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Denver Public Schools 2010-2011 School Year Labor Management Conference-Tom Boasberg. 2010 Denver Plan. Empowering Excellent Educators Goals. Ensure every student is taught by an excellent teacher and every school is led by an excellent principal .
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Denver Public Schools 2010-2011 School Year Labor Management Conference-Tom Boasberg
Empowering Excellent Educators Goals • Ensure every student is taught by an excellent teacher and every school is led by an excellent principal. • Provide teachers and principals with a clear understanding of the characteristics of effectiveness and provide regular feedback about how they are doing against those standards. • Provide teachers and principals with the tools, resources, and support they need to develop in pursuit of perfecting their craft. • Reward our excellent educators, provide them with leadership opportunities to expand their impact on students, and share their expertise across the district.
Class of 2010: Biggest in Recent Years Abraham Lincoln alone had 80 more graduates; Bruce Randolph and Martin Luther King graduated their first classes and nearly 100% of graduates are college bound!! 3252 2857 2796 2893 2642
Preliminary data show significant increases in the number of AP tests taken and college credit earned *preliminary data from College Board
Getting the Work Done: Collaboration Structures • Denver Classroom Teachers Association (DCTA) • Engaging DCTA in the planning, solution design, and delivery • DCTA liaison within DPS project team – working together daily towards delivery • DCTA President and Executive Director on project Steering Committee (alongside Superintendent, CAO, CHRO) • Focus Groups • Engaged over 250 school leaders, teachers, parents and students thus far to provide input and on-going feedback throughout the lifecycle of the project to inform the design of DPS’ teacher performance assessment system • Design Teams • Engaged 45 school leaders and teachers to sit on design teams focused on different content areas such as the observation rubric, peer observers, student assessments, professional development, and principal effectiveness • Competitive application process and collaborative selection process • Received additional feedback from the Center for Teacher Quality • Pilot with 16 schools • Application process to ensure readiness, faculty buy-in and cross-section of school types • Feedback structures in place throughout pilot process
DPS Human Capital Strategies for Effective Teachers Compensation Strategies Leading Effective Academic Practice (LEAP) / Differentiated Professional Development DPS Framework for Effective Teaching