Creating High Functioning School Improvement Cultures

1. Creating High Functioning School Improvement Cultures HSTW/MMGW Fall Reconnect September 24, 2014 HSTW NE Ohio Region

2. Afternoon Concurrent SessionsAll sites required to schedule an hour with BLT or all staff to analyze the 2014 HSTW Assessment & MMGW Survey Data

3. HSTW NE Professional Development • For upcoming events, register at www.hstwohioregions.org • Oct 1 Skills for a Lifetime/Overcoming Obstacles • Oct 10 Introduction to HSTW/MMGW for New Leaders/Sites • Oct 14 LDC Session 1 – Steubenville High School • Nov 12 Ohio School Improvement Institute • Nov 20 Advanced MDC Session 1 - CVCC • Nov 21 LDC Session 2 – Northwestern High School • Nov 21 MDC Session 2 – Northwestern High School • Dec 4 Advanced MDC Session 2 – CVCC • Dec 5 Best Practice Showcase: Sharing Strategies for Assessment • Literacy and Student Learning Outcomes • Dec 9 LDC Session 2 – Steubenville High School • Feb 12 MAX Teaching – Steubenville High School • Feb 20 LDC Session 3 – Northwestern High School • Jun 16 End-of-Year Reconnect: Strategies to Improve Instruction Through Classroom Observations

4. Today’s Essential Question • What do you need to do to ensure more of your students are college and career ready? • Do you need: • Better alignment to state and national standards • A high functioning school improvement culture • Research-based, best practice instructional approaches • Then you need to more deeply implement the HSTW/MMGW School • Improvement, Data-Driven Framework!!!

5. Will your student be ready? • A degree-granting postsecondary education, without remediation • Achosen career, ready for advanced training.

6. Welcome/Introductions Diana Rogers Regional Coordinator Cindy Rolfe Program Manager Margie Hamler Fiscal Manager

7. Our Coaches Ron Davidoff Cynthia Harris Diane Jamieson Karen Johnson Rich Ranollo Kara Mitchell

8. Our Coaches Susan Rhoades Jack Tomasko Cindy Wheeler Terry Wheeler

9. Regional Support & Services As stated in the Governor’s biennium budget and the FY15 Memorandum of Understanding… HSTW NE Ohio Region will support school improvement “one plans” in 32 HSTW and 18 MMGW sites: • Technical assistance through coaching • • Focused staff development • • Multiple differentiated assessment targets • • Active/engaged communication at all levels • • Regional, state and national network of support

10. Brookside HS Sheffield MS Indian Creek High School

11. Mahoning County Career & Technical Center Loudonville HS Perryville JHS Northwestern HS/MS Mount Vernon Middle School Youngstown City Schools Ravenna HS Brown MS Springfield High School Steubenville City Schools Warrensville Heights HS

12. Exploring Sites • Akron Innes Middle School • Akron Miller South Middle School • Akron STEM High School • Indian Creek High School New Implementing Sites • Steubenville High School • Harding Middle School (Steubenville)

13. Reflections 2013-2014.

14. Let’s Celebrate!2014 HSTW Assessment/Surveys 8 sites Improved in reading: Akron Buchtel HS, Ellet HS, Firestone HS; Ashland Co. West Holmes CC; Columbiana CTC; Cuyahoga Valley CC; Northwestern HS, Youngstown Early College HS Most Improved: Cuyahoga Valley CC Highest Scoring: Northwestern HS

15. Let’s Celebrate!2014 HSTW Assessment/Surveys 6 sites Improved in mathematics: Akron Ellet HS, Columbiana CTC, Cuyahoga Valley CC, Jefferson County JVS, Loudonville HS, Northwestern HS Most Improved: Columbiana County CTC Highest Scoring: Northwestern HS

16. Let’s Celebrate!2014 HSTW Assessment/Surveys 11 sites Improved in science:Akron Buchtel HS, Ellet HS, Firestone HS, Kenmore HS, North HS; Columbiana CTC, Cuyahoga Valley CC, Mahoning CTC, Northwestern HS, Trumbull CTC, Youngstown Early College HS Most Improved: Cuyahoga Valley CC Highest Scoring: Northwestern HS

