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Welcome !. Closing The Gaps Focus School Support. Spring 2013 Region 4 Education Service Center January 29 and February 6, 2014. Who do we have in the room today?. Norms for the Day. - Fully participate and ask questions - Limit side conversations - Honor the schedule
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Welcome! Closing The Gaps Focus School Support Spring 2013 Region 4 Education Service Center January 29 and February 6, 2014
Who do we have in the room today?
Norms for the Day -Fully participate and ask questions -Limit side conversations -Honor the schedule -Take care of your needs -Silence electronics -Be open to learning and problem solving
Today’s Agenda • Introduction and Objectives • Identification and Interventions • TAIS Process overview • Identifying instructional interventions • Tools, Resources, and Support
Today’s Objectives • Gain further clarity on the identification and interventions of a focus school • Enhance your understanding of requirements and processes for the Texas Accountability Intervention System (TAIS) • Receive a process for identifying and implementing a strong instructional intervention focused on closing achievement gaps • Learn about available tools and resources to support your work
What it means to be a Focus SchoolIdentification and Interventions
Why am I a Focus School? Title I schools ranked by the widest gaps between reading/math performance of the federal student groups (7) and safeguard targets of 75%.
How were performance gaps calculated to identify Focus schools?
Student groups evaluated African American Hispanic White All Student Group Special Education ELL Economically Disadvantaged
Minimum Student Group Size 25 Students AND 10% or 200 Federal Methodology Document
What you need to know? % met standard All Students Group-Math % met standard All Students Group-Reading % met standard of Student Groups that meet minimum size-Reading % met standard of Student Groups that meet minimum size-Math
For the All Students group and each group that meets minimum size you find the difference between the target of 75 and actual percent meeting standard. Example 63% of all students group met standard in Reading 63 12 75 Repeat for each group with Reading and Math
Let’s try an example: Texas School
Count number of student groups in Reading and Math that meet Minimum Size 12 meet minimum size
ADD 291
291 24.25 12
24.25 is the average gap between student performance groups and the 75% federal target
Interventions • Designate a district contact and • Engage in TAIS • Review ESEA TurnaroundPrinciples & Critical Success Factors
Interventions • Address at least 1 INSTRUCTIONAL • INTERVENTION in 2013-2014 SY to target deficiencies and close achievement gap Reasons for identification and intervention are to be included in CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLAN Work collaboratively with local Education Service Center (ESC) for support and guidance
Intervention • Designate a district contact and Engage in TAIS
DISTRICT CAMPUS
Critical Success Factors Improve School Climate Family Community Engagement Teacher Quality Increase Learning Time Leadership Effectiveness Utilize Data Academic Performance Leadership Effectiveness
Turnaround Principles • Ensuring Effective Principal • Ensuring Effective Teachers • Redesign the school day, week, or year • Increase student learning time • Increase teacher collaboration time • Strengthen instructional program based on student needs • Use data to inform decision making • Establish environment which improves school safety/discipline • Family and community engagement
Intervention • Review ESEA TurnaroundPrinciples & Critical Success Factors
Critical Success Factors and alignment with turnaround principlesDEFINITIONS
School Improvement Process What does this model mean to you? Where are your campus areas of strength in this model? How effective is your campus in each of the individual processes? What is the biggest challenge of this model for your campus?
Intervention • Address at least 1 INSTRUCTIONAL INTERVENTION in 2013-2014 SY to target deficiencies and close achievement gap • Reasons for identification and intervention are to be included in CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLAN
Problem Solving
Lunch 1:15 Min
The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been. - Henry Kissinger
Accelerated Improvement Process • Concentrated improvement method • Starts with identifying a problem or goal and ends with the development of an implementation plan
Accelerated Improvement Process Meeting 1 • Define the scope and purpose of the work Meeting 2 • Focus on possible solutions and the analysis of those solutions Meeting 3 • Finalize the solution and develop a plan for implementation
Meeting 1 Define the scope and purpose of the work • Work between meetings • Gather information or data on problems related to the identified gap • Use a flowchart to help understand the identified gap