World’s Best Workforce SPPS Annual Report Regular Board of Education Meeting November 17, 2015

Purpose The purpose of this presentation is to present SPPS’s World’s Best Workforce Annual Report for school year 2014-15 for approval by the School Board.

World’s Best Workforce The World’s Best Workforce (WBWF) Plan is required by Minnesota statute, section 120B.11 The aim of the statute is to ensure every school district is making strides to improve student performance Ultimate goal is to ensure Minnesota’s students in the future will become the “world’s best workforce”

WBWF – Five Goals The WBWF Plan must address the following five goals: All children are ready for school All third graders can read at grade level All racial and economic achievement gaps are closed All students are ready for college and career All students graduate from high school

Strong Schools, Strong Communities 2.0 SPPS is in the second phase of our strategic plan, Strong Schools, Strong Communities 2.0 Three overarching goals: Five Focus Areas: Racial Equity Transformation Personalized Learning Ready for College and Career Excellent PK-12 Programs with Connected Pathways Systems that Support a Premier Education In addition to our WBWF plan we also have our strategic plan, Strong Schools, Strong Communities 2.0 Three goals Five Focus areas

VisionCards System for monitoring progress towards reaching the goals of SSSC 2.0 Over 80 performance metrics organized on six VisionCards Throughout the year, each card is presented to the Board annually As a part of SSSC 2.0, we have the VisionCards Critical Concern Stable Progress Vision

How much farther do we need to go? Three Components So how are these three components tied together? SSSC 2.0 is the destination Road trip analogy VisionCards are the odometer WBWF is the route Where we want go? So to understand how these components are all tied together I’ll use the Road trip analogy that I used last year. SSSC 2.0 and the goals of Achievement, Alignment, and Sustainability are where we want to go. WBWF is the route. The plan is organized according to our SSSC five focus areas VisionCards are how we regularly monitor our progress How far have we gone? How much farther do we need to go? How will we get there?

Racial Equity Transformation - Programs Programs/Initiatives WBWF Goals   All Children Ready for School All Third Graders Reading at Grade Level All Racial and Economic Achievement Gaps Are Closed All Students are Ready for College and Career All Students Graduate from High School Racial Equity Transformation Racial Equity Professional development x School-specific work led by school Equity Teams Racially equitable curriculum Joint racial equity training Parent Academy Parent Advisory committees The first area we’ll discuss is Racial Equity This chart lists the programs under this Focus Area, and which of the WBWF goals that the programs address.

Racial Equity Transformation - Metrics Presented last January Numbers for completing foundational racial equity PD % of central administrators who have implemented racial equity dept wide

Personalized Learning - Programs

Personalized Learning - Metrics Presented last June Student perceptions on how personalized learning has allowed them to make decisions about WHAT and HOW they learn

College and Career - Programs

College and Career - Metrics Metrics – presented last March CTE – Career programs and internships Proportionality ratio by race of passing advanced courses FAFSA completion rate

Programs and Pathways - Programs

Programs and Pathways - Metrics Programs and Pathways was presented in April ECFE participation KG choice Continued enrollment in SPPS

Systems - Programs Systems

Systems - Metrics Systems metrics were presented August Performance reviews for school and district leaders PAR program Unassigned balance

Growth and Proficiency - Metrics End with the Growth and Proficiency Metrics – these are from the VisionCard that was developed last month School readiness as measured by Mondo (Fall 2014) results. Oral language: 71% at benchmark target Phonemic (PhaNEEmic) Awareness: 53% at benchmark target Print concepts: 66% at benchmark target

Growth and Proficiency - Metrics Gaps in proficiency across race/ethnic groups

Growth and Proficiency - Metrics Graduation rates Latest results (2014) 76% of students graduate in four years Disaggregated by race American Ind 52% Asian 78% Black 69% Hispanic 69% White 84%

Growth and Proficiency VisionCard The full Growth and Proficiency VisionCard can be found in the Board Book and will be posted online at: http://accountability.spps.org/strongschools Growth and Proficiency VisionCard At the Board meeting last month, Joe Munnich, assistant director for our Research Evaluation and Assessment department gave a presentation, with helpful illustrations, regarding the difference between proficiency, proficiency gains, and growth as it relates to our annual MCA tests.   Also, Principal Christine Vang from Como Park Elementary, along with two students, addressed us all.   Como Elementary has seen tremendous and consistent high growth in both math and reading every year for the last four years.   They discussed some of the strategies and tactics that are used there that are resulting in strong growth for Como students.   Given that much of the VisionCard information was discussed last week, and I just presented it as part of this World's Best and Integration presentations tonight, to avoid redundancy we won't do another full presentation on the VisionCard.  Instead, I would like to direct you all to the Board Book, which includes the VisionCard on page XX.  

Questions? Full report can be found at: http://accountability.spps.org/spp Office of Strategic Planning and Policy (651) 767-8295