Principals Meeting

CFN 604 Greg Bowen, Network Leader

October 16, 20148:00am to 11:30am

Agenda 8:00am-8:30am – Breakfast

8:30am-8:40am – Opening Remarks from Network Leader

8:40am-8:45am– Operations

8:45am-9:20am- Quality Review / Principal Performance Review

9:20am-9:30am – Break

9:30am-10:30am –NYC DOE Partnership with the Office of ELL

10:30am-10:40am – CFN 604 Teacher Effectiveness Modules

10:40am-11:00am – Special Education

11:00am-11:30am - Handbook for Professional Learning

Opening Remarks

Operations

Mid Year Adjustment

Grade weights based on 10/31 audited register.

Special Education weights based on 12/31 registers.

Register Loss Set-aside

Galaxy Time and Effort

Reporting – Monthly and Semi Annual

ATR Interviews/ Feedback

Training

Operations Procurement Alert Regarding

Fraudulent Invoices

Spend Remaining NYS-STVP Funds by October 17th

STARS Deadline for

Elementary School programming is October 31st.

Report Cards

Operations

Lunch Forms Deadline for Lunch

forms is October 17th

Any student who has not been certified in ATS by October 17th will be considered full price and displayed as a Meal Code 5.

Transportation Transportation

requests that are forwarded to the Department of Health Doctor are delayed due to processing.

Quality Review

Quality Review The Quality Review is built upon a theory of

action that views change as a process of building coherence between a school’s culture, structures and its instructional core.

Quality Review Schedule

Quality Review

Should be available the week of October 14th

Quality Review process will begin October 27

Reviews are one-day conducted by one reviewer.

* Schools over 1500 enrollment will have two reviewers.

Quality Review 1 Day Visit

Meeting with principal

Classroom Visits

Two Teacher Team Meetings

One Student Meeting

One Parent Meeting

Two Debrief Meetings

Quality Review New Report Structure

The Quality Review reports are organized into five sections:

1)School Context (demographics, etc.)

2)School Quality Criteria (ratings of five indicators)

3)Area of Celebration (one of the five)

4)Area of Focus (one of the five)

5)Additional School Quality Findings (remaining three)

Writing to each indicator will include findings, impact, and supporting evidence.

Overview of Changes in Report Structure 2014-

2015

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Quality Indicators

Overview of Changes in Report Structure 2014-

2015

13

Overview of Changes in Report Structure 2014-

20152013-2014 2014-2015

Ratings

Overall rating based on numerical score, which was determined by the cumulative ratings of Quality Indicators

Weighted indicators impacted scoring and overall rating

No Overall Rating No weighted indicators Each of the Focus Quality

Indicators are rated

Quality Assurance10 days between drafts 10 days between drafts

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Resources for Schools

Principal's Guide to the Quality Review

Quality Review Big Ideas

School Quality Expectations

Quality Review Sample Schedules

School Self Evaluation Form

QR Report Verification Form

Appeal Request Form

Principal Performance

Review

Principal Observation Tool

The Principal Practice Observation Tool

The tool provides examples and questions directly connected to leadership practices embedded in each indicator of the Quality Review rubric, allowing strong leadership practices to be recognized in the context of any school.

The questions embedded in the tool can also serve as a reflection exercise for principals.

Statements that reflect Well Developed practice, as outlined in the Quality Review rubric, are included on each page of the tool as exemplars.

Resources for Schools

Principal Performance Review

Overview

Principal Practice Observation Tool [PDF]

PPR Field Guide [PDF]

Principal Practice Observation (PPO) Tool

Break

NYC DOE Partnership with the Office of ELL

Presenter: Alice Cohen

CFN 604 Teacher Effectiveness

ModulesThe Teacher Effectiveness modules is to

provide support and resources for teachers.

Participants will:

Take a deep dive into the components of Danielson

Understand the elements and indicators of Danielson

Explore the rubrics of Danielson

Build a repertoire of “best practices”

From Professional

Development to

Professional Learning

Common Core Learning Standards

Focus on:Focus on:

Critical Thinking

Problem Solving

ShiftShift in in

Thinking Thinking andand CultureCulture

Professional Professional LearningLearning

Necessary shifts in classroom practice that will lead to improved student outcomes.

Take place in an active and coherent intellectual environment where ideas are exchanged and connections are made to the real work of schools.

To build on teachers instructional knowledge and pedagogy

Continuous learning

CultureCulture Ongoing Ongoing

Collaboration Collaboration

Constant LearningConstant Learning

De-De-privatizing privatizing

Classroom Classroom Practice Practice

How often do How often do educators at your educators at your

school observe school observe each other’s each other’s classroom classroom

instruction as one instruction as one way to improve way to improve

teaching?teaching?

Job-Embedded Job-Embedded Professional Professional

Development (JEPD)Development (JEPD) Teacher learning that is

grounded in day to day day to day teaching practice and is designed to enhanceenhance teachers’ content-specific instructional practices with one goal one goal of improving student learning.

Darling-Hammond&McLaughlin, 1995; Hirsh, 2009 in Croftet al., 2010.

JEPD JEPD Authentic Conversations

Concrete acts of teaching and student learning

Exits in a teachers own school and among their colleagues

JEPD JEPD Activities Activities Collaborative Inquiry

Mentoring, Coaching, Lesson Study, Action research

Peer Observation

Peer Coaching Peer Coaching

Peer CoachingPeer CoachingCoaching in this context is Coaching in this context is

formative, applies to everyone, formative, applies to everyone, and has a shared goal.and has a shared goal.

Inter-visitation Partnership Ongoing Builds relationships Reflection

Resources for Schools

Handbook for Professional Learning Step-by-step guidance on the stages of Planning, Implementing, and Evaluating Professional Development at schools.

A year-long view of possible professional learning cycles,

A menu of differentiated professional learning options,

Needs assessments,

Inter-visitation guidelines, and

A checklist for planning professional learning through the year.

Special Education

School Implementation Team Action Plan

Special Education Reports

NYSAA

Thank You

“LEARNING NEVER EXHAUSTS

THE MIND.”

Leonardo Da Vinci