1. DRAFT, 7/25/2008 - 0 - OUSD Board Community Conversations [school] [ date ]

2. DRAFT, 7/25/2008 - 1 - Board of Education Community Conversations Overview Timeline Review of School Progress Overall Performance/Summary Data Student Achievement: All students graduate prepared to succeed in college and workplace Culture and Climate Staff information School Strategies Discussion / Q&A Next Steps Topics for Discussion

3. DRAFT, 7/25/2008 - 2 - Board of Education – District Staff Partnership Keep the Board and District Staff focused on district goals (The District Results Policies) Hold the staff accountable for achieving those goals (The District Operational Expectations) To better work together, the Board and District Staff have developed a set of policies to: Our OUSD ultimate goal is for all students to graduate prepared to succeed in college and the workplace.

4. DRAFT, 7/25/2008 - 3 - Outcome Objectives of BOE Community Conversations Establish better connection with school communities and identify issues that are shared by schools across the city or within a region that affect schools’ capacity to improve student achievement Make policy decisions informed by what is learned, in order to enable schools to improve student achievement Establish supportive and accountable relationships between the Board of Education, Superintendent and school leaders Use data to co-create meaning with the school community and district staff The Board will be focusing its engagement particularly on high schools and Red schools* *Based on Results Policies 1 and 2 and Operational Expectation 12

5. DRAFT, 7/25/2008 - 4 - Coherent Governance Board Engagement Timeline DatesTopic September/October Board Member school visits and community meetings to high schools and red schools –Listen to community and gather feedback December/January Board Members review feedback from schools and determine policy and budget changes/implications April/May Board Member school visits and community meetings –Report on any relevant policy/budget decisions –Continue to gather feedback

6. DRAFT, 7/25/2008 - 5 - School XYZ X Sample Data

7. DRAFT, 7/25/2008 - 6 - Overall Performance: Academic Performance Index The Academic Performance Index (API) is a measure of the academic performance and growth of public schools in the state of California. Sample Data

8. DRAFT, 7/25/2008 - 7 - Overall Performance: Adequate Yearly Progress Under No Child Left Behind (NCLB) criteria, schools are required to meet or exceed criteria annually in the following four areas in order to make Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP): Requirement 1: Participation RateRequirement 2: Percent Proficiency Requirement 3: API as an Additional IndicatorRequirement 4: Graduation Rate Schools that do not make AYP for two consecutive years enter Program Improvement (PI) status. There are required services and/or interventions that schools must implement each year they are in PI. A school will exit PI when it makes AYP for each of two consecutive years. Sample Data

9. DRAFT, 7/25/2008 - 8 - Overall Performance: School Tier The District strives to assure the availability of a diverse portfolio of high quality schools for students and families.* Each school in OUSD is assigned a TIER. This TIER provides a picture of how the school is doing in a few main academic areas and helps to determine the accountabilities and supports the school will receive. The Tier is based on three key areas: Absolute Performance: Did the school make AYP in the last two years? Student Growth: Do we see growth in the number of students who are advanced or proficient year over year? Achievement Gap: Are all subgroups of students achieving? Sample Data *In accordance with Operational Expectation 12 Tier Colors High Low

10. DRAFT, 7/25/2008 - 9 - Student Achievement Sample Data *Based on Results Policy 1; **Based on Results Policy 2 See Appendix for Elementary and Middle School specific data All students will graduate as caring, competent and critical thinkers, fully informed, engaged and contributing citizens, prepared to succeed in college and career.* One milestone towards this goal is for all students to succeed in algebra by end of 9 th grade.**

11. DRAFT, 7/25/2008 - 10 - College and Career Readiness School OUSD average Sample Data *Based on Results Policy 2 Another focus area we look at to meet this goal is our graduation rate.*

12. DRAFT, 7/25/2008 - 11 - Citizenship* School OUSD average Sample Data *As in alignment with Results Policies 3 to be interpreted 8/13/08. In addition, by winter 2009, the District will be looking at ways to measure whether students are meeting their credit requirements to graduate, or “on track”.

13. DRAFT, 7/25/2008 - 12 - School Climate School OUSD average Sample Data *Based on 06-07 Use Your Voice Survey results

14. DRAFT, 7/25/2008 - 13 - [School Name]’s Current Year Goals and Strategies Goal - Increase the percentage of students performing at grade level in each significant subgroup. Strategy 1: Place 9 th grade students in small learning communities where teachers share a common group of students for a more coordinated educational program. Strategy 2: Provide intervention programs such as Cognitive Tutor in math and Read 180 in English Language Arts for student performing below grade level. Strategy 3: Provide teachers with coaches in literacy, math and English language development and more structured content area planning time for improved delivery of differentiated instruction to meet the targeted needs of students performing below grade level. (from our Student Plan For Student Achievement; For new small schools, theory of change and thematic focus will be included)

15. DRAFT, 7/25/2008 - 14 - [School Name]’s Current PI and Tiered Accountability and Support System (TASS) Status PI ACCOUNTABILITY YEAR 3 Implement corrective action “significantly decrease management authority at the school level” through the district’s Tiered Accountability and Support System. TASS ACCOUNTABILITY ORANGE SCHOOL Required semi-annual accountability presentations to the community explaining status as an Orange school, and plan/strategies to move up in Tiers Quarterly site plan/strategic practices implementation checks with NEXO + others Spring: presents data & site plan revisions to Strategy Team and central office support team Summer: mandatory summer intervention program

16. DRAFT, 7/25/2008 - 15 - School’s Current TASS and PI Status PI 3, Orange School District Supports ADDITIONAL DISTRICT SUPPORTS: Receive targeted support in site plan revision process through participation in Site Planning Summits and additional pre-summit support Prioritized for: supplemental grants (i.e. Quality Education Investment Act) pilot instructional programs (i.e. MC2 Math) hiring and placement network coaching, centralized professional development, optional contracted coaching services data support and Results Based Inquiry (RBI) coaching substitute teacher allocation to support development of Professional Learning Communities, including Grade Level Academic Conferences (GLAACs) conferences aligned strategic practices (i.e. summer PLC training) extended learning opportunities

17. DRAFT, 7/25/2008 - 16 - Discussion and Questions Break into trios (30 minutes) Reflect on data Generate questions for principal and/or School Board member Use protocol handout as sample tool to use What does the data tell us? Why are these findings important? What actions will we take based on these findings? Full group discussion (30 minutes) Group share out Principal and School Board member reflection

18. DRAFT, 7/25/2008 - 17 - Next Steps October/November: Content from each school community conversation will be gathered by District staff Board staff will produce executive summaries of the community conversations December/January: Board staff will facilitate Board member discussions to analyze common issues emerging from these school visits to affirm, modify or develop Board policy and establish next year’s budget priorities April/May: Board members will return to your school to understand and review school’s progress, achievements and strategies over the year June/July: Board staff will facilitate Board member discussions to analyze common issues emerging from these school visits to affirm, modify or develop Board policy and establish next year’s budget priorities

19. DRAFT, 7/25/2008 - 18 - APPENDIX For Elementary and Middle Schools, the following data will be included on the data slides: Elementary: Middle: