Montgomery County Schools ISLN November 20, 2014

Montgomery County Schools Percentile Rankings Classifications District Distinguished Camargo Proficient/Progressing Mapleton Distinguished/School of Distinction/High Progress School MSE Proficient/Progressing MCIS Distinguished/Progressing/School of Distinction/High Progress School McNabb Distinguished/Progressing/High Performing School/High Progress School MCHS Needs Improvement Classification and Label Definitions *Needs ImprovementBelow 70th Percentile *ProficientAt or Above 70th Percentile *DistinguishedAbove 90th Percentile *ProgressingMeet Annual Measurable Objective *High Performing SchoolTop 90% of Schools *School of DistinctionTop 95% of Schools *High-ProgressTop 10% of Improvement

*The number of novice students at McNabb in math was reduced from 21% to 7%.

District Vision O District vision—Create a “new normal”– a culture of high expectations O To lead all of Kentucky’s children by achieving Top 10 in everything we do O Become a collaborative, interdependent district instead of a set of individual schools

District Structures O TEAM KIDS O Principals and teachers from each building meeting and learning together (like a Super Council)—release days O Began with sharing structures (e.g. How to have PLCs, curriculum expectations, determining quality work, etc.) O Moved to Dr. Elmore’s Instructional Rounds O Now differentiated (Program Review, Science)

District Structures O Instructional Service Stops (District Walk-throughs) O Monthly Principals’ PLC (last Monday from 1-4) O Monthly Data Reports to the BOE O Monthly Administrative Meeting—Led by Superintendent

District Structures O District Assessment Plan O Curriculum Team O iRead to Succeed O Monthly horizontal planning at elementary schools Newest Initiatives: O 1:1 Chromebooks for grades 5-12 O Vertical Assessment Study

School Level Structures O Weekly PLC’s during common planning led by the building principals O Content/course PLC’s during common planning or after school O Common curriculum maps O Common instructional units O Common unit assessments O Data Presentations after each unit assessment O Daily flexible intervention/enrichment “Tribe Time”

School Level Structures O Daily learning targets are posted every day in every classroom (theoretically annotated & referenced) O Daily formative assessments O All teachers use a process to teach kids to answer constructed response items (ACES) O All teachers use the 4 Square method for teaching students to write full length pieces O School-wide book studies

And Most Importantly... O The principals and members of the leadership team are in classrooms every day and they leave feedback and/or have crucial conversations. O Our building principals are truly involved in the work and are the instructional leaders in our district.