012 21.6% 35.6% 40.1% 2.8% 3992013 25.8% 39.4% 32.8% 2.0% 4422012 20.7% 29.0% 42.4% 7.8% 26132013 24.1% 31.6% 37.5% 6.7% 3132

2012 19.8% 36.2% 34.5% 9.5% 1162013 23.5% 20.4% 43.9% 7.1% 982012 17.9% 23.5% 40.2% 18.4% 12962013 17.4% 19.3% 42.6% 20.7% 1375

Carl G. Lauro

Gilbert Stuart

Dr. Jorge Alvarez

District Elementary Schools

District Middle Schools

District High Schools

Providence Public Schools

Ideally, RPA could create a table/chart that shows preliminary NECAP math overall proficiency and compares to last year's data- per school


School Performance: STAR Reading

Results from STAR data extract at the end of each testing window.


School Performance: Preliminary NECAP Math

2012 Data taken from the 2012-2013 State Report Card Data files2013 Data taken from the Measured Progress Student Data files

School Year

Substantially Below

ProficientPartially

Proficient Proficient

Proficient with

DistinctionNumber Tested

2012 44.2% 21.2% 29.3% 5.3% 4912013 47.4% 22.0% 26.6% 4.0% 5272012 38.3% 23.0% 31.9% 6.8% 64572013 40.2% 23.8% 29.8% 6.3% 6990

2012 53.4% 22.8% 22.1% 1.8% 3992013 52.6% 22.8% 23.5% 1.1% 4432012 45.3% 20.2% 28.7% 5.7% 26122013 43.1% 22.5% 29.1% 5.3% 3133

2012 84.5% 14.7% 0.9% 0.0% 1162013 81.6% 13.3% 4.1% 0.0% 982012 63.7% 20.2% 15.1% 1.1% 12892013 61.3% 24.0% 13.8% 1.0% 1364

District High Schools

Carl G. Lauro

Gilbert Stuart

Dr. Jorge Alvarez

District Elementary Schools

District Middle Schools

Providence Public Schools

Ideally, RPA could create a table/chart that shows preliminary NECAP math overall proficiency and compares to last year's data- per school


School Performance: STAR Math


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Carl G. Lauro District Elementary Schools

Urgent Intervention Intervention On Watch At/Above Benchmark


School Performance: STAR Math



Acceptance Rate to 4 Year Colleges

Alvarez 2012-2013 Alvarez 2013-2014

38% 42%



School Performance

Looking Ahead


Current Challenges

Challenges:

• Re-building the UP! team

• RIDE accountability / performance reviews

• District-level requirements/timelines/deadlines

• Multiple initiatives layered on each school without clear alignment

• Ensuring all constituents remain informed of UP! initiatives and successes

Our Response:

• Retreat planned for 3 Intervention Specialists upon hire

• Intense work with Alvarez RIDE team on interim submissions

• Coordination with OTI/PPSD

• Strategic alignment of UP! initiatives

• Intentional engagement with PPSD School Board members


Planning Ahead Strategically

We recognize the need to diagnose school needs and strategically plan targeted school supports for our next phase of work.

Over the next month, the OTI will conduct a diagnostic of UP! and the UP! schools. This comprehensive process will give UP! the opportunity to better understand the needs of each school. Ultimately, this will allow UP! to create a scope of work that prioritizes and addresses specific needs.

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