Presentation toLeadership Arlington

March 1, 2007

Arlington StudentsWhite: 47%Hispanic: 27%Black: 14%Asian: 11%

34% Receive free/reduced-priced meals42% Second language learners29% Limited English proficiency (20% K-12 ESOL/HILT Classes)105 Languages spoken127 Countries of originArlington Students

Arlington StudentsPreK-12 Enrollment Projections 2006-201218,35817,21318,45116,00017,00018,00019,00020,000199519961997199819992000200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012YearStudents

The 2005-11 Strategic Plan GoalsRaising AchievementEliminating GapsResponsive EducationEffective Relationships

Ensuring Strategic Progress: Implementing GoalsStrategic PlanSchoolsImprovement PlansManagement PlansAdministrative Department(Central Office)PlansAdministratorWork PlansTeacherProfessionalDevelopmentPlansAdministratorWork Plans

Rising Achievement

Eliminating Gaps

Strategic Progress: Combined Results for Black, Hispanic & White StudentsGr. 3, 5, 8, and End of Course SOL Pass Rates00.20.40.60.81200620052004200320022001200019991998Percent Passing

Addressing Achievement GapsMust admit that you have a problemPut data front-and-center and present in a form that all can understandMeasure and report progress consistentlyGoal must be a priority for everyoneMust be addressed by every school and every teacherMust be reflected in system, school, department, administrator and teacher plansInterventions must be early, consistent and address key variables

Key Variables in Eliminating Achievement GapsExpectationsQuality of teaching & classroom interactionsAccess to opportunitiesSupport, involvement of parents & community

Algebra I successful completion by Grade 8 increased by 127%. 22% in 97-98 50% in 05-06

Students enrolled in one or more AP or IB Classes (Grades 9-12) since 2000-01 increased by 48%. 23% in 00-01 34% in 05-06

Enrollments in advanced classes (Grades 6-12) rising for all groups: 43% enrolled in and 98% passing advanced courses

SAT - participation increases, average scores maintained, APS scores above averages in state and nation

65% decrease in the proportion of 2nd graders reading below grade level (17% to 6% since 1998)

Responsive EducationPrepare each student to succeed in a diverse, changing world through instruction and other school experiences responsive to each students talents, interests, and challenges.

Responsive Education: Four big ideas

Educate to ensure ability to make decisions about futurePrepare students to be successful in diverse worldCreate conditions to ensure positive experiences each year in schoolAchieve above through differentiated experiences responsive to individual talents, interests & challenges

Responsive Education: InitiativesInitiation of FLES & Strategic Languages

Completion of Cultural Competence Audit

Work on Career Pathways & Career Clusters

Completion of Instructional Inventory

Creation of 4- & 6-year academic plans

Arlington Partnership on Children, Youth and Families, 2006Assets as an indicator of responsive education

2001

2003

2006

Average

19

19

20

0 to 10 Assets

15%

14%

11%

11 to 20 Assets

44%

44%

44%

21 to 30 Assets

33%

33%

35%

31 to 40 Assets

8%

8%

10%

Arlington Partnership on Children, Youth and Families, 2006Young People Are Better Off Comparing survey data from 2001 and 2006Significantly more young people reported:13 of 40 assets (five of the external assets and eight of the internal assets)2 of 8 thriving behaviors (maintaining good health and overcoming adversity)Significantly fewer young people reported3 of 10 high-risk behaviors (depression/suicide, antisocial behavior, and school problems)2 of 5 developmental deficits (being left home alone or TV overexposure)Other indicators showed no significant change

Arlington Partnership on Children, Youth and Families, 2006Key problem with parent involvement is that parents dont know how to be supportive of older teens they have grown less supportive over time.No statistically significant changes in assets from 2001 to 2006Did see offsetting changes in questionsIncreases for 6th gradeDecreases for 12th gradeFewer parents helping with school work, all grade levels

Parents of seniors

Central ValuesTeaching for meaning situated in a balanced curriculum, and instruction responsive to individual student talents, interests and challenges.

Equilibrium among central, school-based and self-initiated professional development.

Decision-making driven by well developed data and clear values.

A passion for cultural proficiency.

