Type Date Here Type Presenter Name/Contact Here CMS Strategic Staffing: Implications for Other Districts Council of Great City Schools Annual Conference October 22, 2010

ERS framework for school turnaround provides structure for interpreting CMS’s Strategic Staffing Initiative E DUCATION R ESOURCE S TRATEGIES, I NC Understand what each school needs 2. Quantify what each school gets and how it’s used 3. Invest in the most important changes first 4. Customize the strategy to the school 5. Change the district, not just the schools

There is no “bright line” between the schools selected for SSI and the rest of the district Matchmaking v. Selection ­ Leadership as root cause ­ Alignment of SSI principal strength to school needs ­ Modified SSI model experimentation Managed Disruption ­ Poaching Paradox: Principal/staff from rapidly improving high- needs schools may appear to be best candidates for SSI, but risk to district performance is greatest ­ Spread the Impact: Caps on number of SSI teachers pulled from & reassigned to other schools ­ No Starting Over: All push-out’s come with Improvement Plans E DUCATION R ESOURCE S TRATEGIES, I NC. 3

“Invest in the most important changes first” - SSI principals are generally employing a three step turnaround process Assess Data profiles: School, teachers, students Surveys, interviews & focus groups Focused on instruction Stabilize Policies & procedures Clarity on expectation Strategic staffing changes (in’s & out’s) Focused on instruction Transform Rebuilding school culture Articulation of long term vision Restructuring school design Focused on instruction E DUCATION R ESOURCE S TRATEGIES, I NC. 4

“Customize the strategy to the school” – 3 different schools, 3 different leaders, 3 different school designs “Family Model” Highly collaborative/flexible grouping Stable, high-needs student population Ashley Park Focus on Social & Emotional Highly-transient, high needs student population Community partnerships, exploration of social services co- location Reid Park Organized around instructional expertise Highly effective instructional coaches building expertise on grade level teams “Parallel block scheduling” to maximize planning time Devon- shire E DUCATION R ESOURCE S TRATEGIES, I NC. 5

“Change the district, not just the schools” – SSI as district reform (and vice versa) Current district reform: Strategic Plan 2014: Teaching Our Way to the Top ­ Area One: Effective Teaching and Leadership Performance-based RIFs Freedom & Flexibility with Accountability NLNS and other principal pipeline development Opportunities for further district reform: School staffing policies/ratios Compensation system School designs E DUCATION R ESOURCE S TRATEGIES, I NC. 6

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