Donnie W. Evans, Ed.D.

January 8, 2014

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Provide contexts for our work in PPS Challenges and obstacles Bright 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 outcomes NJASK HSPA SAT & ACT Graduation Rate Drop-out rate College admission & completion Attendance 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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Vision To be a leader in educating New Jersey’s

urban youth

Mission To prepare each student to be successful in

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

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Effective Academic Programs

Safe, Caring & Orderly Schools

Family & Community Engagement

Efficient and Responsive Operations

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Effective Academic Programs •Increase Student Achievement •Create Healthy School Cultures •Improve Graduation Rate, Reduce Dropout Rate •Improve Internal Communication •Progression Planning for School and Administrative Positions •Increase Academic Rigor

Safe, Caring & Orderly Schools •Create Schools with Healthy Cultures & Climates •Improve Student Discipline •School Uniforms •Student Advisories •Character Education •Revise Student Assignment/School Choice Plan •Clean , Safe Facilities/21st Century Learning Standards

Family & Community Engagement

•Create Family and Community Engagement Plan •External Communications Plan •Customer Service Focus (schools) •Community Partnerships •Full Service Schools (Community Schools) •Parent Education

Efficient and Responsive Operations

•Increase Accountability for Performance •Customer Service Focus •Increase Capacity

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Priority Schools School 10 (SIG) School 13 School 15 School 28 School 6 Frank Napier School (SIG)

Focus Schools School 2 School 18 School 3 School 20 School 5 School 21 School 8 School 24 School 11 School 25 School 12 School 26 Martin Luther King New Roberto Clemente EHS- Information Technology EHS-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 High School Culinary Arts 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 No. 4-Rev. Dr. Frank Napier, Jr. (SIG) School No. 6 School No. 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 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 million Affordable Care Act Grant for school-based Health Centers in full service schools - $500,000 Talent 21 grant to support technology initiatives - $2.2 million School 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 staff Teachers Principals & vice-principals District administrators & supervisors

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Student Achievement

Assessment System

Process Redesign

Capacity Building

Teacher & Principal

Evaluation

High Impact Interventions

Healthy School

Cultures

Common Core

District Transformation Objectives 2012-2013

District Transformation Initiatives 2012-2013

Robust Assessment

System

Common Core

Healthy School Culture

Capacity Building

Teacher/ Principal

Evaluation

High Impact Interventions

Process Redesign

Star Math & ELA

Univ. of Pittsburgh IFL

Effective Schools

Univ. of Pittsburgh IFL

Focal Point Innovation Zone

APQC

PARCC Model Curriculum

Principal’s Autonomy

K-3 Literacy Initiative

RAC

School & District Restructuring & Re-staffing

End Social Promotion

Special Education Restructuring

Attendance Initiative

ELL Restructuring

Graduation Enhancement

NJPBSIS

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Accomplishments

2012-2013

Process Outcomes • Revised and trained all teachers and principals on the teacher & administrator

evaluation systems; • Re-assigned principals to schools to accomplish a more effective “goodness of fit”

to improve student achievement; • 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 to a middle school Restructured School 15 to a K-5 elementary school Added in-district pre-K seats

• Created kindergarten-grade 3 literacy initiative; • 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

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Accomplishments

2012-2013

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…”

Acquired grant funding to support district initiatives: The Race-to-the-Top Phase 3 (RTTT3) to support the

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

21st Century Community Learning Centers Program - $529,580 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

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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.com Tuesday 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.com Wednesday 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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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.com Thursday, November 14, 2013

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2011 2012 2013 ** Language Arts

Literacy Language Arts

Literacy Language Arts

Literacy Grade % Proficient and

Above % Proficient and

Above % Proficient and

Above +/-

3 33.1 37.2 40.4 3.2 4 33.2 33.8 28.9 - 4.9 5 25.9 34.2 34.7 0.5 6 36.9 33.5 39.3 5.9 7 30.7 31.1 35.2 4.1 8 53.7 58.7 61.6 3.0

Mathematics Mathematics Mathematics Grade % Proficient and

Above % Proficient and

Above % Proficient and

Above +/-

3 54.8 59.4 57.2 - 2.2 4 55.7 53.5 58.2 4.7 5 55.8 60.6 57.6 -3.0 6 51.0 55.0 56.7 1.7 7 36.2 36.9 36.6 -0.3 8 40.8 40.0 45.7 5.7

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** Cycle I Results (Final)

2011 2012 2013

Language Arts Literacy

Language Arts Literacy

Language Arts Literacy

Grade % Proficient and Above

% Proficient and Above

% Proficient and Above

+/-

3 – 8 35.5 38.0 40.1 2.0

3 – 5 30.8 35.1 34.6 -0.4

6 – 8 40.3 41.1 45.4 4.2

Mathematics Mathematics Mathematics

Grade % Proficient and Above

% Proficient and Above

% Proficient and Above

+/-

3 – 8 49.2 50.9 52.0 1.0

3 – 5 55.4 57.9 57.7 -0.2

6 – 8 42.8 43.9 46.4 2.5

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Special Education Students

Language Arts Literacy % Proficient and Above

Grade 3 15.0

Grade 4 4.3

Grade 5 9.2

Limited English Proficient

Language Arts Literacy % Proficient and Above

Grade 3 31.8

Grade 4 14.7

Grade 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 staff Teachers Principals & vice-principals District administrators & supervisors

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Student Achievement

Assessment System

Efficient Operations

Capacity Building

Teacher & Principal

Evaluation

High Impact

Intervention

Healthy School

Cultures

Common Core

District Transformation Objectives 2013-2014

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District Transformation Initiatives 2013-2014

Elementary restructuring and renewal Reconfiguring elementary schools (K-5, 6-8) Increase magnet schools (academic & career focused) Expand school Choice Acquire facilities Expand literacy initiative (pre-K through grade 3) More 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 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 – devans@paterson.k12.nj.us Ms. Eileen Shafer – eshafer@paterson.k12.nj.us