1. Henry County Schools Cohort 2018 Technical Assistance Informational Meeting

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3. Henry County Schools’ Timeline for Redesign: December 2013-
116 days
485 days
2125 days
129 days
540 days
1785 days
124 days
547 days
1444 days
129 days
541 days
1103 days
129 days
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
541 days
762 days
Apply
12/1/ /26/2014
129 days
Cohort 15
(6 schools)
542 days
Plan
4/5/ /2/2015
420 days
Implement & Evaluate
8/4/ /28/2021
Apply
10/1/ /6/2015
Cohort 16
(9 schools)
Plan
2/9/ /1/2016
Implement & Evaluate
8/2/ /21/2021
Apply
10/1/ /1/2016
Cohort 17
(9 schools)
Plan
2/2/ /1/2017
8/2/ /15/2021
Implement & Evaluate
Apply
10/1/ /6/2017
Cohort 18
(9 schools)
Plan
2/7/ /1/2018
Implement & Evaluate
8/2/ /8/2021
Apply
10/1/ /6/2018
Henry County Schools’ Timeline for Redesign: December 2013-
August 2020
Cohort 19
(9 schools)
Plan
2/7/ /1/2019
Implement & Evaluate
8/2/ /1/2021
Apply
10/1/ /6/2019
Today
Cohort 20
(9 schools)
Plan
2/7/ /1/2020
8/2/ /25/2021
Implement & Evaluate

4. Redesign your school around the HCS Vision for PL
The Work:
Redesign your school around the HCS Vision for PL

5. Why This Process? We want coalitions of enthusiastic & courageous!
Not prescriptive, top-down from the district
Guardrails, support and processes from the district
Autonomies for schools
Process is formal, supported with money, resources and an ample timeline.
Every school is unique and that should be honored. We want different models of personalized learning within the district, not cookie-cutter copies of one design
Schools serve as models for future schools
3:45

6. Cohort 18 Process Overview & Timeline
Fall 2016
Dec. 2016
Spring- Fall 2017
Oct. 2017
Nov. 2017
Dec. 2017
Aug. 2018
Fall
Implement, Evaluate, Refine, Continue Rollout
Launch Elements of Plan
Create CIP, PD, Communication
Approval
Presentation
Vision, Research, Travel, Pilot, Write a Strategic Plan
Selection
Application

7. Start with Why

8. Your Mission: Redesign your school to personalize learning.
Ensure success through increasing student agency.
Every kid. What they need. When they need it.
Dream big.

9. The Team & Project Management
Importance of Project
Manager Selection
Team Selection
Adequate Time for Work
PM (1/2 time)
Team (designated meeting time)
Principal participation is essential
PM: Good working relationship with faculty, respected and hard worker
Team selection: 7-8 people
Cross-section of faculty but does not mean someone from every team, etc
Respected faculty members
Push thinking
Question ideas in a productive way
Recommend a parent and student serve on the committee
Design team will engage in an intense strategic planning process

10. School Culture Culture eats planning for lunch J
Does your school have these things:
Sense of urgency/need to change?
Previous innovative efforts?
Willing risk-takers?
Collaboration?
Capacity to plan for & implement change?
A supportive community?
Transparent process (public comment); your school has to be able to withstand that
No one will have it figured out on day 1 and your thinking will evolve
YOU have to have your compelling reason for WHY

11. The Application An Overview

12. Capacity to Implement (30 points possible)
PERSONALIZED LEARNING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
Capacity to Implement (30 points possible)
Tell Your Story!
Tell your school’s story- BE COMPELLING NOT JUST DEMOGRAPHICS
Stability/Morale of staff and school leadership: commitment to the school community
How committed are you to the school community and this work?
Record of success: celebrate a success story!
Recent challenge for your school
How did you address it?
How do you know you’re winning?
Mission/Goals:
Existing school mission
School goals (brief) and how do you set those goals?
Communication to the larger school community
Culture:
What aspects of your current culture support this work
How are you building a culture of innovation?

