1. Supporting Charter School Transition to Common Core Standards Evan Lefsky, Ph.D. Project Director Public Consulting Group

2. Information Card Name Title or Position (e.g. Teacher, Administrator) School or Company Level (e.g. K-5) District Email 2

3.  Welcome & Introductions  PCG Overview & Experience  Project Overview  Project Activities  Project Schedule  Questions & Answers 3 Agenda Public Consulting Group provides financial, operational, technology, and academic support services to school districts, state departments, and foundations around the world.

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5. Interesting Facts  Education Clients: 4,300  Largest 25 US Districts: 50%  Largest 100 US Districts: 35%  Data Warehouse Students: 5M  Medicaid Reimbursement Collected: $2.75B  Special Education Technology: 1.4M students or 20% of US Market.  14M IEP’s created by 350,000 users

6. PCG Florida Experience 6 ●Support clients via local offices since 1996 o Tallahassee o Ft. Lauderdale ●Provide over 25 services across 8 Florida LEAs o Alachua o Broward o Escambia o Miami-Dade ●Serve additional Florida clients o Department of Education (DOE) o Florida Rural Turnaround Leadership Project o Department of Children and Families (DCF) o Florida Children Services Councils o Orange o Osceola o Palm Beach o Polk

7. Project Overview Race to the Top funded-November 2012-June 2014 All charter schools eligible to participate Develop and deliver targeted training and technical assistance specific to charter schools in two major areas: 1) Implementation of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) 2) Access and use of a Local Instructional Improvement System (LIIS) to analyze student achievement data to drive instruction and increase student academic achievement.

8. Project Activities Professional development for teachers, administrators, and governing board members (Delivered regionally) Common Core Standards (English Language Arts and Literacy, Math) Data Literacy and Use Value-Added Model (VAM) Training for charter school teams (Delivered regionally) Self-assessment tool Creating a CCSS implementation plan Progress monitoring templates

9. Proposed Professional Development Schedule – Year 1 Nov 2012 Feb 2013March 2013April 2013May 2013June 2013 Teachers’ Training Regional Information Sessions Project Information Session Module 1- Data Use Module 2A-CCSS- ELA (K-5) Module 2B- CCSS- ELA (6-12) Module 3A-CCSS- Math (K-5) Module 3B-CCSS- Math (6-12) School Administrators’ Training Regional Information Sessions Project Information Session Module 1- Data Use Module 2-Common Core- ELA/Math Board Members’ Training Regional Information Sessions Project Information Session Module 1 PARCC- CCSS Project Update Charter School Team Meetings Regional Information Sessions Project Information Session Leadership Team Training Session 1 Leadership Team Training Session 2 Regional Coaching Sessions Regional Monthly Technical Assistance

10. Proposed Professional Development Schedule – Year 2 Proposed Professional Development Delivery Schedule – Year 2* Aug 2013Sept 2013Oct 2013Nov 2013 Dec 2013 Jan 2014Feb 2014March 2014 April 2014 May 2014 June 2014 Teachers’ Training Module 4- Data Use Module 5A- CCSS- ELA Module 5B CCSS- ELA Module 6A CCSS- Math Module 6B CCSS- Math Module 7A CCSS- ELA/ Data Module 7B CCSS- ELA/ Data Module 8A CCSS- Math/ Data Module 8B CCSS- Math/ Data School Admin. Training Module 3-PARCC Overview Module 4-Data Analysis/ VAM Board Members’ Training Module 2- Data Use Project Update Charter School Team Meetings Leadership Team Training Session 3 Leader- ship Team Training Session 4 Leader- ship Team Training Session 5 Leadership Team Training Session 6 Regional Coaching Sessions Regional Monthly Technical Assistance Regional Monthly Tech. Asst. Regional Monthly Tech. Asst. Regional Monthly Tech. Asst. Reg. Month. Tech. Asst. Regional Monthly Tech. Asst. Regional Monthly Tech. Asst. Regional Monthly Tech. Asst. Reg. Month. Tech. Asst. Regional Monthly Tech. Asst. Regional Monthly Tech. Asst.

11. Additional Project Activities Data Support Network Technology assessment tool Instructional manual to assist charter schools in accessing and using the LIIS Multi-Metric Monitoring System to assess progress toward transition to the CCSS in all content areas Gap analysis to determine current alignment of school’s curriculum, instructional materials, assessments, and professional development plan with the CCSS 11

12. Contacts Evan Lefsky, Ph.D. 352-617-6040 elefsky@pcgus.com Natalie Foster 954-707-4303 nfoster@pcgus.com 12

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