17. Let’s Celebrate!2014 HSTW Assessment/Surveys Improved in all three - reading, mathematics and science: Akron Ellet HS, Columbiana County CTC, Cuyahoga Valley CC Most Improved in all three - reading, mathematics and science: Cuyahoga Valley CC Highest Scoring in all three - reading, mathematics and science: Northwestern HS

18. Let’s Celebrate!2014 HSTW Assessment/Surveys Met/Exceeded High Scoring Site Nationally: Northwestern HS – Math & Science

19. Let’s Celebrate!2014 MMGW Surveys • 4 Improved ELA curriculum Akron Hyre MS, Litchfield MS, Spring Hill JHS, Rayen Early College MS Highest Scoring: Rayen Early College MS

20. Let’s Celebrate!2014 MMGW Surveys • 5 Improved Mathematics curriculumAkron Jennings, Kent, Northwestern MS, Sheffield MS, Rayen Early College MS Highest Scoring: Rayen Early College MS

21. Let’s Celebrate!2014 MMGW Surveys • 6 Improved Science curriculum:Akron Jennings, Kent, Heritage, Spring Hill, Youngstown Chaney, Rayen Early College Highest Scoring: Heritage MS

22. Congratulations!!! • SREB National HSTW Platinum High Achievement Schools •  Cuyahoga Valley Career Center • Massillon Washington High School • Trumbull County Career & Technical Center

23. Congratulations!!! SREB National HSTW Gold Achievement Award Winner  Northwestern High School

24. Thanks!!!You made us proud!2014 SREB, Nashville 28th Annual HSTW Staff Development Conference 28 NE Region Sessions More presentations than any other region in Ohio

25. Congratulations!!!OutstandingTeachers/Leader2014 Ohio ACTE Summer Conference • Ohio ACTE Outstanding New Career and Technical Teacher • Eric Mathews, Akron Public Schools • Distinguished Service Award • Joe Dannemiller, CVCC • 2014 Teacher of the Year • Debra McDonald, WCSCC

26. What’s New at ODE 2014-15.

27. FY15 Ohio Department of Education www.ohioeducation.gov • Graduation Requirements • Ohio Battelle STEM LDC and MDC Sessions • SREB/Advanced Careers – AWHCC, CCCTC, CVCC • New Local Report Cards • New CT Report Cards • OTES/OPES • Student Learning Objectives • Student Growth Measures • New Assessment in Middle Grades • PARCC Assessment in 2018 • Third Grade Guarantee

28. What's Happening with Ohio's Graduation Requirements? • Ohio House Bill 487 established new requirements for earning a high school diploma in Ohio. Here is how to find the information you need: • The new graduation requirements that take effect with the class of 2018. These are students who are entering ninth grade for the first time in the 2014-2015 school year. • Students in the classes of 2014 - 2017 and those who are repeating ninth grade this school year will continue to operate under Ohio’s current graduation requirements. • Latest updates on additional graduation decisions as they occur and which decisions are left.

31. World Café • During Round 1: Write, draw or doodle to question… What do you need to do to ensure more student are college and career ready? • During Round 2: Share/Link Ideas • One person stays at the table as host. Other people travel to different tables as ambassadors of ideas. • The host welcomes new guests, and briefly shares ideas. Participants link ideas.

32. World Café • During Round 3: Synthesize your discoveries • All persons return to their original table • The host shares new insights and each team member adds their last words • Each person adds a (+) to any idea that supports their work this year • Host: post chart on the wall • During Round 4: Group Insights Shared and Valued • Each participant visits as many charts and adds a (+) to any idea that supports their work this year

33. Morning Concurrent Sessions

34. End-of-DaySharing Best Practices & Debriefing • Ballroom B: Meet with your coach and other • schools to share your Fall Reconnect Reflection • What will you share with colleagues to • ensure more students are college and career • ready?