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Lt. Governor Barbara O’Brien
Chair, RttT Leadership Investment Board
Appointed by Governor Ritter to Lead Colorado’s RttT process
Over 20 years as Colorado’s chief advocate for children, including:–Leadership role in the Constitutional protection of K-12 funding
–Wrote and led coalition that passed 1992 Charter Schools Act
–Created the Colorado Preschool Program
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Commissioner Dwight D. Jones
Unanimously appointed by the State Board of Education in 2007
Former teacher, principal and administrator
Supervised the turnaround of 11 schools in Kansas, Missouri and Maryland
As Superintendent of Fountain-Fort Carson School District, eliminated the achievement gap among students
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Richard Wenning Associate Commissioner
Leads implementation of Colorado’s accountability system, the Colorado Growth Model and SchoolView
Co-Chair, RttT public input committee for Data Systems– 20 years experience with accountability and
longitudinal data systems– Led design of Denver’s school accountability
system – President, Education Performance Network an
affiliate of New American Schools– Vice President, Colorado League of Charter Schools– Senior Policy Advisor for CEO and accountability
director for DC Public Schools during Federal takeover
– U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee staff
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Nina LopezRace to the Top CEO
Governor’s Council for Educator Effectiveness, Vice Chair
Race to the Top public input committee for Great Teachers and Leaders, Co-Chair
Past work includes:– As Public Affairs Director for Colorado
League of Charter Schools, led coalition to create the Charter School Institute
– As Policy Director for Donnell-Kay Foundation, created the Trujillo Commission that resulted in the Online Education Act
– 10 years private legal practice
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Linda BarkerDirector of Teaching and
LearningColorado Education
Association
Former Montana Teacher of the Year, National Board Certified
Member of the Technical Advisory Panel for development of the Colorado Growth Model
Member of Advisory Board for School Leadership Academy
Chair, Race to the Top public input committee for Equitable Distribution of Teachers in High Need and Hard to Staff Schools
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Commitment, Capacity, Courage
Colorado’s RttT Team
Barbara O’Brien, Lieutenant GovernorDwight D. Jones, Commissioner of
EducationNina Lopez, Race to the Top CEOLinda Barker, Director of Teaching and
Learning, CEARichard Wenning, Associate
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Colorado’s Plan Builds On Cumulative Reform Momentum
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The Accountability
Act of 1997 (annual student
assessment)
2009: Dropout Prevention
(HB 09-1243)
2009: Education Accountability
Act(SB 09-163)
2009: Educator Identifier Bill (HB 09-1064)
Jan: Preparation Program
Effectiveness Bill(SB 10-36)
1990 2000 2008 20102002
Jan: Executive Order
Creating Council for Educator Effectiveness
2008: Innovation Schools Act (SB
08-130)
2004 2006
2001 School Accountability
Act (School Accountability
Report)
1992: Charter Schools Act
2004: Charter School Institute
Act(HB 04-1362)
2007: Online Education
Act(SB 07-215)
2008: CAP4K(SB 08-212)
2004: Longitudinal
Student Academic
Growth Bill (HB 04-1433) 2007:
Longitudinal Student
Assessment Bill (HB 07-1048)
1993: Colorado Standards-based
Education Reform (HB93-
1313)
2009: Concurrent Enrollment in Public High
School and College Bill
(HB 09-1319)
Results Require Courage, Collaboration, Trust
Don’t back off on tough issues while getting buy-in
Accountability for achievement and closing the gap
Standards and assessmentsCharters and statewide open enrollmentStudent and teacher IDs linked to Ed prepAlternative compensationEducator evaluations
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The Results We Expect• New bright line: all kids ready by exit
• Incentives focused on maximizing student progress toward college and career readiness
• Requires definition of readiness and the standards leading there – CO Achievement Plan for Kids (SB 08-212)
• Requires accountability system focused on the goal– Education Accountability Act of 2009 (SB 09-163)
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Key Catalysts for Performance
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Breakthrough educator collaboration about performance and practice
Outstanding instructional improvement technologies drive insight and action by users at all levels
Widespread understanding of performance motivates public pressure for sustained reform
SchoolView Instructional Improvement System
Access to Colorado Growth ModelHub for knowledge management Aligns accountability system’s incentives and disclosure of results with information needs of each user
Collaboration extends across states: MA, AZ, and IN have adopted the Colorado Growth Model
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Focus on the User
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Initiates a powerful conversation between teacher, student, and parent
How much growth?
