1. Year of Instruction 2.0

2. The Academy School Public Hearing on Identification and Receivership February 15, 2019
October 3, 2018

4. Focus Areas and Objectives
Academic Achievement
1a. Prepare students to be successful readers & writers by end of grade 3
1b. Follow rigorous curricula aligned to NYS learning standards
1c. Create an assessment system to inform instruction
1d. Deliver high-quality instruction and student supports
1e. Organize classrooms to foster success
Universal Access
2a. Enhance programming for multilingual and special education
2b. Provide all students with access to rigorous curricula through CLRT and other initiatives
2c. Strategically manage and leverage technology and data systems
2d. Meet the instructional, social, emotional, and wellness needs of all students through intervention, enrichment
2e. Improve communication with students, parents, and community stakeholders
Development and Support
3a. Systematize professional development
3b. Develop and support delivery of standards-aligned instruction and supports for all students
3c. Develop and support use of data to increase student outcomes
3d. Develop and support delivery of instruction and programming that meets the needs of all students
3e. Cultivate family and community engagement in the work
Organizational Effectiveness
4a. Align resources with strategic priorities
4b. Foster a culture of high expectations to support college and career readiness for all students
4c. Foster a culture of data-driven decision making
4d. Provide multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS) for students
4e. Increase opportunities for student success
OBJECTIVES

5. The Academy School Mission Statement
The mission of the Academy school is to provide students a safe and nurturing educational experience that values, respects, and responds to individual students’ educational, social, and emotional needs while helping students pursue their goals of college and career readiness in an alternative setting.

6. What is Receivership?
Cohort 2 Struggling School-The Superintendent receiver will have broad authority to set and manage school improvement plans
Schools must have public hearings and community engagement teams to involve families and neighborhood stakeholders in recommending and implementing improvements to the schools improvement plan.

7. The Academy School- Cohort 2 School
Cohort 2 School Identification:
Priority Schools that were not in Receivership, but are identified as CSI schools for under Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), will be in Receivership Cohort 2.
Cohort 2 Demonstrable Improvement (DI) Indicators:
Cohort 2 schools WILL NOT receive DI indicators for They will be provided with Level 1 Indicators and options for Level 2 Indicators in the Spring of Assigned/chosen indicators will be effective for the school year.

8. How a School Exits Receivership
Cohort 1 and Cohort 2 Schools:
Schools will be removed from Receivership at the end of the school year in which the school is not identified as a Comprehensive Support and Improvement (CSI) School.
Making DI does not determine whether a school is placed into or removed from Receivership.
The first opportunity for removal will be as of June 2021 based on and school year results

9. Parent and Community Notification Requirements
Annual notice to parents and guardians of receivership status.
Public meeting held annually for purposes of discussing the performance of the school and the concept of receivership.
All documents are translated into students native language an interpreters are made available at public meetings.
An established Community Engagement Team (CET).

10. Community Engagement Team
Partnering for Success- CET includes, but is not limited to, the school principal, parents and guardians, teachers and other school staff and students.
Meetings take place once a month during the school day and are scheduled to maximize stakeholders participation.
Charged with reviewing the School Improvement Grant (SIG) Project Plan and developing recommendations for improvement of the school.
CET works to solicit input regarding the recommendations through public engagement.
The team will present its recommendations periodically to school leadership, and to the Receiver, as applicable.

11. Next Steps for The Academy School
CET meeting was held 2/7/19- from that meeting the team is working to build recommendations and revisions to the previously submitted School Improvement Grant (SIG).
Team members are working to increase parent participation in Community Engagement Team (CET).
Next Meeting Tuesday, February 26, 2019.

12. If there are any questions, please feel free to contact:
Ann M. Zsebehazy
Supervisor of Data Analysis
Office of Shared Accountability
Dr. Genelle Morris
Chief Accountability Officer, Chief Information Officer