MA ELT Leadership Session October 8, 2013

Updates  New staff – Kathy Cross!  Good News and Urgent Messages  Back to school memo  PD Plans  Site visit protocol report revisions  Revision of “Expectations for Implementation”  Performance Agreements for Cohort III schools  Webinar Thursday, October 17 th at 3:00 Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education 2

Good News Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education 3  Kathy Cross has joined our team as the TIME Collaborative Specialist.  Level Funded for FY14 - $14,168,030!!  All grants programmatically approved and budgets processed

MORE Good News...  Schools that met or exceeded gap narrowing targets for all subgroups in ELA:  Boston Arts Academy  Fletcher-Maynard Academy  Newton School  Schools that met or exceeded gap narrowing targets for all subgroups in math:  Boston Arts Academy  Fletcher-Maynard Academy  Huntington  McKinley Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education 4

Good News in Science...  Schools that met or exceeded gap narrowing targets for all subgroups in science:  Boston Arts Academy  Huntington  Viveiros Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education 5

Good News, cont. Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education 6  Kuss is (deservedly) Level 1!  Level 1 MA ELT schools:  Fletcher-Maynard  MLK  Silvia  Newton  Salemwood  McKinley

Our Two New Schools...  McKinley:  Level 1 designation for meeting gap narrowing goals  Math SGP for all students = increase of 16  Math SGP for high needs subgroup = increase of 15  Huntington:  Math SGP for all students = increase of 20  Math SGP for high needs subgroup = increase of 21.5  Math SGP for ELL/former ELL = increase of 30 Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education 7

Urgent Messages  Remember, this is a performance-based grant.  MA ELT schools need to demonstrate consistent positive outcomes overall in order to secure continued support.  There is heightened interest in the quality of program implementation and sustainability.  Sustainability needs to become a stronger focus. Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education 8

Back to School Memo  Sent out September 27 th  MOU or side letters  PD Plans  Unexpended funds  Site visits  ELT Performance Agreements  Technical Assistance Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education 9

PD Plan Highlights Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education 10 Celebrations scheduled for STAFF Research and evidence Culture work – classroom, school, AND cross-culture Ownership and accountability Differentiated instructional practices / needs of ALL learners Student engagement walkthroughs Family engagement Use of feedback from previous year Social emotional needs of students

Site Visit Protocol and Report Template Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education 11

Expectations for Implementation  In collaboration with Mass 2020 updated/improved document  Revised to align with site visit goals and Conditions for School Effectiveness  Replace “Expectations and Indicators” more appropriate to a pilot program in order to reflect a mature program  Copies provided today Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education 12

Site Visit Revisions  Input from field last year:  Bullets are more concise, clear, and more easily conveyed to broader audience  Team discussions could be more focused given more concrete guiding questions or goals  Some redundancy  Copies of Protocol draft available for feedback by October 21 st. Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education 13

Proposed Protocol Changes...  Guided by new Expectations for Implementation  Focus group interview “topics” replacing protocol questions  Professional learning and development  Behavioral/cultural expectations  Resource allocation  Some focus group times reduced  Families, students – 30 minutes  Enrichment providers – minutes Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education 14

Cohort I&IV Schools Receiving Full Site Visits  Edwards, Boston  Fletcher-Maynard Academy, Cambridge  Martin Luther King, Jr., Cambridge  Kuss, Fall River  Salemwood, Malden  Jacob Hiatt Magnet, Worcester  McKinley, Revere  Huntington, Brockton  Please contact Moira Connolly if you would like to participate as a team member. Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education 15

Performance Agreements for Cohort III Schools  Performance Agreements for Cohort III schools  Webinar Thursday, October 17 th at 3:00; register at: D=1656http:// D=1656  Due dates for submissions:  Friday, November 8, 2013 – First draft of Performance Agreement  Friday, December 6, 2013 – Second draft due  Friday, January 10, 2014 – Final signed Performance Agreement due and submitted to the Department. Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education 16

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Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education 18 Setting Targets Developed Internally

Closing Remarks... Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education 19 ELT is how every school should be. I don’t feel overwhelmed. I feel completed—I finished a day’s work.

For more information: Moira Connolly, Kathy Cross, Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education 20