1. Celebrating Caddo’s Success & Designing the Future Eric Thomas Chief Support Officer Darden/Curry Partnership for Leaders in Education

2. Leadership Lever Talent Management Lever Instructional Infrastructure Lever Support & Accountability Lever All students will learn!

3. Leadership – will & capacity  Superintendent Goree & Team  Will  Capacity

4. Transformation Zone  Billy Snow, District Shepherd (Zone Leader)  Symbolizes the district’s commitment to prioritize lowest performing schools  Establishes a deliberate approach to ensure meaningful support and accountability  Creates an “innovation lab” to promote district-wide learning and reform 4 Support & Accountability

5.  External Resources & Community Engagement  Ron Clark Academy  At-Risk Males  Amazing Shake

6. Instructional Infrastructure Critical questions for learning:  What do we expect students to learn?  What do students already know?  What engaging instructional practices will we use to ensure learning?  How will we know when students have learned?  What will we do when the data confirms students have not learned? Adapted from Dufour, 2008 Paul Bambrick-Santoyo, 2010

7. Talent Management A strategic approach to increasing the number of highly effective teachers and leaders  Needs Assessment  Recruitment Focus  Professional Development  Selection of Building Leaders  Climate & Culture  Retention

8. Closing the Performance Gap

9. Driving the Future…  District Strategic Plan – with focus on serving ALL students  Leveraging District Shepherd & Zone concept to provide differentiated support to all schools  Strategic Talent Management Plan  Deepening Instructional Infrastructure – kids are in school and ready to learn

10. Moral Purpose Sergiovanni, 2007