Teaching for MeaningMaking connections withStudent livesStudent culturesBig ideas of the subject taughtInquiry processes of the disciplinePrior instructionFuture instructionIn a supportive, well managed environment characterized by intrinsic rewards

A Culturally Competent OrganizationFocus on professional development

A multi-cultural curriculum

Continue to engage students in preparation for a diverse world

Commitment to conversations on race and achievement

Teacher Excellence Initiative: Conceptual FrameworkPerformance variesPerformance can be assessedGood performance should be rewardedCompensation is differentiated currentlyQuestion: What is appropriate basis on which to differentiate?Considered answer: Knowledge, skills & performance

Major Characteristics of CAPAllows three salary step jumps in course of careerBased on and maintains current salary scale structureVoluntaryPortfolio based Trained peer and administrative reviewers / blind reviewNatural extension of current evaluation procedures

Ongoing Strategic InitiativesPre-K InitiativesTeacher ExcellenceSmall Class SizeTeaching for MeaningServices for English Language Learners

Ongoing Strategic InitiativesMinority Student AchievementSystematic & MeaningfulEvaluationIncreased Advanced Class EnrollmentForeign Language InitiativesTechnologyFacilities Improvements

Renewals and/or Expansion of 24 SchoolsReplacement/Reconstruction of 4 SchoolsOne New Elementary SchoolUnderway: Reconstruction of W-L

Renewal of Facilities in APS

Mentoring & Professional Development in APSProfessional Development and influencing teacher behavior key to closing gaps and raising student achievementMentoring Program for New TeachersPDP Process & Annual Research ConvocationAdministrative Cohort Program

Ethical Issues in Education: A Case StudyEnglish-Language Learners & NCLBStandards of Learning testing in VirginiaGrade-level testing of beginning English-Language Learners (Levels I & II) who make up about 20% of APS English learnersSchool Board resolution:Administer SOLs to students who can benefit from testingTest other students on progress and report resultsUSED reaction

Outreach is a fundamental part of [the Arlington] school boards work. In a word, the [Strategic] plan is awesome, but as important as the goals, objectives, indicators, and measures are, the process that the board and the superintendent used was as critical to the outcome as the good, clear thinking inherent in this very comprehensive and data-driven plan.School Board NewsAnne L. BryantExecutive DirectorNational School Board AssociationJanuary 2007

Government Finance Officers Association of the United States & Canada Distinguished Budget Presentation Award

