Donnie W. Evans, Ed.D. New Jersey State Board of Education Meeting January 8, 2014 1

Donnie W. Evans, Ed.D.New Jersey State Board of Education Meeting

January 8, 2014

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Provide contexts for our work in PPSChallenges and obstaclesBright Futures Vision, Mission, Goals &

Objectives Review initiatives and strategies for

improving process & academic outcomes Review process & academic outcomes

(past & present) Review “What’s Next”

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Total Students 27,986* PreK-12 24,657 Pre-K (Private Providers) 3,180 Special Education 3,342 LEP 3,537 Free/Reduced Lunch 92% Instructional Staff 2,862 Total Staff (not inc. subs) 4,800 Total Schools 54* Does not include Adult High students

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Student academic outcomesNJASKHSPASAT & ACTGraduation RateDrop-out RateCollege Admission & CompletionAttendance Rates

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School/District Culture – Low Expectations Family Engagement Facilities Fiscal Management Internal & External Communications Social Promotion Instructional & Leadership Capacity

The core business of schools and the school district is teaching and learning which drives all decisions and activities in the district.

All children can achieve at high levels and it is the responsibility of educators to create environments where student learning can occur.

Effective instruction makes the most difference in student achievement.

All staff must be committed to “children first” and to the pursuit of high student achievement.

All schools must be safe, caring and orderly to enable teachers to teach and students to learn.

Only through collaboration with and engagement of community organizations, institutions, agencies, and families can the district realize its vision and mission.

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Bright Futures:

A Strategic Plan for the Children of Paterson

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VisionTo be a leader in educating New Jersey’s

urban youth

MissionTo prepare each student to be successful in

the institution of higher education of their choosing and in their chosen career

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* - Work in progress areas

Priority Schools

School 10 (SIG)School 13School 15School 28School 6Rev. Dr. Frank Napier Jr. School (SIG)

Focus Schools

School 2 School 18School 3 School 20School 5 School 21School 8 School 24School 11 School 25School 12 School 26

Dr. Martin Luther KingNew Roberto ClementeEHS- Information TechnologyEHS-Cul. Arts, Hospitality & Tour.EHS- Gov. and Public Admin.Academy High Schools

Restructured and re-staffed comprehensive high schools into small autonomous thematic schools Eastside Culinary Arts, Hospitality & Tourism Eastside Information Technology Eastside Government and Public Administration JFK Architecture & Construction Trades JFK Education and Training JFK Business, Technology, Marketing & Finance JFK Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math

Converted all high schools into “schools of choice”

Expanded Alternative High School Capacity

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Restructured & re-staffed lowest performing elementary schools School 4-Rev. Dr. Frank Napier, Jr. (SIG) School 6 School 10 (SIG)

Created three full service community schools (Schools 4, 5, & New Roberto Clemente)

Reorganized and re-staffed district operational divisions (finance, human resources, and facilities)

Created first curriculum-based, student operated credit union

Parent organization in each school

Began implementation of Paterson Effective Schools Model to create healthy school cultures

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Acquired grant funding to support school improvement:Promise Community Grant to support Full Service

Community Schools - $2.3 millionAffordable Care Act Grant for school-based Health Centers in full service schools - $500,000Talent 21 grant to support technology initiatives - $2.2 millionSchool Improvement Grants (SIG) for PS# 4 & 10 - $12 million

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Build healthy school cultures & climates Redesign critical processes & procedures Revise teacher & administrator evaluation

systems Implement Common Core State Standards Implement high impact academic interventions

for low performing students Strengthen the district’s assessment system Build capacity among staffTeachersPrincipals & vice-principalsDistrict administrators & supervisors

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Student Achieveme

nt

Assessment

System

Process Redesign

Capacity Building

Teacher & Principal Evaluatio

n

High Impact

Interventions

Healthy School

Cultures

Common Core

District Transformation Objectives 2012-2013

District Transformation Initiatives 2012-2013

RobustAssessment

System

Common Core

Healthy School Culture

Capacity Building

Teacher/ Principal

Evaluation

High Impact Interventio

ns

Process Redesign

Star Math & ELA

Univ. of Pittsburgh IFL

Effective Schools


Focal Point Innovation Zone

APQC

PARCC Model Curriculum

Principal’sAutonomy

K-3 LiteracyInitiative

RAC

School & District Restructuring & Re-staffing

End Social Promotion

Special Education Restructuring

Attendance Initiative

ELL Restructuring

Graduation Enhancement

NJPBSIS

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Accomplishments2012-2013

Process Outcomes•Completed training for all teachers and principals on the new teacher & administrator evaluation systems;•Trained all teachers and principals on the new Common Core State Standards;•Implemented academic interventions to students performing below proficient in mathematics and/or language arts literacy on NJASK and HSPA;•Restructured elementary schools:

Opened Gifted & Talented Academy (at School 28) Opened Newcomers School (at School 11) Restructured New Roberto Clemente from pre-K-8 to a middle

school grades 6-8 Restructured School 15 from K-8 to pre-K-5 elementary school Increased in-district pre-K seats (Madison Avenue, School 24, St.

