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Notes from the field:. Elements of Sustainability. One type of New York. Another type of New York. #1 Cabbage Producer in US. New York State Demographics. 3rd largest by population (20,000,000) NYC largest urban (8.5 million) 27 th largest by area 3.3 million students K-12 1.1 m in NYC.
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Notes from the field: Elements of Sustainability
New York State Demographics • 3rd largest by population (20,000,000) • NYC largest urban (8.5 million) • 27th largest by area • 3.3 million students K-12 • 1.1 m in NYC
NYS SPDG experience • Identifying and validating successful implementation of evidence based effective practices in literacy, behavior, and special education instruction • No one model imposed by the project; schools nominate practices and provide evidence of their effectiveness • Site visits validate the practice
What are we seeing that suggests sustainability? • Community investment • Contingency planning • “Collateral impact” • Dynamic, “organic” growth and development
The “trails” of community investment • Has the school pushed out and pulled in to “grab” the community? • What are the tell-tales of community investment? How do we determine if: • The vocabulary of the practice “oozed” into the community? • Elements of the practice have become embedded in parents’ behavior? • The discussion has become an open, two way exchange of feedback for improvement of the practice?
Contingency planning • Has the school considered how to weather significant changes in resource availability? • Has the school considered how things will change when the “energizer bunnies” move to other jobs? • Has the school integrated elements of the practice into decisions about hiring and promotion?
What is the collateral impact, and is it recognized and celebrated? • Does the school reflect on the collateral benefits? • Does the school communicate and build on these benefits?
How does the school grow the practice? • When the practice is well established: • How does the school consider the “next steps” to continually advance? • How does the school consider the relationship of the practice to other school improvement practices, creating compatible implementation strategies?