In order to receive this award, a governmental unit must publish a budget document that meets program criteriaAs a policy documentAs an operations guideAs a financial planAs a communications device.Success in reducing the gaps is the result of previous initiatives.Minority Student AchievementEIPFaculty Development ProgramMinority Student CoordinatorsMSANTESA / PESAIncreased Advanced Class Enrollment50% of grade 8 students passing Algebra I with a C or higher43%enrolled in and 98% passing advanced courses in grades 6 through 1240% of grade 10 students passing Algebra II by end of grade 10 with a C or higher34% of students taking AP and IB in grades 9-12 and 61% earning qualifying scores 58% of graduates earning advanced studies or IB diplomasTechnology1:5 ratio of computers in classroomSTARS Strategic Transformation of Administrative Resource Systems (ERP)eSchoolPlus+Facilities ImprovementsSince 1988, APS has renewed and/or expanded 24 schools, rebuilt four schools, built one new elementary school and is currently building a new Washington-Lee High School. Minority Student AchievementEIPFaculty Development ProgramMinority Student CoordinatorsMSANTESA / PESAIncreased Advanced Class Enrollment50% of grade 8 students passing Algebra I with a C or higher43%enrolled in and 98% passing advanced courses in grades 6 through 1240% of grade 10 students passing Algebra II by end of grade 10 with a C or higher34% of students taking AP and IB in grades 9-12 and 61% earning qualifying scores 58% of graduates earning advanced studies or IB diplomasTechnology1:5 ratio of computers in classroomSTARS Strategic Transformation of Administrative Resource Systems (ERP)eSchoolPlus+Facilities ImprovementsSince 1988, APS has renewed and/or expanded 24 schools, rebuilt four schools, built one new elementary school and is currently building a new Washington-Lee High School. Minority Student AchievementEIPFaculty Development ProgramMinority Student CoordinatorsMSANTESA / PESAIncreased Advanced Class Enrollment50% of grade 8 students passing Algebra I with a C or higher43%enrolled in and 98% passing advanced courses in grades 6 through 1240% of grade 10 students passing Algebra II by end of grade 10 with a C or higher34% of students taking AP and IB in grades 9-12 and 61% earning qualifying scores 58% of graduates earning advanced studies or IB diplomasTechnology1:5 ratio of computers in classroomSTARS Strategic Transformation of Administrative Resource Systems (ERP)eSchoolPlus+Facilities ImprovementsSince 1988, APS has renewed and/or expanded 24 schools, rebuilt four schools, built one new elementary school and is currently building a new Washington-Lee High School. Minority Student AchievementEIPFaculty Development ProgramMinority Student CoordinatorsMSANTESA / PESAIncreased Advanced Class Enrollment50% of grade 8 students passing Algebra I with a C or higher43%enrolled in and 98% passing advanced courses in grades 6 through 1240% of grade 10 students passing Algebra II by end of grade 10 with a C or higher34% of students taking AP and IB in grades 9-12 and 61% earning qualifying scores 58% of graduates earning advanced studies or IB diplomasTechnology1:5 ratio of computers in classroomSTARS Strategic Transformation of Administrative Resource Systems (ERP)eSchoolPlus+Facilities ImprovementsSince 1988, APS has renewed and/or expanded 24 schools, rebuilt four schools, built one new elementary school and is currently building a new Washington-Lee High School. Minority Student AchievementEIPFaculty Development ProgramMinority Student CoordinatorsMSANTESA / PESAIncreased Advanced Class Enrollment50% of grade 8 students passing Algebra I with a C or higher43%enrolled in and 98% passing advanced courses in grades 6 through 1240% of grade 10 students passing Algebra II by end of grade 10 with a C or higher34% of students taking AP and IB in grades 9-12 and 61% earning qualifying scores 58% of graduates earning advanced studies or IB diplomasTechnology1:5 ratio of computers in classroomSTARS Strategic Transformation of Administrative Resource Systems (ERP)eSchoolPlus+Facilities ImprovementsSince 1988, APS has renewed and/or expanded 24 schools, rebuilt four schools, built one new elementary school and is currently building a new Washington-Lee High School. Minority Student AchievementEIPFaculty Development ProgramMinority Student CoordinatorsMSANTESA / PESAIncreased Advanced Class Enrollment50% of grade 8 students passing Algebra I with a C or higher43%enrolled in and 98% passing advanced courses in grades 6 through 1240% of grade 10 students passing Algebra II by end of grade 10 with a C or higher34% of students taking AP and IB in grades 9-12 and 61% earning qualifying scores 58% of graduates earning advanced studies or IB diplomasTechnology1:5 ratio of computers in classroomSTARS Strategic Transformation of Administrative Resource Systems (ERP)eSchoolPlus+Facilities ImprovementsSince 1988, APS has renewed and/or expanded 24 schools, rebuilt four schools, built one new elementary school and is currently building a new Washington-Lee High School. Minority Student AchievementEIPFaculty Development ProgramMinority Student CoordinatorsMSANTESA / PESAIncreased Advanced Class Enrollment50% of grade 8 students passing Algebra I with a C or higher43%enrolled in and 98% passing advanced courses in grades 6 through 1240% of grade 10 students passing Algebra II by end of grade 10 with a C or higher34% of students taking AP and IB in grades 9-12 and 61% earning qualifying scores 58% of graduates earning advanced studies or IB diplomasTechnology1:5 ratio of computers in classroomSTARS Strategic Transformation of Administrative Resource Systems (ERP)eSchoolPlus+Facilities ImprovementsSince 1988, APS has renewed and/or expanded 24 schools, rebuilt four schools, built one new elementary school and is currently building a new Washington-Lee High School. Minority Student AchievementEIPFaculty Development ProgramMinority Student CoordinatorsMSANTESA / PESAIncreased Advanced Class Enrollment50% of grade 8 students passing Algebra I with a C or higher43%enrolled in and 98% passing advanced courses in grades 6 through 1240% of grade 10 students passing Algebra II by end of grade 10 with a C or higher34% of students taking AP and IB in grades 9-12 and 61% earning qualifying scores 58% of graduates earning advanced studies or IB diplomasTechnology1:5 ratio of computers in classroomSTARS Strategic Transformation of Administrative Resource Systems (ERP)eSchoolPlus+Facilities ImprovementsSince 1988, APS has renewed and/or expanded 24 schools, rebuilt four schools, built one new elementary school and is currently building a new Washington-Lee High School. Full-day KG Completed adding in Fall 1999 (although half-day Long Branch KG failed).

