MA ELT Leadership SessionOctober 8, 2013

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Updates New staff – Kathy Cross! Good News and Urgent Messages Back to school memo

PD Plans Site visit protocol report revisions Revision of “Expectations for

Implementation” Performance Agreements for Cohort III

schools Webinar Thursday, October 17th at 3:00 

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Good News

Kathy Cross has joined our team as the TIME Collaborative Specialist.

Level Funded for FY14 - $14,168,030!! All grants programmatically approved and

budgets processed

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MORE Good News. . . Schools that met or exceeded gap

narrowing targets for all subgroups in ELA: Boston Arts Academy Fletcher-Maynard Academy Newton School

Schools that met or exceeded gap narrowing targets for all subgroups in math: Boston Arts Academy Fletcher-Maynard Academy Huntington McKinley

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Good News in Science. . .

Schools that met or exceeded gap narrowing targets for all subgroups in science: Boston Arts Academy Huntington Viveiros

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Good News, cont. Kuss is (deservedly) Level 1! Level 1 MA ELT schools:

Fletcher-Maynard MLK Silvia Newton Salemwood McKinley

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Our Two New Schools. . . McKinley:

Level 1 designation for meeting gap narrowing goals

Math SGP for all students = increase of 16 Math SGP for high needs subgroup = increase

of 15 Huntington:

Math SGP for all students = increase of 20 Math SGP for high needs subgroup = increase

of 21.5 Math SGP for ELL/former ELL = increase of 30

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Urgent Messages

Remember, this is a performance-based grant. MA ELT schools need to demonstrate

consistent positive outcomes overall in order to secure continued support.

There is heightened interest in the quality of program implementation and sustainability.

Sustainability needs to become a stronger focus.

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Back to School Memo

Sent out September 27th

MOU or side letters PD Plans Unexpended funds Site visits ELT Performance Agreements Technical Assistance

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PD Plan Highlights

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Celebrations scheduled for STAFFResearch and evidence

Culture work – classroom, school, AND cross-culture

Ownership and accountability

Differentiated instructional practices / needs of ALL learners

Sense of urgency

RE-TEACHING AND COLLABORATION AS PRIORITIES

Student engagement walkthroughs

Planning/modeling/debriefing

Family engagementUse of feedback from previous year

Tracking goals each activity addresses

Social emotional needs of students

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Site Visit Protocol and Report Template

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Expectations for Implementation

In collaboration with Mass 2020 updated/improved document

Revised to align with site visit goals and Conditions for School Effectiveness

Replace “Expectations and Indicators” more appropriate to a pilot program in order to reflect a mature program

Copies provided today

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Site Visit Revisions

Input from field last year: Bullets are more concise, clear, and more easily

conveyed to broader audience Team discussions could be more focused given

more concrete guiding questions or goals Some redundancy

Copies of Protocol draft available for feedback by October 21st.

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Proposed Protocol Changes. . . Guided by new Expectations for

Implementation Focus group interview “topics”

replacing protocol questions Professional learning and development Behavioral/cultural expectations Resource allocation

Some focus group times reduced Families, students – 30 minutes Enrichment providers – 30-60 minutes

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Cohort I&IV Schools Receiving Full Site Visits 2013-2014

Edwards, Boston Fletcher-Maynard Academy, Cambridge Martin Luther King, Jr., Cambridge Kuss, Fall River Salemwood, Malden Jacob Hiatt Magnet, Worcester McKinley, Revere Huntington, Brockton

Please contact Moira Connolly if you would like to participate as a team member.

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Performance Agreements for Cohort III Schools

Performance Agreements for Cohort III schools Webinar Thursday, October 17th at 3:00; register

at:http://www.doe.mass.edu/conference/?ConferenceID=1656

  Due dates for submissions:

Friday, November 8, 2013 – First draft of Performance Agreement

Friday, December 6, 2013 – Second draft due Friday, January 10, 2014 – Final signed Performance

Agreement due and submitted to the Department.

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Setting Targets Developed Internally

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Closing Remarks. . .

ELT is how every school should

be. I don’t feel overwhelmed. I

feel completed—I finished a day’s

work.

For more information:Moira Connolly, 781.338.3216 mconnolly@doe.mass.eduKathy Cross, 781.338.3231 kcross@doe.mass.edu

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