1. New Schools for New Orleans
NOLA TIF Project
New Schools for New Orleans

2. Presenters Stephanie Slates, NSNO Shelley Stocker, NSNO
Celena Siprajim, TNTP

3. 4 Charter Management Organizations (CMOs) and 2 Single-Site Charter Schools
23 high-need schools serving 10,824 students in 16-17
All partners required to build teacher career pathways and performance-based compensation systems by Year 3
TNTP provides technical assistance to partners on design and implementation
Project Overview

4. Building Partner Capacity
Shifts in grant structures have required changes to support offered
TIF 3 (2010)
Provided an EOY performance award to effective educators
Effectiveness defined the same across all partners
Required partners to institute regular observation and feedback for educators
Partners built systems for tracking observation and student achievement data, as well as internal capacity for conducting observations
TIF 5 (2016)
Shift from EOY award to PBCS and pathways
Partners have flexibility in system design within parameters
Partners incorporate educator feedback into their specific design
NSNO and TNTP providing differentiated support to partners based on need and organization size

5. Aligning with Louisiana’s Plan to Ensure Equitable Access to Excellent Teachers
LDE 2014 survey on teacher prep
Teacher residencies in state plan
Partnership with Relay Residency Program in TIF grant
17 Relay residents started working at TIF schools this fall
NOLA TIF provides funds to offset the costs for schools to hire a pre-service resident teacher

6. Partnership with Relay Graduate School of Education
Two programs provide key supports to TIF schools
Relay Residency: Gradual release model to train novice teachers under guidance of experienced mentor teacher
Relay National Principals Academy Fellowship (NPAF): Year-long fellowship to train leaders on
Data-driven instruction
High-quality observation/feedback cycles, and
Effective professional development

7. Collaboration with TNTP to Maximize Project Effectiveness
In the first year of the grant, TNTP has supported CMO and school partners in the following ways:
PBCS and Career Pathway Design and Modeling
Sophie B. Wright & Success Prep
Re-design and Calibration of Teacher Observation Rubric
New Orleans College Prep
Research and Feedback for Leadership Pathways
KIPP New Orleans & FirstLine Schools
Research and Analysis of Student Achievement Measures
FirstLine Schools
Teacher Culture Survey Administration and Analysis
All TIF Partners
Recommendations for incorporating state test data into evaluation
Collegiate Academies 8

8. Improving Educator Effectiveness and Student Achievement
Student achievement is at the center of NOLA TIF
Student achievement
Observation and feedback
Specific development goals
Differentiated PD
Teacher leader opportunities
Compensation that rewards effectiveness
Improved retention

9. Increasing Cost Share to Support Sustainability
Partners must commit to covering an increasing portion of PBCS costs over time
All partners must implement the PBCS by Year 3 of TIF
When partners first implement PBCS, TIF covers 75% regardless of grant year
TIF support is reduced by 10% each year in subsequent years of the grant, requiring partners to take on an increasing cost share (see example below)
Grant Y1
Grant Y2
Grant Y3
Grant Y4
Grant Y5
NOCP
75%
65%
55%
45%
35%
FirstLine Schools

10. Teacher Career Pathways Across Partners
Partners have flexibility in design within parameters
Common features across partners
Evaluation system that determines pathway eligibility includes at least 2 observations and a measure of student achievement
Educator feedback in design
Differences across partners
Types of leadership roles available depend on school need and organization size
Stipend amount

11. Questions?