Small Class Size (WABE):Elementary 19.2Middle 19.5High 18.5

Minority Student AchievementEIPFaculty Development ProgramMinority Student CoordinatorsMSANTESA / PESAIncreased Advanced Class Enrollment50% of grade 8 students passing Algebra I with a C or higher43%enrolled in and 98% passing advanced courses in grades 6 through 1240% of grade 10 students passing Algebra II by end of grade 10 with a C or higher34% of students taking AP and IB in grades 9-12 and 61% earning qualifying scores 58% of graduates earning advanced studies or IB diplomasTechnology1:5 ratio of computers in classroomSTARS Strategic Transformation of Administrative Resource Systems (ERP)eSchoolPlus+Facilities ImprovementsSince 1988, APS has renewed and/or expanded 24 schools, rebuilt four schools, built one new elementary school and is currently building a new Washington-Lee High School. Full-day KG Completed adding in Fall 1999 (although half-day Long Branch KG failed).

Small Class Size (WABE):Elementary 19.2Middle 19.5High 18.5

Full-day KG Completed adding in Fall 1999 (although half-day Long Branch KG failed).

Small Class Size (WABE):Elementary 19.2Middle 19.5High 18.5

Full-day KG Completed adding in Fall 1999 (although half-day Long Branch KG failed).

Small Class Size (WABE):Elementary 19.2Middle 19.5High 18.5

Full-day KG Completed adding in Fall 1999 (although half-day Long Branch KG failed).

Small Class Size (WABE):Elementary 19.2Middle 19.5High 18.5

Minority Student AchievementEIPFaculty Development ProgramMinority Student CoordinatorsMSANTESA / PESAIncreased Advanced Class Enrollment50% of grade 8 students passing Algebra I with a C or higher43%enrolled in and 98% passing advanced courses in grades 6 through 1240% of grade 10 students passing Algebra II by end of grade 10 with a C or higher34% of students taking AP and IB in grades 9-12 and 61% earning qualifying scores 58% of graduates earning advanced studies or IB diplomasTechnology1:5 ratio of computers in classroomSTARS Strategic Transformation of Administrative Resource Systems (ERP)eSchoolPlus+Facilities ImprovementsSince 1988, APS has renewed and/or expanded 24 schools, rebuilt four schools, built one new elementary school and is currently building a new Washington-Lee High School. Minority Student AchievementEIPFaculty Development ProgramMinority Student CoordinatorsMSANTESA / PESAIncreased Advanced Class Enrollment50% of grade 8 students passing Algebra I with a C or higher43%enrolled in and 98% passing advanced courses in grades 6 through 1240% of grade 10 students passing Algebra II by end of grade 10 with a C or higher34% of students taking AP and IB in grades 9-12 and 61% earning qualifying scores 58% of graduates earning advanced studies or IB diplomasTechnology1:5 ratio of computers in classroomSTARS Strategic Transformation of Administrative Resource Systems (ERP)eSchoolPlus+Facilities ImprovementsSince 1988, APS has renewed and/or expanded 24 schools, rebuilt four schools, built one new elementary school and is currently building a new Washington-Lee High School. Minority Student AchievementEIPFaculty Development ProgramMinority Student CoordinatorsMSANTESA / PESAIncreased Advanced Class Enrollment50% of grade 8 students passing Algebra I with a C or higher43%enrolled in and 98% passing advanced courses in grades 6 through 1240% of grade 10 students passing Algebra II by end of grade 10 with a C or higher34% of students taking AP and IB in grades 9-12 and 61% earning qualifying scores 58% of graduates earning advanced studies or IB diplomasTechnology1:5 ratio of computers in classroomSTARS Strategic Transformation of Administrative Resource Systems (ERP)eSchoolPlus+Facilities ImprovementsSince 1988, APS has renewed and/or expanded 24 schools, rebuilt four schools, built one new elementary school and is currently building a new Washington-Lee High School. Minority Student AchievementEIPFaculty Development ProgramMinority Student CoordinatorsMSANTESA / PESAIncreased Advanced Class Enrollment50% of grade 8 students passing Algebra I with a C or higher43%enrolled in and 98% passing advanced courses in grades 6 through 1240% of grade 10 students passing Algebra II by end of grade 10 with a C or higher34% of students taking AP and IB in grades 9-12 and 61% earning qualifying scores 58% of graduates earning advanced studies or IB diplomasTechnology1:5 ratio of computers in classroomSTARS Strategic Transformation of Administrative Resource Systems (ERP)eSchoolPlus+Facilities ImprovementsSince 1988, APS has renewed and/or expanded 24 schools, rebuilt four schools, built one new elementary school and is currently building a new Washington-Lee High School.