Lackawanna City School District

1. Lackawanna City School District Superintendent’s Conference Day Tuesday, September 3,2013 Presented by Deborah Biastre

2. What You Do Makes a Difference!Thank You!

3. Welcome to Our New Teachers Kara Muldoon: French and ESL at the Middle / High School

4. Welcome to Our New Teachers Minerva Moya: English as a Second Language at Truman Elementary

5. Welcome to Our New Teachers Stacey Suto: Leave Teacher, Second Grade Truman Elementary

6. New Position for the 2013-2014 School Year Joyce Sabuda: Part-time AIS /Part-time Reading Coach for Grades PK-3.

7. Administrative Assignments 2013-2014 Deborah Biastre- Curriculum, Instruction, ESL, Staff Development, and Title Grants Bruce Axelson-High School Principal Jake Taft- Principal assigned to the High School, special focus on grades 9 and 10. Matt McKenna- Middle School Principal Maureen Fernandez-Martin Road Elementary Principal Angela McCaffrey- Truman Elementary Principal Sue Lynn Galvin- Special Education, Academic Intervention, Special Education Grants(611 /619) Julie Clark- Assistant Director for Special Education Julie Andreozzi-Assistant Director for Special Education Matteo Anello- CIO / Instructional Technology Mary Hoffman- Technology Hardware / Special Projects Lisa Almasi- Finance Pete Mendez- Buildings and Grounds

8. Recent Positive News to Share! Former Student Reports the Value of NUSTEP Classes. District receives the P-Tech Grant. The Lackawanna City School District Graduation Rate is up to 76.8 %, with Lackawanna High School Posting a 81.1 % Graduation Rate. Martin Road Elementary School had four teachers identified by the 3-6 ELA and Math Assessments as Highly Effective

9. District Comprehensive Improvement Plan

10. District Comprehensive Improvement Plan (DCIP) The plan is aligned to the Six Tenets of the Diagnostic Tool for School and District Effectiveness 1. District Leadership and Capacity 2. School Leadership Practices and Decisions 3. Curriculum Development and Support 4. Teacher Practices and Decisions 5. Student Social and Emotional Developmental Health 6. Family and Community Engagement http://www.p12.nysed.gov/accountability/diagnostic-tool-institute/DTSDEHandbook.html

11. The Mission of the Lackawanna City School District All Faculty and Staff of the Lackawanna City School District will implement and continually refine a well-defined standards-based curriculum which is culturally responsive to the needs of all students in order to develop their academic knowledge and skills, educational and career pursuits, lifelong learning and social responsibility.

12. Committee Breakdown of the Mission Statement We want our students: • To be College and/or Career Ready • To be problem solvers • To acquire life skills, not just educational content • To serve the greater community, not just themselves • To celebrate diversity

13. The highlights of the District Comprehensive Improvement Plan include • Leadership Training • Curriculum Development • Instructional Strategies • Parent Engagement • Community Service • Developing Partnerships

14. Requirements of Education Law 3012-c Annual Professional Performance Review • Calibration Training for scoring using the Frameworks for Professional Practice 2007 • Diagnostic Tool for School and District Effectiveness • Tri-state Rubric for Evaluating Extended Lessons and Units • Understanding by Design Lesson and Unit Development • Management of Instructional Programs Leadership Training

15. During the 2013-2014 school year all grade levels and content areas will be studying the tri-state rubric and updating and aligning curriculum to meet the requirements of the Core. Goals: • Students are reading more non-fiction • Students are reading/analyzing text and supporting claims with evidence from text. • By June 30, 2014 all courses will have updated curriculum maps. Curriculum Development for the Common Core

16. The Tri‐State Collaborative (comprised of educational leaders from Massachusetts, New York, and Rhode Island) has developed criterion‐based rubrics and review processes to evaluate the quality of lessons and units intended to address the Common Core State Standards for ELA/Literacy and Mathematics. The Tri‐State Quality Review Rubric is designed to evaluate: • Lessons that include instructional activities and assessments aligned to the CCSS that may extend over a few class periods or days. • Units that include integrated and focused lessons aligned to the CCSS that extend over a longer period of time. • Note: The Rubric is NOT designed to evaluate a single task. Rubrics can be found at www.EngageNY.org What is the Tri-State Rubric?

