Elementary Principals’ Meeting

1. Elementary Principals’ Meeting June 30, 2014

2. Superintendent’s Welcome • North and South End Academy • Assistant Principal Expectations and Responsibilities • Progress, not Perfection

3. Welcome New Principals! Florosa Wright

4. Upcoming Dates • SPP Workdays- July 7, 15 • Close Reading- July 14 • DEA Training- July 21 with Follow-up Training • Administrative Retreat- July 30 • Welcome Back Event- August 12 • AR Training- August 25 & 26

5. Elementary Updates • Senate Bill 850 • SIS • Curriculum Guides • ESEA Waiver (Title I) • Cursive Writing • Typing Programs • Cold Reads

6. Training Expectations Close Reading- July 14 DEA Training- July 21 with Follow-up Training AR Training- August 25 & 26

7. Staffing Pattern • Staffing Pattern Feedback • Staffing Pattern Committee • Rita Scallan • Stacie Smith • Marcus Chambers • Steve Horton • Marti Gardner- Elementary • Sheila Lightbourne- Secondary

8. Staffing Pattern Committee Approval Process Instructional Needs Including classroom assistants Educational Support Curriculum & Instruction Stacie Smith Elementary Instructional Needs: Marti Gardner Secondary Instructional Needs: Sheila Lightbourne Class Size: Steve Horton Finance: Rita Scallan Will contact principal if denied based on funding Human Resources: Stacie Smith Will make the decision whether to advertise or place an employee Conclusion: Principal Will receive information from Stacie Smith

9. Elementary Statewide Rankings: Where are we as a District? Reading 3rd Grade 10th 9th 4th Grade 5th Grade 8th

10. Elementary Statewide Rankings: Where are we as a District? Math

11. Elementary Statewide Rankings: Where are we as a District? 5th

12. Projected School Grades

13. The Change Starts with You!

14. What do you need to change personally next year to be an even stronger principal? What changes need to occur at your school in order to make it even stronger?

15. Master Schedule Recommendations • ELA- 120 Minutes Daily • 90 Minutes Uninterrupted • Math- 90 Minutes Daily • Social Studies- 120 Minutes Weekly • Science- 150 Minutes Weekly • PE- 150 Minutes Weekly • 30-45 Minutes of Remediation Daily(Level 1 & 2 Students/Students in Need)

16. Under what circumstances are you levelizing classes? Under what circumstances are you departmentalizing?

17. Remediation of Level 1 & 2 Students as well as Students in Need of Remediation Classroom Teacher- How are your classroom teachers differentiating within the ELA and Math Block? Remediation Teacher/Classroom Assistant- How are you scheduling time within the 120 Minute ELA Block and the 90 Minute Math Block to meet the needs of your Level 1 & 2 students? How are you scheduling time outside of the 120 Minute ELA Block to meet the needs of your Level 1 & 2 students?

19. 120 Minute ELA Block • Writing Plan • Writing By Quarter • Quarter 1: Narrative • Quarter 2: Informational • Quarter 3: Opinion • Quarter 4: School Choice with 5th Grade transitioning to Argumentative Writing • Balanced Literacy • Guided Reading • Stations • Purposeful • Accountability • Differentiated What adjustments need to be made at your school in order to strengthen your Reading Block?

20. ELA Focus

21. Math Block What adjustments need to be made at your school in order to strengthen your Math Block? • Recommended 90 Minute Math Block • Balanced Math • Bell Ringer • Stations • Purposeful • Accountability • Differentiated • Spiraling • i-Ready Levelizing? Departmentalization?

22. What does spiraling look like at your school? How will i-Ready be used in the classroom?

23. ELA Instructional Coaches

24. Elementary Math Coach Model Support Guided Support Intensive Support

25. Intensive Support

26. Professional Development • Early Release • ELA • Math PD • 5 days- Schedule will be provided • School-Based PD Keeping 70-20-10 in mind, how are you generating buy-in?

27. Instructional Coaches What Is YOURPlan? • Weekly Staff Meetings • Professional Development • Early Release • School-based • Implementation of District Focus • Close Reading • Writing Through Reading • Student Talk • MP3 (Student Talk) • Spiraling • Historical Teacher Data • Grade Level/Student Data • New Teachers • New Teachers to a Grade Level or Subject • Teacher(s) on a PIP How are you utilizing your Instructional Coach in your School Performance Plan?

28. Title I Expectations • Administrator assigned to Progress Monitor Title I Remediation Programs • Bi-weekly Staff Meetings to determine progress • Schedule • Grade Level Responsibilities • ELA Responsibility • Tyner • Fountas & Pinnell • Math Responsibility • i-Ready Tool Kit • Fluency • Caseload Recommendation: • 5 per group on average • Maximum of 7

29. Instructional Aides Expectations • Grade level priority: 2-5 • Administrator assigned to Progress Monitor the Remediation Program • Title Schools: Should be considered as part of your Title I staff, though not funded with Title funds • Aides should be assigned a schedule with specific students assigned to them based on data • ELA or Math focus? • Non-Title I Schools: • Resources?

30. “Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle.” ~Martin Luther King, Jr.