Was it good enough?
How can we improve?
We Will Execute our Plan
CEO of Race to the Top - authority, responsibility and autonomy to execute
Team has the relationships and trust to work together immediately
CEO’s leadership team accountable for execution – 25% of compensation dependent upon meeting performance objectives
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We Have the Capacity to Implement
Nimble structure leverages private and public entities
Close collaboration with constituentsSustainable structures outside of
governmentRelentless focus upon measuring
progress, capturing data and making adjustments
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All LEAs
Not Participating
Participating
802K
Participating LEAs
LEAs withK-12 Enrollment <15K
Littleton School District 6
Greeley School District 6 (Weld County 6)Mesa County Valley School District 51
Academy School District 20
Poudre School District R-1Boulder Valley District RE-2Colorado Springs District 11
Adams-Arapahoe School District
Adams 12 Five Star Schools
Cherry Creek School District 5
Douglas County School DistrictRE-1
Denver County School District 1
J efferson County School DistrictR-1
755K
Pueblo City School District 60
Note: Fall 2009 enrollment dataSource: CDE
Participating LEAs by # of Students
134 Colorado LEAs Committed to Participate, Representing 94% of Colorado K-12 Students and
90% of Schools
• 94% of K-12 Students
• 94% of Free/Red Lunch Students
• 90% of Schools
• 96% of Charter Schools
• 92% of Low Performing Schools
• 75% of Districts
• 132 school districts
• Colorado Charter School Institute
• Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind
Participating LEA Summary
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Executing our Turnaround StrategyHave clear measures of school performance
that are grounded in student growth measures
Education Accountability Act of 2009 a national model of school and district accountability– State authority to take increasingly strong
interventions including directing closure
Commissioner created a CDE Unit of Turnaround and forged partnership with Mass Insight and Public Impact
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Great Teachers and LeadersAll participating districts evaluate educators
using system based at least 50% upon student growth
Created the Governor’s Council for Educator Effectiveness to ensure we develop AND implement well
District commitment to use evaluations systems for decisions about individual professional development, compensation, promotion, retention and dismissal
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Educator EffectivenessNo policy barriers to executing this plan
We have the foundation of trust and collaboration
Governor’s Council for Educator Effectiveness will ensure districts use valid, rigorous and fair evaluation measures so tenure and licensure will be earned and retained based upon demonstrated performance
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Colorado Is ReadyNo policy barriers to executing this plan
Foundation of trust and collaboration
Statewide enthusiasm and participation
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What Coloradoans Say About RttT…
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“Race to the Top will provide the critical resources and incentives to help us make the tough decisions and implement necessary change.” Tom Boasberg, Superintendent, Denver Public Schools
“It is a good plan that will make a huge difference in public education if it is funded sufficiently and executed well.” Jeanette Cornier, Parent
“We all want highly effective teachers in every classroom. A solid evaluation system that focuses on improving instruction is key to achieving that goal.“ Justin Darnell, CO Teacher of the Year
“I felt like I was making a difference. …. Student voice achieves real results. The educational system has been working for (as opposed to with) students, like myself, for too long.” Christian Mendoza, Student, Denver School of Science and Technology, participated in Race to the Top committee on Turnaround Schools
“The Colorado team understands how business best gets done in our state when it comes to rethinking policy as it pertains to teachers and principals. Legislative fiat matters very little if teachers and leaders aren’t willing to race to the top as well. …. Taking on sacred cows is tough business. But, in Colorado, we have a history of doing just that.” Phil Gonring, Rose Community Foundation, key funder of Denver ProComp