College And Career Ready Through Personalized Student Learning

Core Educational Assurance Areas 1.Adopting standards and assessments that prepare students to succeed in college and the workplace and to compete in the global economy; 2.Building data systems that measure student growth and success, and inform teachers and principals with data about how they can improve instruction; 3.Recruiting, developing, rewarding, and retaining effective teachers and principals, especially where they are needed most; 4.Turning around the lowest-achieving schools. Revised 2/19/2014

RACE TO THE TOP-DISTRICT GRANT

Grant Timeline Year 1: Jan. 1, 2014-June 30, 2014 Year 2: July 1, 2014-June 30, 2015 Year 3: July 1, 2015-June 30, 2016 Year 4: July 1, 2016-Dec. 31, 2017 Revised 2/19/2014

GOALS AND OBJECTIVES Accelerate Student Achievement Close the Experience Gap Maximize Personalized Student Learning 1 2 3

Drastically accelerate student achievement a. All high need students will participate in a high-quality pre-kindergarten program. b. All students will be on grade level in reading by the end of the 3 rd grade. c. All students will be on grade level in math by the end of the 5 th grade. d. Every student will move up two (2) proficiency levels on the ELDA exam after three (3) years in the ELL program. 1 Audacious Goals: Revised 2/19/2014

a. Support parents as partners in the educational process. b. Increase access to technology and integrate the use of technology into classroom instruction. Close the experience gap 2 Revised 2/19/2014

a. Develop personalized pathways through high school. b. Create a culture of collaboration – by design. Deepen student learning through personalized learning strategies supported by a culture of collaboration 3 Revised 2/19/2014

Projects 1 Seat Time Waiver 2 Schedule 3 Advisory 4 Personal Learning Plans & Student-led Conferencing 5 Multiple Pathways to Graduation 6 Centralize Pre-kindergarten 7 Technology 8 Highly Qualified Professional Development 9 Parent Academy 10 Strengthening Professional Learning 11 Evaluation and Coaching

Seat Time Waiver Year 1 Train teachers to be experts in Competency Based Progressions (CBP). Create a tangible plan of action and identification of barriers to support the CBP model. Collaborate with Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) to receive waiver from “Seat Time” requirement. Year 2 Debut School of Innovation pilot for 8 th & 9 th grades. Schedule site visits to New Hampshire and other sites. Investigate Learning Center models of instruction. Year 3 Investigate Science & Career Technical Education models Year 4 Investigate arts and social studies models Project Leader: Kim Garrett 1 Revised 2/19/2014

Schedule Project Year 1 Identify representative teachers to create scheduling models for the School of Innovation pilot. Year 2 Pilot School of Innovation for 8 th & 9 th grades. Work on structure of redesign of high schools around colleges of interest. Year 3 Review scheduling options at the junior high level. Leader: Kim Garrett 2 Revised 2/19/2014

Advisory Project Year 2 Scale up student-led conferencing at middle schools. Year 3 Scale up student-led conferencing at junior high schools. Year 4 Scale up student-led conferencing at high schools. Leaders: Kim Garrett & Kathy Morledge 3 Revised 2/19/2014

PLPs & SLCs Project Year 2 Implement use of Personal Learning Plans within the Student-led Conferencing system at middle schools. Year 3 Implement use of Personal Learning Plans within the Student-led Conferencing system at junior high schools. Year 4 Implement use of Personal Learning Plans within the Student-led Conferencing system at high schools. Leaders: Kim Garrett & Kathy Morledge 4 Revised 2/19/2014

Multiple Pathways to Graduation Project Year 2 Add one new academy at Springdale HS and Har-Ber HS. Attend National Career Academy Conference and High Schools that Work Conference. Year 3 Add one new academy at Archer ALE. Year 4 Add one new academy each at Springdale HS and Har-Ber HS. Leaders: Kim Garrett & Joe Rollins 5 Revised 2/19/2014

Centralize Pre-kindergarten Project Year 2 Add two new Pre-k classes. Year 3 Add two new Pre-k classes. Centralize Pre-k with added playground equipment. Provide tech upgrades in all Early Learning Center classrooms. Year 4 Add one new Pre-k class. Leaders: Kathy Morledge, Gary Compton & Darlene Fleeman 6 Revised 2/19/2014

Technology Project Year 1-4 Add six Technicians and four IT Integration Specialists to support success of the scale up. Year 1-4 Provide Chromebooks for students in grade Provide iPad Minis for students in grades K-2. Year 2-4. Add twenty (20) eMINTS classrooms(enhancing Missouri’s Instructional Networked Teaching Strategies). Add five EAST classrooms (Environmental and Spatial Technology). Leaders: Clay Hendrix & Eric Hatch 7 Revised 2/19/2014

Highly Qualified Professional Development Project Year 1 Develop Common Core aligned curriculum units. Year 2 Include English Language Learner (ELL) scaffolding with current unit models. Year 3 Create formative assessments in English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics. Leaders: Marsha Jones & TOSAs 8 Revised 2/19/2014

Parent Academy Project Year 1 Host public “Will-Building” forums with first-time college families. Year 2 Add two Family Literacy sites. Involve parents in Personalized Learning Plans (PLC) and Student-led Conferencing (SLC) at 17 elementary schools and 4 middle schools. Scale up College Knowledge seminars. Year 3 Add two Family Literacy sites. Involve parents in Personalized Learning Plans and Student-led Conferencing at four junior high schools. Year 4 Add one Family Literacy site. Involve parents in Personalized Learning Plans and Student-led Conferencing at three high schools. Leader: Mary Bridgforth 9 Revised 2/19/2014

Strengthening Professional Learning Communities Project Year 2 Publish Professional Learning Communities (PLC) guidebook for staff. Year 4 Fully implement the PLC model. Leaders: Kim Garrett & Kathy Morledge 10 Revised 2/19/2014

Evaluation & Coaching Project Year 1 Implement the pilot year for Teacher Excellence and Support Systems (TESS) and Leader Excellence and Development System (LEADS). Add Project Manager and Administrative Assistant. Year 2 Secure contract for national experts. Year 4 Implement Superintendent Evaluation System as defined by the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) requirement. Leader: Marsha Jones 11 Revised 2/19/2014

Evaluating Our Work 1. Did we do what we said we would do? 2. Did we do it well? 3. Did we make an impact?

1. Student Performance Data 2. Student Growth Data 3. Teacher and Principal Evaluation Data 4. College/Career Ready Data 5. Graduation Rate 6. Social Services/Parent Involvement Outcome Measures