13. Vision and Plan (40 points possible)
School Design Team: who is on your team?
Representative of all stakeholders
Working vs. advisory functions
Project manager with time devoted to this works
Make sure you explain how you will delegate this person’s duties so they can devote ½ time to being Project Manager
Vision: Understand district vision and how this might look at your school
Be COMPELLING. What is your WHY?
What is your vision for PL at your school and why
What is the “end” game for your students. What will they know and be able to do?
Discuss the 5 tenets of PL learning
Competency and flexible pacing for students
Tech-enabled/blended
PL plans for students
Project-based, real-world projects
21st Century Skills (creativity, communication, collaboration, critical thinking)
Technical Readiness- describe your readiness and barriers (how will you tackle)
Current infrastructure (IT..BYOT, etc)
Training/readiness for staff re: blended learning
Problem PL might address for your students (YOUR WHY)
PD Plan for staff
Anticipated needs
Threshold for risk-taking, innovation, failure
Cultivating leadership at all levels
How will you improve instructional practice
Staffing:
How will staffing change to make PL a reality?
Scheduling:
How will scheduling change to better meet student needs?
Rollout Plan:
Will you start small and why? If so, where and how to start? And how will it expand to include the entire school?
Will this be a whole-school start? If so, why?
What elements will you roll out first?
Barriers:
Identify some potential barriers
How will you address those barriers?
What Will Your School Be?

14. Enthusiasm and Support for PL (30 points possible)
PERSONALIZED LEARNING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
Enthusiasm and Support for PL (30 points possible)
How Supportive Is Your School Community?
MOU: for your faculty and staff outlining expectations for staff. How does this differ from current expectations
Leadership team buy-in
Explain the Process they have taken for visioning and planning
Letter of support (or any evidence you’d like to submit)
Teacher buy-in: same as above
Parent buy-in: same as above
This is not just 5 people in your staff, community. It is a disaster if you do not involve all stakeholders
Alignment with feeder school
How does your plan align with feeder?
How will schools work together to ensure student progress will be honored at the next level

15. Application Written Site Visit Word document, 10 pages maximum
Can include an Appendix
Submitted via
Evaluated by selection committee
Site Visit
Follow-up visits to schools
Nov/Dec 2016
Final decision by Mr. Bowler

16. Support System Community of Practice Cohort 15,16 & 17 Cohort 2018
Convenings
P/PM Meetings
Presentations
Platform
District Supports
The Team
Resources (money & people)
Process
Experience & Advice

17. Expectations High-capacity PM & team
Time and resources to this process
Required events
Timely submission of deliverables
Financial responsibility
Be open to input, feedback, tough conversations
Be transparent & engage with stakeholders
Reflect
Share best practices with others and pay it forward

18. PERSONALIZED LEARNING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
The school selection process will assess “will and skill” based on applicants’ vision, enthusiasm, and capacity to implement PL
Eligibility
2018 target: 7-9 high-capacity schools
Preference given to applications from feeder clusters
Selection process
Technical Assistance day: Sept. 14, 2016
Intent to Apply: September 16, 2016
Applications due: October 31, 2016
Evaluated by selection committee based on a rubric
Site visits
Selection committee recommendations go to senior staff for feedback, then superintendent for approval
Selected schools notified by December 2016
Evaluation criteria*
Category
Points Possible
Vision and Plan
40 points
Enthusiasm and Support for PL
30 points
Capacity to Implement
3:45
* Decided by PL Advisory Group consensus

19. Advice from the Field: Cohort 2015/2016 Speaks Karen McClain, Project Manager OES Jen Gay, Project Manager LHS Martin Gore, Principal, HHS

20. Mythbusters

21. The district office and consultants will tell us what to do.
Myth 1:
The district office and consultants will tell us what to do.
Truth:
Schools determine their model and rollout plan within guardrails

22. We have to change everything about our school.
Myth 2:
We have to change everything about our school.
Truth:
Redesign to increase student agency.

23. You have to present 5-6 times.
Myth 3:
We have to present
one million times.
Truth:
You have to present 5-6 times.

24. Myth 6:
My teachers will revolt because PL means kids are doing whatever they want.
Truth:
Teachers are reporting increased engagement, decreased discipline and more student agency K-12.

25. Myth 8:
This is work.
Truth:
This is work.

26. District Contacts Aaryn Schmuhl Alison Norsworthy- Redesign Contact Karen Perry- Implementation Contact Executive Officers