Steps to Success / Indistar January Web Meeting

1. Steps to Success / Indistar January Web Meeting For NH Title I Priority and Focus Schools January 21, 2014

2. GoTo Webinar Pointers You will be muted during the session. Mute your own microphone/ phone – to enable discussion during today’s meeting, take a minute to locate the mute control on your computer/ telephone. To avoid feedback, turn off the microphone on your computer if joining us by telephone. If you have a question or a request, type it into the QUESTION box OR Click on the Raise Hand icon to be recognized and unmuted.

3. Welcome! • Meeting purpose:provide updates and insights to support NH Title I Priority and Focus Schools using the Steps to Success process and Indistar tool • Presenters: • Joey Nichol • Bob Manseau • Facilitator: • Karen Laba

4. January Web Meeting Agenda • Updates from Joey Nichol, NH DOE Office of School Turnaround • Principal Leadership Network • Submissions Reminders, Advice • Mid-year Data Summary Update • Monitoring Plan Progress: TASKS Report • Reminders & Next Steps

5. Updates from the NH Office of School Turnaround – Joey Nichol • Update topics: budget approvals; liaison assignments and roles; submission advice • 1. Progress on grant budget approvals • Reminder: required components attached to Online Grant Management System (OGM) • --Assurances signed by Principal and Superintendent • --Summary of Local Achievement Data – initial & mid-year (if completed) • -- Indistar plan (Indicator Checklist Report) for atleast ID10 and NH101

6. HOW TO Retrieve, Upload to OGM Once ID10 and NH101 Completed and Posted in Indistar – 1. In the NAVIGATION TOOLBAR, select REPORTS. 2. Scroll down to INDICATOR CHECKLIST REPORT. 3. When the list of indicators appears, place a  next to ID10 and NH101. 4. Click REPORT 5. EXPORT report to your own computer, either PDF or WORD. 6. Send to your local grants manager.

7. Remember: NH DOE Turnaround Office Leadership and Liaisons • Technical Assistance Supports: Leadership • Title I Administrator: Mary Earick (mary.earick@doe.nh.gov ) • Office of School Turnaround: Joey Nichol (kathryn.nichol@doe.nh.gov) • Technical Assistance Supports: Liaisons • Liaison Support: What will the liaisons do? • Will visit with your school leadership team every 6-8 weeks. • Will check-in with your team lead every 3 weeks. • Will work with your team to ensure your plan is connected to your data, meets the requirements laid out in the waiver and is approved so funding can be released. • Will be your first point of contact regarding concerns. • Will ensure communication flows between your schools and the DOE so that we understand the status of, and the supports needed, for successful implementation

8. NH DOE Technical Assistance Support: Liaison Assignments Joey Nichol (kathryn.nichol@doe.nh.gov) • Franklin High School, Franklin School District • Franklin Middle School, Franklin School District • Hillsboro-Deering High School, Hillsboro-Deering Cooperative • Pittsfield Elementary School, Pittsfield School District • Pittsfield High School, Pittsfield School District • Pittsfield Middle School, Pittsfield School District • Alstead Primary School, Fall Mountain Regional • Littleton High School, Littleton School District • Beech Street School, Manchester School District • Wilson School, Manchester School District • Mcdonough School, Manchester School District • Parker-Varney School, Manchester School District • Middle School At Parkside, Manchester School District • Southside Middle School, Manchester School District • Gossler Park School, Manchester School District

9. NH DOE Technical Assistance Support: Liaison Assignments • Jane Bergeron Beaulieu (jbergero@seresc.net) • Beaver Meadow School, Concord School District • Pleasant Street School, Laconia School District • Penacook Elementary School, Merrimack Valley School District • Winnisquam Regional Middle School, Winnisquam Regional School District • Southwick School, Winnisquam Regional School District

10. NH DOE Technical Assistance Support: Liaison Assignments • Bob Manseau – (bobmanseau@comcast.net ) • Idlehurst Elementary School, Somersworth School District • Somersworth Middle School, Somersworth School District • John Stark Regional High School, John Stark Regional School District • William Allen School, Rochester School District • Ellis School, Fremont School District

11. NH DOE Technical Assistance Support: Liaison Assignments • Randy Bell -- (bellp@comcast.net ) • Brown Elementary School, Berlin School District • Hillside Elementary School, Berlin School District • Harold Martin School, Hopkinton School District • Stewartstown Community School, Stewartstown School District • Fairgrounds Elementary School, Nashua School District

12. NH DOE Technical Assistance Support: Liaison Assignments • Tom Brennan (TJBrennanjr@netscape.net ) & • Joey Nichol (kathryn.nichol@doe.nh.gov) • Campbell High School, Litchfield School District • Grinnell School, Derry School District • Allenstown Elementary School, Allenstown School District • Pembroke Academy, Pembroke School District • Nottingham West Elementary School, Hudson School District

13. NH DOE Technical Assistance Support: Liaison Assignments • Sandy Kent -- (kentss@gsinet.net) • Maple Avenue School, Claremont School District • Disnard Elementary School, Claremont School District • Unity Elementary School, Unity School District • Indian River School, Mascoma Valley Regional School District • Dr. George S. Emerson Elementary School, Monadnock Regional School District

