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STAR. (Support through Assistance & Reforms) Report. WHY STAR?. WHY STAR?. Legal Perspective No Child Left Behind (2001) A Statewide Accountability System Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP): Require schools to make AYP targets for all student subgroups. Program Improvement (PI):

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  1. STAR (Support through Assistance & Reforms) Report

  2. WHY STAR?

  3. WHY STAR? Legal Perspective • No Child Left Behind (2001) • A Statewide Accountability System • Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP): Require schools to make AYP targets for all student subgroups. • Program Improvement (PI): Schools that do not meet AYP for consecutive years are identified for Program Improvement and must implement the PI requirements.

  4. WHY STAR? Legal Perspective Latest Developments • New Standards & Assessments Common Core State Standards & Smarter Balanced Assessment System • Transition Years PI status will be “frozen” for 1 to 2 years. • A Hopeful Possibility Reauthorization of NCLB More sensible accountability system for “program improvement” identification

  5. WHY STAR? Legal Perspective Requirements for PI Schools in Year 5

  6. Program Improvement School Requirements Number of Years School Does Not Make Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) Year One Did not make AYP Year Two Did not make AYP

  7. WHAT is Alternative Governance? PI Requirements During Year 5, implement plan for alternative governance of school. Select one of the following: • Reopen school as a charter • Replace all or most staff including principal • Contract with outside entity to manage school • State takeover • Any other major restructuring of the school’s governance arrangement.

  8. What is… “major restructuring of the school’s governance arrangement”? Goal • to improve student academic achievement in the school so as to enable the school to make AYP How • Change the governance structure of the school in a significant manner that increases the District’s monitoring and oversightof the school’s operations and educational programs, typically with the guidance of an external technical assistance provider.

  9. WHY STAR? MORAL IMPERATIVE! • Wanting the BEST for every one of our students through a continuous quest for improvement in our instructional effectiveness and our relationshipswith each individual student, particularly the underserved ones.

  10. HOWto support and monitor the school’s efforts in fulfilling our moral imperative and meeting the legislative requirements?

  11. STAR Process

  12. FebruarySTARGarvey & Temple (2/20) Revisioning…STAR

  13. STAR Agenda (2/20) Classroom Walkthroughs Staff Input on STAR Process (What’s working well? Questions? Suggestions for Improvement?)

  14. AprilSTARTemple (4/3)Garvey (4/10) Assessing & Accelerating… COMMON CORE

  15. STAR Agenda (4/3 & 4/10)Assessing & Accelerating… COMMON CORE To conduct a needs assessment on Common Core understanding and implementation to guide the development of a professional development and support plan for the school staff. • Classroom Walkthrough • (2 hours) • Focus Group Dialogue • (3 groups: ELA, Math, Cross-Curricular Teams)

  16. STAR Reflections • Teachers’ Voices • Classroom Walkthrough • Focus Group Dialogue • Principals’ Voices • Involvement • Implications

  17. Our Beliefs…Our Commitment… • TEAMWORK Sustainable and substantial school improvement is best accomplished through coordinated collective efforts when every one of the stakeholders fully participates in the quest for school improvement and holds each other accountable for his/her assigned roles. • COMMUNICATION An open and ongoing dialogue with the school staff and other stakeholders in the entire process enables everyone to fully participate, understand the roles, and contribute to the process.

  18. Next Steps

  19. Next Steps May STAR Visit Focus: CCSS Needs Assessment & Strategizing Temple: 5/8/2014 Garvey: 5/22/2014 Classroom Walkthroughs (Teacher Participants) Focus Group Dialogue (Other Departments & Leadership Team) School Planning (2-3 days in June)

  20. Next Steps Professional Development ELA & SS Strand Reading: 8/13/2014 Writing: 8/18/2014 Math & Science Strand DOK Questioning Strategies: TBD Math: 8/18/2014 ELA: Expository Reading & Writing Program Training (6/12, 6/13, & 10/9) Science: Science Standards (6/9/2014) District- & School-wide Monthly PLCs in 2014-15

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