Thursday 16 September 2010 Presentation #2 of 2

Teacher Quality/Teacher Recruitment Initiatives Louisiana Statewide Staffing Initiative (LSSI) Louisiana Statewide Staffing Initiative (LSSI) Educator Pipeline Educator Pipeline Teacher Preparation Program Accountability Teacher Preparation Program Accountability Andrew Vaughan Director, Division of Certification, Preparation & Recruitment Office of Human Capital Louisiana Department of Education

Teacher Quality/Teacher Recruitment Initiatives Louisiana Statewide Staffing Initiative (LSSI) – Louisiana’s State Reform Plan (RTT) calls for the adoption of a Model Staffing Initiative to provide technical assistance to LEAS in effective staffing and hiring techniques – LSSI is a Gates Foundation funded partnership with The New Teacher Project currently being implemented in 4 geographically dispersed school districts (Monroe City Schools, EBR, Terrebonne, DeSoto). – Key strategies: Direct priority applicants to target schools, Train principals in effective hiring, Provide personalized staffing assistance, minimize staffing barriers, Increase the rigor of retention decisions

Teacher Quality/Teacher Recruitment Initiatives 1.Drive reform in human capital practices at the district level - prioritizing improvements to the staffing timeline and setting aggressive but achievable goals 2.Training principals in effective staffing and hiring techniques – Four workshops: – Marketing Your School – Building a competency-based selection process – Effective interviewing – induction

Teacher Quality/Teacher Recruitment Initiatives Educator Pipeline – Reorganization of LDOE in August 2010 – from an agency of compliance to an agency of support – Division of Certification, Preparation & Leadership became Division of Certification, preparation & Recruitment – Three full time staff providing specific staffing services to districts across the state including: Verification of certification and HQ Verification of certification and HQ Competency-based pre-screening interviews Competency-based pre-screening interviews Referral of top ranked candidates Referral of top ranked candidates

Teacher Quality/Teacher Recruitment Initiatives – Redevelopment of the Teach Louisiana website to track pipeline activities e.g. vacancies, pipeline candidates, number of referrals, hires etc. – Preliminary goals: At least 95% of the positions districts request help filling will have at least one qualified candidate referred to them by Pipeline team. At least 95% of the positions districts request help filling will have at least one qualified candidate referred to them by Pipeline team. At least 33% of the open positions will result in hiring a referral from the pipelines staff. At least 33% of the open positions will result in hiring a referral from the pipelines staff. Results so far (since Aug. 2010): Results so far (since Aug. 2010): – Pipelines team referred qualified/pre-screened candidates to 146 of 156 vacancies posted statewide (93.6%) – 60 vacancies filled by Pipeline referred candidates (38.4%)

Teacher Quality/Teacher Recruitment Initiatives Teacher Preparation Program Accountability – Policy passed in March 2010 requires teacher prep. programs to score at Level 3 (program completers performing similarly to new average teachers) on the Value Added Teacher Preparation Program Assessment to maintain state approval – Policy passed in March 2010 requires teacher prep. programs to score at Level 3 (program completers performing similarly to new average teachers) on the Value Added Teacher Preparation Program Assessment to maintain state approval – Programs scoring lower that Level 3 are assigned Programmatic Intervention status

Teacher Quality/Teacher Recruitment Initiatives Programs in Programmatic Intervention must submit corrective action plan to State Board and timeline for anticipated approval Programs in Programmatic Intervention must submit corrective action plan to State Board and timeline for anticipated approval Results: programs must improve quality in order to maintain state approval Results: programs must improve quality in order to maintain state approval Quality programs expand, recruitment efforts driven by Value Added results Quality programs expand, recruitment efforts driven by Value Added results