Principal Professional Learning Team

1. Principal Professional Learning Team November 2011

2. Welcome The mission of the Parkway School District is to ensure all students are capable, curious and confident learners who understand and respond to the challenges of an ever-changing world.

3. Norms for Working Together • Listen to understand • Mission focused • Well-planned agenda • Active and respectful participation

4. Essential Question Mission Accomplished - Parkway 2016 “How do we get from here to there?”

5. Today’s Agenda • Welcome • Bonnie & Desi • Budget, VST, Misc. Updates • Dr. Keith Marty • Personnel Supporting Teachers • Kathy Blackmore and Team • Personnel Supporting Students • Dr. Lisa Merideth and Dr. Becky Langrall • Lunch • Promising Practices Sharing • Dr. Jeremy Mitchell, Dr. Chelsea Watson and Kathy Cain • Teacher Professional Learning and Evaluation • Liz Morrison • Communication Lab Update • DesiKirchhofer • Levels Meetings/Break-out Sessions • Social: Trainwreck Westport

6. Dr. Keith Marty • Budget Update • VST • Other

7. Personnel Supporting Teachers • Topical Questions: • Given the current budget realities what teacher support model will best help us achieve mission? • How do we move the strategic plan forward and utilize the expertise of the support personnel in a more efficient manner? • Outcome: • Determine the framework for the model of support so details can be added prior to January 9th.

8. Overview of protocol • Review of Model A and Model B • Clarifying Questions to the Presenter • Personal Thinking – Pros, Interesting, Cons for Both Models • Facilitated Discussion by Area: Pros, Interesting, Cons for Both Models • Area Consensus

9. Model A – Instructional Coach • Reduce 54 FTEs • Reduce 10 TISs • Reduce 10 PMCs • Reduce 11 Math Intervention Specialists • Reduce 23 Lit Coaches • Model A (25 Staff Members) • 23 Instructional Coaches • Add back 2 PMCs (High School .5)

11. System Innovation

12. Next Practice Sustaining Innovation

13. Disruptive Innovation

14. Model B – Area Support Team • Reduce 61 FTEs • Reduce 10 TISs • Reduce 10 PMCs • Reduce 15 Math Intervention Specialists (Leaving 8 for District Math Intervention) • Reduce 23 Lit Coaches • Reduce 3 - 2 District Developer and High School Cohort Leaders • Model B – Network Support Team Model (includes .5 PMC at each high school) (32 Staff Members)

15. Clarifying Questions • Clarifying questions are questions that help participants understand the basics premise of the proposal or task. Clarifying questions reaffirm what the participant thought was said or verify an idea he/she might have missed. They help the participant move to the next level of the protocol. • Examples of clarifying questions: • What is the number of instructional coaches in Model A? Model B? • What model (or do both models) include literacy coaches? • Clarifying questions?

16. Area Groups • Select two different color post-it notes • Use one color for Model A and a different color for Model B • On the post-it note write down pros (p), cons (c), and interesting (i) – one idea per post-it note • Five minutes to complete the task alone • After five minutes – the table facilitator will lead the group in a dialogue to reach area consensus on

17. Pros, Interesting, CONS • Place post-it notes in the category on the chart paper • Divide into two groups (one for Model A and one for Model B) – group the notes into categories • Discuss the pros, interesting points, and cons of each model. • Straw poll - Given the current budget realities what teacher support model will best help us achieve mission?

18. Personnel Supporting Students • Math Intervention Specialists K – 12 (sub-committee) • Model A – 12 MIS (No Math Coaches) • Model B – 8 MIS (8 Math Coaches) • Date for Sub Committee Meeting (TBD)

19. Personnel Supporting Students • Reading Intervention Specialists K – 12 • Recommendation • Reduce Reading Specialists by 5 FTE by attrition if possible.  Allocate RIS's based on K-12 student needs.  Liz has this on the slide.

20. RIS Current Reality • Elementary • 29.5 Parkway Local Funds • 14 Title 1 Federal Funds • Middle School • 6 Parkway Local Funds • 4 Teaching Assistants Local Funds • High School

21. Current Model for Assigning Responsibilities • February 1 Enrollment • At Risk Factors

22. Invitation to Think together How do we envision this as a K-12 model? • December 21st    4:30 pm  ISC Room A • December 22nd  7:30 am   ISC  Room A

23. Lunch

24. Promising practice sharing • Jeremy Mitchell – Inclusionary Practices • Chelsea Watson – Tracking Disciplinary Data, Student Goal Setting • Kathy Cain – Professional Learning Communities

25. The Professional Learning and Evaluation Model Make a prediction: • On a note card write down • What you believe is a positive response trend evident in the responses from teachers and administrators? • What you believe is negative response trend evident in the responses from teachers and administrators?

26. Essential Question—Process What evaluation model will best support accomplishing the mission/vision/learning principles/commitments of the Parkway School District?

27. Enduring Understanding Parkway stakeholders will understand that… • An effective evaluation instrument provides feedback to teachers about their practice and connects to professional development. • An effective evaluation instrument emphasizes collaboration between teacher and administrator throughout the process. • An effective evaluation instrument must be designed in such a way as to facilitate consistencyin use among evaluators and teachers. • Highly effective evaluation instruments focus on mission‐related student learning outcomes • Highly effective evaluation instruments provide clear descriptions of the role and responsibility of the teacher inside and outside of the classroom.

28. Parkway’s Strategic Plan—Goal #5 • GOAL 5: Recruit, employ, develop and retain an exceptional staff dedicated to and representative of Parkway’s diverse community. • Measurable objective: All employees will be effective in their roles as measured by Parkway’s evaluation models.

29. Professional Learning and Evaluation Model • Update from the Committee • Level Dialogue • High School • Middle School • Elementary Schools by Area (South, West, Central, North) • What ideas do you have to make the process more effective? • Brainstorm • Record on Poster Paper • Share with the Group

30. Communication Lab • Topics?