17. Explicit training on how to provide scaffolds for students so that they can achieve the standards. Focus on: • The Six Shifts in ELA and math • Questioning techniques and methods of response. (TAPPLE) • Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP) Instructional Strategies

18. In an effort in increase parent engagement the district has the following resources available: • Parent-Family Resource Center • ESL Family Liaison • Parent Portal Additionally, the district is planning the following events: • Coffee with the Principal 4x per year • ESL Program Parent Education Morning • NYSED Assessment Overview Programs for Parents • Family Fun Walk and Services Expo Parent Engagement

19. Steeler Service Day May 22, 2013 District-Wide Day Of Community Service Building Principals will be coordinating activities with their respective faculty and staff as part of an overall district plan. Community Service

20. Recently Established Partnerships: • Western New York Education Service Council • Niagara University, RTI Goal: By June 2014 all Building Leadership Teams will have identified a minimum of one “need” of the building and will have identified and developed a partnership with an organization that can help support this need with in the building. Developing Partnerships

21. New York Metrics and Instructional Expectations 2013-2014 Part II Teachers and Teacher AIDes

22. New York State Metrics and Expectations 2013-2014

27. Metrics and the DCIP Priorities a. Schools will strengthen the common language and understanding of what quality teaching looks like by deepening the school community’s comprehension of Charlotte Danielson’s Framework for Teaching. b. Schools will focus on the on the following components of the Framework for Teaching relevant to teacher’s professional developmental needs and that most support the Common Core standards. • Designing coherent instruction (1e) • Using questioning and discussion techniques (3b) • Using assessment in instruction (3d) c. School leaders will conduct frequent formative classroom observation and provide teachers with formative feedback and professional development to support improved practice in identified competencies.

28. Metrics and the DCIP Priorities In math Shifts 3, 4,and 5 Require fluency, application, and conceptual understanding In ELA, social studies, science , and all other subjects Shift 3, 4 Require students to ground reading, writing, and discussion in evidence from text

29. Metrics and the DCIP Priorities Literacy across Disciplines and Unit Development An added emphasis on reading to learn is not meant to replace other ways of gaining content knowledge, only to enhance them. In aligning units to Common Core, teachers may choose to upgrade existing units by engaging in cycles of inquiry and looking closely at student work to make adjustments to curriculum, assessment, and instruction or choose to write new units.

30. Metrics and the DCIP Priorities Critical Academic and Personal Behaviors Necessary for College and Career Readiness That Need to Be Explicitly Taught • Persistence: • Engagement: • Work habits/organizational skills; • Communication/collaboration skills; • Self-regulation.

31. SLO and APPR Updates Teachers Part III

32. Student Learning Objectives (SLO’s) All SLO pre-assessments: Grade level or subject specific Teacher developed ( Per course or grade level) All courses will administer pre-assessments Building Principal needs an electronic copy for file To be administered by September 18, 2013, the 27th for AIMSweb. Any students arriving after the administration but before October 4th need to be tested. Between September 16th and October 4th the District will provide training on the new SLO tracking software. By October 11th all teacher SLO’s have been written and submitted to Building Principal for review. Please refer the handout for which teachers require an SLO.

33. Teacher APPR Updates

34. APPR Updates 20 Points State Measure: Teachers in Grades 4-8 ELA and Math = Composite Score generated by NYSED All other teachers require an SLO based on a pre-assessment/post assessment. 20 Points Local Measure: PK Teachers – Beginning vs. End of Year achievement on the Brigance Grades k-3- Beginning vs. End of Year achievement on AIMSweb Teachers in Grades 4-8 ELA and Math can write an SLO for their pre /post assessment. All other teachers in Grades K-8, AIMSweb All teachers in Grades 9-12, Scholastic Reading Inventory.