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Title: Program Improvement Year 4 Planning for Restructuring Alternative Governance


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Program Improvement Year 4Planning for
Restructuring/ Alternative Governance
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In this session
  • Specific Year 4 requirements
  • A closer look at restructuring/ alternative
    governance options
  • A protocol for selecting the most appropriate
    option
  • Strategies for making the most of the Year 4
    planning process

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No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Year 4 Requirements
  • Continue
  • School Choice
  • Supplemental Educational Services (SES)
  • Implementation of Year 3 plan
  • Fiscal set aside to fund Program Improvement (PI)
    activities
  • New
  • Develop plan for restructuring/ alternative
    governance

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NCLB Year 4 Responsibilities
  • School
  • County Office of Education
  • California Department of Education

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Purpose of Restructuring/ Alternative Governance
  • Restructuring or alternative governance is an
    opportunity for districts and schools to make
    significant, fundamental changes to the way they
    go about educating students to increase student
    achievement.

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Year 4 Options at a Glance
  • Charter School
  • Replace all or most school staff relevant to PI
    status
  • Governance of school by outside entity
  • Other major restructuring of the schools
    governance structure

7
Context for Year 4 Planning
  • Not a one size fits all solution.
  • The plan should be developed in direct response
    to your schools identified needs and reflective
    of your communitys strengths and priorities.

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Where Do You Begin?
  • Look at where you have been
  • What happened in PI Years 1-3?
  • What was implemented (or not)?
  • In Year 3, what worked (or didnt) as you went
    through the corrective action process?
  • What do the data tell you?

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Engage in a Process of Inquiry
  • Do not jump to one option without first taking a
    critical look at the schools needs.
  • Consider creating a District and School
    Leadership Team (DSLT) to facilitate the process.
  • Take an objective look at data from a variety of
    sources
  • Work with someone outside the local educational
    agency (LEA) and school as you work through this
    process
  • They can be the dispassionate observer and help
    you to work through sensitive issues

10
  • Do not be afraid to go where the data take you

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Restructuring/Alternative Governance Options A
Closer Look
  • Option 1 Close the school and reopen it as a
    charter
  • Option 2 Replace all or most of the staff (may
    include the principal) who are relevant to the
    failure to make Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)

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Restructuring/ Alternative Governance Options A
Closer Look
Option 3 Enter into a contract with an entity,
such as a private management company, with a
demonstrated record of effectiveness, to operate
the public school Option 4 Turn operation to
the State Educational Agency (Not in CA)
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Restructuring/Alternative Governance Options A
Closer Look
Option 5 Implement any other major restructuring
of the schools governance arrangement that makes
fundamental reforms and leads to improved student
achievement
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How do you Select the Most Appropriate Option?
  • A recommended protocol

15
Start with Governance
  • Identifying governance issues can be a crucial
    first step in selecting the most appropriate
    restructuring/ alternative governance option.
  • Any plan you create should directly address these
    issues.

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Identifying Governance Issues A Brief Exercise
  • 1. Think of what got your school in PI
  • 2. Respond to each of the worksheet prompts with
    reference to the group/circumstance you
    identified above
  • 3. As a result of this brief exercise, pinpoint
    3-5 governance issues to be addressed

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Make an Informed Decision
  • In the context of governance issues to be
    addressed, review each of the NCLB options
    (through the series of worksheets) and make an
    informed decision about which restructuring/
    alternative governance plan is most appropriate
    for your schools situation.

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From Selection to Plan
  • As you make your selection and build your plan
  • Engage the entire school community in this
    process
  • Teachers
  • Parents
  • Students (when appropriate)
  • Community members
  • ???

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From Selection to Plan
  • Look for models of success
  • Have other LEAs and schools
  • implemented a similar plan with
  • success?
  • Look at the total cost of ownership
  • Down the road, what implications will
  • this plan have on future work?

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  • Questions?
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