STLE Grant Update Strengthening Teacher and Leader Capacity West Hempstead UFSD Board of Education Presentation June 17, 2014

$271,000 Over Two Years Teacher Coaches Model Teachers Principal Coaches Professional Development District-wide Shared Texts

Coaches and Models Position Teacher Coach1520 Model Teachers 410 Principal Coaches 22

District-wide Shared Texts : Mindsets by Carol Dweck : It’s Being Done: Academic Success in Unexpected Schools by Karin Chenoweth

Professional Development Network Team Institute, Albany, Common Core Implementation ASCD National Conference on Teaching Excellence in Dallas, Texas— two teacher coaches and a principal coach Webinar on Great Book Implementation

Elements of Success STLE Advisory Team—teachers and administrators collaboratively monitoring the grant

Building internal capacity of teacher and administrator leaders

Embedding professional development within the school day

Colleagues learning together

Recognizing and growing leaders in our midst

Future Goals Support the launch of Parent University through the STLE grant for Provide learning opportunities for leaders Leaders continue to share their learning with colleagues Investigate an extension of the STLE grant during Stage 4 of the funding

STLE: Improving Instruction by Strengthening Leadership