Mary’s Early Learning Center)

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Process Outcomes•Created pre-K through grade 3 literacy initiative;•Re-assigned principals to schools to accomplish a more effective “goodness of fit” to improve student achievement;•Ended Social Promotion •Revised district’s Safety & Security Plan;•Developed and have begun implementing Internal & External Communications Plan.•Implemented a centralized registration process (at the Board of Education Office) for all new residents registering students for pre-kindergarten through grade 12 •Completed Process re-design of operational and instructional processes and procedures and realized $2 million annual savings:

Finance Human Resources Academic Services Assessment Student Registration Student Information Services Facilities Benefits

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Acquired grant funding to support district initiatives: 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program (2012-

2017) - $2,647,900 The Race-to-the-Top Phase 3 (RTTT3) to support the

implementation of the revised Principal and Teacher Evaluation System - $1,271,064

School Based Health Center Capital Program for School 6 & School 15 - $500,000

Lowe’s Community Improvement Grant for School 4 - $100,000

Excellent Educators for New Jersey (EE4NJ) Pilot Program Principal Effectiveness Evaluation System - $50,000

Optimum Lightpath Grant for PANTHER academy to purchase equipment for a digital astronomy laboratory- $10,000

Other

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Fiscal Outcomes

Auditor’s Management Report (AMR) for 2012-2013 indicates no repeat findings and “no findings that rose to the level of reporting under government auditing standards. Nor did we have any or significant deficiencies in internal controls…”

“For the years that I've been doing this audit, this is the first time that we have issued a report that didn’t have significant deficiencies or material weaknesses in internal controls. That's a major accomplishment. It's a tremendous improvement from where we've been and I really have to commend the finance committee for keeping everyone’s feet to the fire and the administration for following through on the corrective action plans related to prior year audits. In addition, there are no repeat recommendations in this audit. Again, that's a first.”

Jeffrey C. BlissPublic School Accountant

LERCH, VINCI & Higgins, LLP

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Academic Outcomes

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PATERSON – City high school students scored higher on state standardized tests this year than at any other time in the past decade, according to state-appointed superintendent Donnie Evans.

NorthJersey.comTuesday June 18, 2013

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Language Arts Literacy

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

TOTAL 56.9% 54.7% 53.8% 52.6% 56.3% 49.3% 49.7% 51.7% 59.5% 66.4% 71.8%

GENERAL ED. 73.3% 70.6% 70.4% 69.3% 74.0% 65.7% 72.3% 69.9% 76.0% 80.% 88.6%

SPECIAL ED. 13.6% 6.1% 9.1% 7.3% 9.3% 8.3% 9.7% 15.6% 23.8% 37.0% 32.6%

LMTD. ENG. PROF. 10.0% 11.0% 8.1% 11.0% 11.6% 9.0% 13.2% 22.1% 22.7% 30.0% 23.9%

TOTAL ENROLLED 809 968 1020 1091 10651 841 783 921 982 920 975

VALID SCORES 791 958 984 1066 1039 814 775 897 942 889 957

MATHEMATICS 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

TOTAL 39.9% 40.4% 47.2% 45.5% 39.7% 34.2% 31.9% 33.0% 30.9% 46.6% 49.7%

GENERAL ED. 48.5% 50.0% 58.7% 57.6% 52.4% 46.0% 47.3% 45.1% 41.2% 58.1% 60.7%

SPECIAL ED. 4.8% 9.1% 6.8% 4.5% 1.5% 1.9% 2.9% 7.3% 4.7% 13.9% 12.1%

LMTD. ENG. PROF. 30.7% 20.3% 26.7% 25.4% 16.1% 13.9% 8.2% 15.1% 8.6% 27.4% 30.4%

TOTAL ENROLLED 809 968 1020 1091 1065 841 783 921 982 920 975

VALID SCORES 791 951 964 1064 1033 811 765 906 936 897 950

HSPA 2003-2013 Language Arts and Mathematics

Proficient and Above

PATERSON – For the fourth consecutive year, the graduation rate for city high school students increased, rising from 66.4

percent in 2012 to 71.9 percent in 2013, according to data released by Paterson Public Schools.

