Trenton Public School District Administrative Team Meeting All TogetherBetter

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Trenton Public School DistrictAdministrative
Team MeetingAll Together-Better!!

• November 8, 2006
• 830a.m.- 230p.m.

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Mission StatementAll students will graduate
with a vision for their futures, motivated to
learn continually and prepared to succeed in
their choice of college or career.
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Administrative Meeting Format

• 800am- Continental Breakfast
• 830am- Opening Moves
• 845- Curriculum, Instruction
  Assessment/Leadership Professional Development
• 1130am-Lunch
• 1230pm- Administrative Professional Development
• 200pm-Administrative Announcements
• 230pm- Evaluation Form

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Todays Agenda

• 830am- Opening Moves
• 845am-Data, Data, Data
• 900am- District Academic Targets
• 1000-1015am- Break
• 1100am- District Academic Targets
• 1130-1230pm- Lunch
• 1230pm- Administrative Announcements S.O.A.R.S.
  Kid Rock
• 230pm- Reflection Evaluation Form

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Opening Moves

• Welcome
• Norms\Working Agreements
• Reflections
• Connections

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Norms\Working Agreements

• Turn all cell phones off
• 24 Hour Rule
• RESPECT
• People
• Time
• Issues

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CONNECTIONS

• 10 minutes
• Time to connect our thoughts to todays work!
• You can speak, write, or sit quietly

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Collaborative Learning Teams

• Form teams

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Team Attributes

• Maximum of 5-6 people
• At least one person from the following schools
• Prek-5, K-5 schools
• K-8 schools and 6-8 schools
• High Schools
• At least one central office person
• At least one person from a CAPA school

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CL Teams Roles

• Assign roles to group members
• Facilitator- facilitates the work
• Co Facilitator- maintains parking lot issues
• Recorder
• Presenter
• Timekeeper

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Purpose

• To identify the Districts targets for
• academic achievement in
• Language Arts and Mathematics
• across the grade spans
• for the 2006-2007 school year.

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DataDataData
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How well do we know our Districts data profile?
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Do you know how many of our students are..

• African American? _________________
• White? _________________
• in Special Education classes? _________
• Hispanic? ____________
• LEPBilingual? _____________

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Our Students Data

• 13,000
• 8,000
• 4,000
• 2,500
• 1,000
• 400

• Total students
• African American
• Hispanic
• Special Education
• LEP Bilingual
• White\Other

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What percentage of our students in grades ..are
proficient in LAL?

• 11th Grade
• Combined 6, 7 8
• Combined 3, 4, 5

• 38
• 41
• 58

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What percentage of our students in grades ..are
proficient in MATH?

• Combined 6, 7, 8
• 11th Grade
• Combined 3, 4, 5

• 56
• 28
• 25

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What pattern did you notice in our LAL and Math
achievement from elementary to high school?
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What happens?
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Erasing the Achievement GAP

• A Simple Plan..Start with the Data

Results Fieldbook Chapter 5
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Lets examine the data!!

• District Data Profile 2005-06

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Activity 1

• Looking at the number of students in each
  subgroup and their proficient scores in LAL and
  Math
• What patterns do you see in the scores for the
  students in grades 3, 4, 5? Grades 6, 7, 8?
  Grade 11?
• What patterns do you see in the subgroups?
• What percentage of students are non proficient?
  Calculate the percentage.

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Erasing the Achievement GAP

• A Simple Plan..Start with the Data set your
  academic targets

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Academic Targets

• What percentage of students do we expect to be
  proficient in LAL and Math by June 2007?
• Can we make AYP?
• Can we make Safe Harbor?
• What academic targets must we set for the
  districts achievement in LAL and Math that are
  realistic?

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1000a.m.- 1015 a.m.Break
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Activity 2 Academic Targets

• What is Safe Harbor?
• How does it affect our AYP?
• How do you calculate Safe Harbor?
• Calculate Safe Harbor for each subgroup.
• How many students must be proficient in LAL and
  Math in order for the district to make Safe
  Harbor?

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Calculating Safe Harbor

• First, calculate 10 of the non proficient rate.
  (LAL NP for 3, 4, 5 is 42)
• Place the percentage in Safe Harbor row. (10 of
  42 4.2 or 4) (round up)
• Second, add that percentage to the proficient
  rate. (LAL for 3, 4, 5 is 58)
• The final percentage is our Safe Harbor score.
  (58 4 62)
• Safe Harbor for LAL 3, 4, 5 is 62

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District Academic Targets 2007

• Lets check our data
• Now based on our total student population and the
  subgroups.
• Propose a target the district wide percentage of
  students who will be proficient in LAL and Math
  by June 2007 in each of the grade spans.
• Discuss the other factors that you must consider.
• Report out your target percentages.

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District Targets for 2007

• __ of students in grades 3, 4, 5 will be
  proficient in LAL.
• __ of students in grades 3, 4, 5 will be
  proficient in MATH.
• __ of students in grades 6, 7, 8 will be
  proficient in LAL.
• __ of students in grades 6, 7, 8 will be
  proficient in MATH.
• __ of students in grade 11 will be proficient in
  LAL.
• __ of students in grade 11 will be proficient in
  MATH.

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Erasing the Achievement GAP

• A Simple Plan..Start with the Data set your
  academic targets
• .establish your priorities

Results Fieldbook Chapter 5
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What are your schools student achievement
targets for LAL and Math?
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Lunch 1130am-1230pm
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Administrative Announcements
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The 8 Step Process

• Test Score Disaggregation-PLAN
• Time Line Development-PLAN
• Instructional Focus-DO
• Assessment-CHECK
• Tutorials-ACT
• Enrichment-ACT
• Maintenance-CHECK
• Monitoring-CHECK

Results Fieldbook Chapter 5
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S.O.A.R.S.

• School Oversight Accountability Recognition
  Support

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SOARS

• Purpose To support student success in passing
  all NJ State assessments
• Process
• Utilize CAPA review process for school
  improvement
• District staff, consultants and university
  support
• Professional development, mentoring, team
  teaching, demonstration lessons, teacher
  collaboration
• Payoff Meet district, school and student
  targets for all NJ State assessments

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SOARS Organizational Chart 2006-2007
Senior Instructional Leader
Senior Instructional Leader
Senior Instructional Leader
Senior Instructional Leader
Instructional Support Leader
Instructional Support Leader
Instructional Support Leader
Instructional Support Leader
Instructional Support Leader
Instructional Support Leader
Instructional Support Leader
Instructional Support Leader
Instructional Support Leader
Instructional Support Leader
Instructional Support Leader
Instructional Support Leader
Math Specialist
Literacy Specialist
Math Specialist
Literacy Specialist
Literacy Specialist
Math Specialist
Math Specialist
Literacy Specialist
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Curriculum Instruction Assessment

• Update on Literacy Mathematics

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Kids Rock Music Program
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REFLECTIONS EVALUATION
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All Together Better!!