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Supporting Charter School Transition to Common Core Standards

Supporting Charter School Transition to Common Core Standards. Evan Lefsky, Ph.D. Project Director Public Consulting Group. Information Card . Name Title or Position (e.g. Teacher , Administrator) School or Company Level (e.g. K-5) District Email. Agenda. Public Consulting Group

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Supporting Charter School Transition to Common Core Standards

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  1. Supporting Charter School Transition to Common Core Standards Evan Lefsky, Ph.D. Project Director Public Consulting Group

  2. Information Card • Name • Title or Position (e.g. Teacher , Administrator) • School or Company • Level (e.g. K-5) • District • Email

  3. Agenda Public Consulting Group provides financial, operational, technology, and academic support services to school districts, state departments, and foundations around the world. • Welcome & Introductions • PCG Overview & Experience • Project Overview • Project Activities • Project Schedule • Questions & Answers

  4. PCG Overview & Experience 4

  5. Interesting Facts • Education Clients: 4,300 • Largest 25 US Districts: 50% • Largest 100 US Districts: 35% • Data Warehouse Students: 5M • Medicaid Reimbursement Collected: $2.75B • Special Education Technology: 1.4M students or 20% of US Market. • 14M IEP’s created by 350,000 users

  6. PCG Florida Experience • Support clients via local offices since 1996 • Tallahassee • Ft. Lauderdale • Provide over 25 services across 8 Florida LEAs • Alachua • Broward • Escambia • Miami-Dade • Serve additional Florida clients • Department of Education (DOE) • Florida Rural Turnaround Leadership Project • Department of Children and Families (DCF) • Florida Children Services Councils • Orange • Osceola • Palm Beach • Polk

  7. Project Overview • Race to the Top funded-November 2012-June 2014 • All charter schools eligible to participate • Develop and deliver targeted training and technical assistance specific to charter schools in two major areas: • 1) Implementation of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) • 2) Access and use of a Local Instructional Improvement System (LIIS) to analyze student achievement data to drive instruction and increase student academic achievement.

  8. Project Activities • Professional development for teachers, administrators, and governing board members (Delivered regionally) • Common Core Standards (English Language Arts and Literacy, Math) • Data Literacy and Use • Value-Added Model (VAM) • Training for charter school teams (Delivered regionally) • Self-assessment tool • Creating a CCSS implementation plan • Progress monitoring templates

  9. Proposed Professional Development Schedule – Year 1

  10. Proposed Professional Development Schedule – Year 2

  11. Additional Project Activities • Data Support Network • Technology assessment tool • Instructional manual to assist charter schools in accessing and using the LIIS • Multi-Metric Monitoring System to assess progress toward transition to the CCSS in all content areas • Gap analysis to determine current alignment of school’s curriculum, instructional materials, assessments, and professional development plan with the CCSS

  12. Contacts Evan Lefsky, Ph.D. Natalie Foster 954-707-4303 nfoster@pcgus.com 352-617-6040 elefsky@pcgus.com

  13. Public Consulting Group, Inc. 148 State Street, Tenth Floor, Boston, Massachusetts 02109 (617) 426-2026, www.publicconsultinggroup.com

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