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Office of School Improvement
June 2008
1003(g) Funding: What’s Required and Why
Dr. Kathleen M. SmithDirector, Office of School Improvement
Veronica TateTitle I Specialist, Office of Program Administration and Accountability
Virginia Department of Education
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Why?Why?
This program has been used used effectivelyeffectively with 30 schools and 19 divisions.
As a result, only 10 schools remained in restructuring requirements under the SOA or School Improvement.
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The Virginia Model: Mentor Coaching for School
Improvement
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Making All the Pieces Fit: Making All the Pieces Fit: Support for School ImprovementSupport for School Improvement
Support for School
Improvement (SSI)
Teacher Leader
Training
Web conferences for School and District Teams
Rapid Improvement
Indicators
Six (6) Step School
Improvement Plan
On-site Mentor Coaching
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Division RequirementsDivision Requirements
Division representative will develop a division support teamdivision support team to include
division staff members from:
Title I
Instruction
Special Education
ESL and/or other relevant instructional area (if needed)
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Division RequirementsDivision Requirements(continued)
Division support team Division support team will:will:
Attend 7 division-level web conferencesweb conferences during
the year
Develop and implement a division plandivision plan to support
schools in improvement using the CII tool
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Division RequirementsDivision Requirements(continued)
Division team member Division team member attending attending
the summer Mentor Coaches the summer Mentor Coaches Institute will:Institute will:
Meet with the schools in improvement planning team
at least monthly
Serve as the liaison between the central office
and the schools in improvement
Note: A ratio of one division liaison per three schools is required.
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School RequirementsSchool Requirements
Principal and mentor coach will develop a school support teamschool support team to include assigned
division team member and school staff members from:
Title I
Instruction
Special Education
ESL and/or other relevant instructional area (if needed)
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School RequirementsSchool Requirements(continued)
School support team School support team will:will:
Develop and implement a
school planschool plan to support schools in improvement using the CII tool
MeetMeet at least monthly with the
division representative and
will maintain maintain minutes of the minutes of the
meetingsmeetings using the CII tool
Submit Data Analysis
quarterly quarterly reportsreports to the
Virginia Department of
Education
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School RequirementsSchool Requirements(continued)
Principal will:Principal will:
Attend 7 division-level web web
conferencesconferences during the year
_________________________________
Mentor Coach and other team members should
attend if possible.
Attend Breaking Breaking Ranks in the MiddleRanks in the Middle
training offered by VASSP
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Grant funds can be used to pay for this training. Training will be offered
regionally.
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School and DivisionTeacher Training
Mentor Coach and division contact will:
Attend three additional meetings to be trained by VFEL as teacher training leaders
Be grouped by VDOE (according to proximity and likeness) to provide teacher trainings to principals and at least two teachers from each school in the group four times during the year
Note: Teachers selected for training sessions must be good at what they do and capable of serving in a leadership capacity at the school.
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Mentor Coach and Division Contact Attend Four Teacher Leader Trainings:
One at the Mentor Coaches Institute and three others held
in November, January, and March
Mentor Coach and Division Contact join division groups pre-determined by VDOE
Teacher Training 1 Teacher Training 2 Teacher Training 3 Teacher Training 4
VDOE Staff deployed to assist training