14. NH DOE Technical Assistance Support: Liaison Assignments • Jean Briggs Badger – (jean.briggsbadger@gmail.com) • Farmington Senior High School, Farmington School District • Henry Wilson Memorial School, Farmington School District • Valley View Community Elementary School, Farmington School District • Nute Junior High School, Milton School District • Nute High School, Milton School District • Milton Elementary School, Milton School District • Paul Elementary School, Wakefield School District

15. Liaison Contact Expect contact with your liaison soon if not already completed.

16. Questions for Joey? You can RAISE your hand to be unmuted and voice your question OR Type your question in the window

17. Principal Leadership Network Bob Manseau -- Network Lead 1. What does indicator NH101 mean by “participate” in the Principal Leadership Network? 2. What events or resources are available on the PL Network? 3. Are there plans for future events or anticipated resources on the PLN? 4. What are some examples of measurable outcomes expected from full participation in the PLN?

18. Questions about the Principal Leadership Network? You can RAISE your hand to be unmuted and voice your question OR Type your question in the window

19. Submission Pointer #1 ** RENAME the reports you retrieve from Indistar BEFORE saving to your computer. ** -- select your preferred format from the EXPORT dropdown list -- the report that opens is named “Comprehensive Report” -- choose SAVE AS and name the report for your school Example: Mt. Adams ID10 NH101 Plan.pdf (or *.doc)

20. Submission Pointer #2 SUMMARY of Local Achievement Data -- DO NOT submit student level data; maintain privacy -- DO NOT post identifiable classroom-level data -- FOCUS SCHOOLS: DO present the mid-year results for subgroups, either standard subgroups (SWD, low SES, ELL) OR intervention groups you’ve identified -- PRIORITY SCHOOLS: choose the data presentation that best illustrates change over time

21. Options for Mid-Year Summary Retrieve typical reports from your local data source or P+: (Sample below = NWEA report excerpt)

22. Options for Mid-Year Summary Create a SUMMARY report capturing aggregate information OMITTING student level data ONE Option: Proficiency Level For Each Grade (e.g., NWEA) for Reading, Math ANOTHER Option: WORD (or Excel) TABLE for each Grade for Reading, Math

23. Mid-Year Progress Analysis ******* VIP ********** Include your analysis in your Summary of Local Achievement Data document: What do you infer from your data about the effectiveness of your curriculum and instruction for improving student achievement? _____________________________________________________ SUGGESTION: Meet with your Liaison to develop inferences that are stronglysupported by the data in your summary. Answer the questions: What’s working? For which students? What’s not working? For which students? What changes do we need to make to improve outcomes for ALL students? THEN, REVISIT your Indistar plan and add, delete, or revise Objectives or Tasks based on your analysis of mid-year data.

24. Where to post Summary of Local Data Report • Once you complete your Summary of Local Achievement Data Mid-year Update, • SAVE AS (recognizable file name) on your own computer and • -- upload to the Indistar Document Upload Data Reports folder so you have a copy for your team; • -- ask your Grants Manager to attach to the Online Grants Management (OGM) system; Your CHOICE = •  REPLACE your original local data summary with the updated form; OR •  ATTACH as a separate document labeled as the Mid-Year Update • -- let your Liaison know you have posted the mid-year update in OGM

25. Questions about the Mid-Year Summary of Local Data? You can RAISE your hand to be unmuted and voice your question OR Type your question in the window

26. Monitoring Progress:the Indistar TASKS Report

27. Monitoring Progress:the Indistar TASKS Report FILTERS enable sorting the TASKS by -- objective -- person(s) responsible -- due date -- recurrence -- completed -- active

28. Monitoring Progress:the Indistar TASKS Report Recommended Uses of the TASKS Report –  agenda item at each Leadership Team Meeting – “how are we doing? Are our activities producing the intended results (pair with discussion of mid-year data!)?”  discuss activities and impact with your Liaison  share with your Grants Manager to confirm grant activities are aligned with budget requests

29. Questions about the Indistar TASKS Report? You can RAISE your hand to be unmuted and voice your question OR Type your question in the window

30. Professional Learning Opportunity

31. Reminders and Next Steps 1. Reminders -- Quarterly meetings – Tuesday, March 11, 2014: 8:30 – 3:30 southern location Wednesday, March 12, 2014: north country at NCES Thursday, May 15, 2014: 8:30 – 3:30 southern location Wednesday, May 14, 2014: North Country at NCES 2. Mid-year Local Data Reports: Updated data summary due two weeks after completing your mid-year local assessments. 3. February web meeting: Tuesday, February 11, 2014, 1:00 – 2:30 pm. Watch for invitation and registration information to come in early Feb.

32. Thanks for your participation For Questions on Steps/ Indistar, contact Karen Laba, karen.laba@doe.nh.gov 603 969-0988 Or Rob Hanson, Hanson_alrs@hotmail.com, 603 396-8076 Pause and Reflect Never mistake activity for achievement. John Wooden