NorthJersey.comWednesday September 25, 2013

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College Acceptances *◦ 2011 – 1205◦ 2012 – 1508◦ 2013 - 1901

Two-year College◦ 2011 – 430 students◦ 2012 – 598 students◦ 2013 – 595 students

Four-year College◦ 2011 – 243 students◦ 2012 – 287 students◦ 2013 – 318 students

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* Students received acceptances to one or more colleges/universities

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Spring 2012

NJ ASK

Aligned to NJCCCS

Spring 2013

NJ ASK

Aligned to the CCSS

(except gr 6-8 Math)

Spring 2014

NJ ASK

Aligned to the CCSS

SY 2014-15

Full administration

of PARCC assessments

“Transitional Assessments”

Chart created by NJDOE

“Erlichson praised Paterson for recent gains in language arts”

NorthJersey.comThursday, November 14, 2013

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2011 2012 2013 **Language Arts

LiteracyLanguage Arts

LiteracyLanguage Arts

Literacy2012 vs 2013

Grade % Proficient and Above

% Proficient and Above


+/-

3 33.1 37.2 40.4 3.24 33.2 33.8 28.9 - 4.95 25.9 34.2 34.7 0.56 36.9 33.5 39.3 5.87 30.7 31.1 35.2 4.18 53.7 58.7 61.6 2.9

Mathematics Mathematics MathematicsGrade % Proficient and

Above% Proficient and

Above% Proficient and

Above+/-

3 54.8 59.4 57.2 - 2.34 55.7 53.5 58.2 4.75 55.8 60.6 57.6 -3.06 51.0 55.0 56.7 1.77 36.2 36.9 36.6 -0.38 40.8 40.0 45.7 5.7

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** Cycle I Results (Final)

2011 2012 2013




2012 vs 2013



% Proficient andAbove

+/-

3 – 8 35.5 38.0 40.1 2.0

3 – 5 30.8 35.1 34.6 -0.5

6 – 8 40.3 41.1 45.4 4.3

Mathematics Mathematics Mathematics



% Proficient andAbove

+/-

3 – 8 49.2 51.0 52.0 1.1

3 – 5 55.4 57.9 57.7 -0.2

6 – 8 42.8 43.9 46.4 2.5

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2013Special Education Students

Language Arts Literacy % Proficient and Above

Grade 3 15.0Grade 4 4.3Grade 5 9.2LimitedEnglish Proficient

Language Arts Literacy % Proficient and Above

Grade 3 31.8Grade 4 14.7Grade 5 21.4

These objectives continue to drive our work: Build healthy school cultures & climates Efficient & responsive district operations Revise teacher & administrator evaluation systems Implement Common Core State Standards Implement high impact academic interventions for

low performing students Strengthen the district’s assessment system Build capacity among staffTeachersPrincipals & vice-principalsDistrict administrators & supervisors

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Student Achieveme

nt

Assessment

System

Efficient Operatio

ns

Capacity

Building

Teacher &

Principal Evaluati

on

High Impact

Intervention


sCommon

Core

District Transformation Objectives 2013-2014

District Transformation Initiatives 2013-2014

Comprehensive

AssessmentSystem

Common Core


Capacity Building

Teacher/ Principal

Evaluation

High Impact

Interventions

Efficient Operations

Star Math & ELA


Effective Schools


Focal Point Innovation Zone

Cliff Planning

PARCC Model Curriculum

Principal’sAutonomy

Pre K-3 LiteracyInitiative

Leadership Institute

RAC Five-year Facilities Plan

ElementarySchoolChoice

School & District Restructuring & Re-staffing

End Social Promotion

Strategic Planning

Special Education Restructuring

Attendance Initiative

ELL Restructuring

Graduation Enhancement

NJPBSIS

Elementary restructuring and renewalReconfiguring elementary schools (K-5, 6-8)Increase magnet schools (academic & career-

focused)Expand School ChoiceAcquire facilitiesExpand literacy initiative (pre-K through grade 3)Complete the restructuring of special programsIncrease parent involvementMore high impact interventions for low performing

students Extended day and year Intensive reading Paterson Reads Coaching teachers & principals Ending Social Promotion

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Expand the breath of thematic curriculum Add advisories Strengthen guidance services Continue capacity building Increase parent involvement Complete the restructuring of special

programs Explore new, and further develop existing

relationships with business, community and university partners

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“We can, whenever and wherever we choose, successfully teach all children whose schooling is of interest to us. We already know more than we need to do that. Whether or not we do it must finally depend on how we feel about the fact that we haven't so far.”

Ronald Edmonds

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For more information, contact:Dr. Donnie Evans – [email protected]. Eileen Shafer – [email protected]

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