1. Gainesville City Schools
Using the Comprehensive System of Learning Supports Framework
UCLA Center for Mental Health in Schools
American Association of School Administrators
Summer Leadership Institute June 2012

2. The Leadership Challenge
What can we do about the 15-20% of persistent underachievers?
What can be done to prevent barriers and promote healthy development for all students?
How can we better organize how we work and prevent marginalization and fragmentation of support services?
How can we continue to advance improvement with declining resources?

3. Individual focus is good, but….

4. …what do we do here?

5. A shift in focus… examining the system

6. A shift in focus from…. individualistic to systemic
reactive to proactive
a system of care to a system of prevention
from a starfish to a bridge mentality

7. This is who we are… 54% Hispanic 20% African American 21% Caucasian
3% Other Ethnicities
12% Students with Disabilities
38% English Language Learners
13% Gifted
10% Non-resident/ tuition students
75.91 % qualify for free-reduced lunch 7

8. Since beginning the CSLS Framework….
Our graduation rate increased from 73% in 2007 to 87.5% in 2011.*
Our disciplinary tribunals have declined by 60%.
Our students have increased performance in all subject areas at every grade on state criterion testing.
More students are EXCEEDING EXPECTATIONS on state testing.
There is an increase in the number of students taking and scoring 3 or more on Advanced Placement Exams. (state recognition received for Math and Science)
* Lever rate calculation

9. How did we get there?
Consultancy from the UCLA Center for Mental Health in Schools to establish a Comprehensive System of Learning Supports –supported by AASA and Scholastic LEAD Collaborative
Restructured the district and school leadership roles and responsibilities to implement the framework
Eliminated programs and practices that were fragmented and not supporting our core work
Examined and revised all policies, practices, and procedures which did not directly support the work, including duplication of efforts in programs.

10. Three Component Framework

11. District Restructuring
Superintendant
Director of Curriculum and Instruction
Director of Learning Supports

12. Embedding the Framework: Content Arenas

13. Embedding the Framework: Continuum of Intervention

14. Content Arenas across the Continuum of Intervention

15. How are we using the system to approach current reforms?
New accountability index to replace NCLB
Common Core Standards Implementation
Teacher and Leader Rubric Based Evaluation Systems
to include a link to compensation
School “Turn Around Models”
Career Pathways development- P-12
* New data systems to support all of the above

18. Contact Info
Dr. Merrianne Dyer- Superintendent Jarod Anderson- Director of Learning Supports Jamey Moore- Director of Curriculum and Instruction