August Leadership Institute Quality School Plans Ross WilsonMary Dillman Educator EffectivenessData & Accountability

Overview BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS Office of Educator Effectiveness Background Structure Inquiry & the QSP Identify focus areas Define student learning needs Set school-wide student learning goals Resources to Support Educator Professional Growth

Background BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS Office of Educator Effectiveness Quality School Plans align and articulate district priorities for schools’ prioritization, implementation, and monitoring through the BPS educator evaluation system and inquiry cycles: District Priorities MA Curriculum Frameworks Data Inquiry Family & Community Engagement Inclusive Practices QSP

Background (continued) All BPS schools will complete the QSP because it: + supports implementation of district priorities in response to the needs of your students + communicates school priorities to staff and partners + will be continuously revised to support schools’ meeting the needs of every student in two-year cycles + aligns district priorities to the educator evaluation process + provides NAS with a starting point for monitoring visits + connects schools with similar student learning challenges and improvement goals BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS Office of Educator Effectiveness

The QSP contains five sections: 1)Data Analysis 2)School-wide Assessment 3)Action Plans for each priority 4)Plans for: Family & Community Engagement OIIT Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks/Common Core Health & Wellness 5)Communications Plan QSP Structure BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS Office of Educator Effectiveness

Inquiry & the QSP School-wide Focus Area School-wide SL Goal Team Student Learning Challenge Team SL Goal

Piles and Piles of Data S.W. Student Learning Goal Data Packet School-Wide Focus Area Standard, Item, Subgroup Data Quality School Plan BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS Office of Educator Effectiveness Think big, focus small Team Student Learning Challenge Team Student Learning Goal

Broad enough so all staff members can see themselves playing a role in addressing the focus area Based on multiple data sources Focused on knowledge and skills you want to students to acquire Directly related to instruction BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS Office of Educator Effectiveness Quality indicators: Focus area School-wide Focus Area School-wide SL Goal Team Student Learning Challenge Team SL Goal Setting

English Language Arts performance Mathematics performance on MCAS Close reading strategies Identify and compare different authors’ points of view BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS Office of Educator Effectiveness Non-Examples of Focus Areas School-wide Focus Area School-wide SL Goal Team Student Learning Challenge Team SL Goal Setting

Critical thinking skills College readiness in Mathematics Argumentation skills Math performance of students receiving Resource support Writing skills for ELL students BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS Office of Educator Effectiveness Examples of Focus Areas School-wide Focus Area School-wide SL Goal Team Student Learning Challenge Team SL Goal Setting

School-Wide Focus Areas: How do the listed Focus Areas stack up against the four quality indicators? How could you improve the listed Focus Areas? BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS Office of Educator Effectiveness Examine an example QSP

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS Office of Educator Effectiveness School-wide SL Goals School-Wide Focus Area Math performance of students receiving resource room support School-Wide Student Learning Goal Based on recent MCAS trends of low growth and low performance in Math for students receiving Resource support, our goal is that the 2014 Math median SGP for Resource students will increase 12 points from 39.0 to School-wide Focus Area School-wide SL Goal Team Student Learning Challenge Team SL Goal Setting

School-wide Focus Area - Broad - Multiple data sources - Knowledge and skills - Related to instruction School-wide SL GoalTeam Student Learning Challenge - Multiple-sources of data - Focused on skills for CCSS mastery - Close a persistent achievement gap - Meet your larger goals Team SL Goal Setting BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS Office of Educator Effectiveness Putting it all together…