1. STLE Grant Update Strengthening Teacher and Leader Capacity West Hempstead UFSD Board of Education Presentation June 17, 2014

2. $271,000 Over Two Years Teacher Coaches Model Teachers Principal Coaches Professional Development District-wide Shared Texts

3. Coaches and Models Position2013-142014-15 Teacher Coach1520 Model Teachers 410 Principal Coaches 22

4. District-wide Shared Texts 2013-14: Mindsets by Carol Dweck 2014-15: It’s Being Done: Academic Success in Unexpected Schools by Karin Chenoweth

5. Professional Development Network Team Institute, Albany, Common Core Implementation ASCD National Conference on Teaching Excellence in Dallas, Texas— two teacher coaches and a principal coach Webinar on Great Book Implementation

6. Elements of Success STLE Advisory Team—teachers and administrators collaboratively monitoring the grant

7. Building internal capacity of teacher and administrator leaders

8. Embedding professional development within the school day

9. Colleagues learning together

10. Recognizing and growing leaders in our midst

11. Future Goals Support the launch of Parent University through the STLE grant for 2014-15 Provide learning opportunities for leaders Leaders continue to share their learning with colleagues Investigate an extension of the STLE grant during Stage 4 of the funding

12. STLE: Improving Instruction by Strengthening Leadership