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SAU #41 2010-2011
SAU #41 2010-2011
WELCOME TO THE NEW SCHOOL YEARWELCOME TO THE
NEW SCHOOL YEAR
Another Exciting Year AheadAnother Exciting Year Ahead
Assuring that our students have a cohesive PreK-12 experience
Purposeful collaboration Strengthening relationships Sense of urgency Celebrate successes, learn from
shortcomings
A Shift in Emphasis in 2009-10A Shift in Emphasis in 2009-10
A focus on learning
Teaching as collaborative practice
School improvement a requirement
Responsibility
Distributed leadership
SAU 41 - LEADERSHIP TEAM
FIVE YEAR PLAN, 2009-2014
Data – a systemic plan Curricular alignment in our core
content areas Responsibility for Student Growth,
academic and behavioral A comprehensive plan for Building
Capacity at the organizational and individual levels
Five Year PlanFirst Year 2009-2010
Researched, selected data management program – Inform
Began to identify the types of data we collect and use
Began a review of our practices when learners need more support – Response to Intervention (RTI)
Conducted a staff development survey
In Addition, We…
Established a strategic planning steering committee, Transforming Our Schools Together, and held a Visioning Day
Submitted two applications for Race to the Top
Established two PreK-12 professional days in this year’s calendar
And We Also…
Piloted an online learning management system at HUES, Blackboard
Completed year two of using the Danielson model for teacher evaluation
Launched a new, standards-based Multi-Dimensional School Leader Assessment System for administrators
Five Year PlanSecond Year 2010-11
Launch data management through Inform
Data work through RTI, Professional Learning Communities (PLCs)
Map the taught curriculum, PreK-12
Begin to standardize formative assessment; extend summative assessment
Second Year - Continued
Build lateral capacity – vertical and horizontal connections through PLCs
Complete the strategic planning process and finalize an SAU 41 vision of our schools
Extend/expand leadership development
STATE LEVEL REFORM
Comprehensive Educational Plan
Common model for teacher evaluation
Adding a 5th Domain to the Danielson model, Student Achievement
Adopted the Common Core Standards in June
NH DOE Reform Initiatives
Race to the Top: Four Assurances (data, great teachers/great leaders, assessment, struggling/innovative schools
Smarter Balanced Consortium – 31 states
Equity: graduating all students career- and college-ready
Federal ReformThe Shift at the Federal Level
From Highly Qualified Teacher to Highly Effective Teacher
From Focus on Teaching to Focus on Learning Time to complete the curriculum Time to meet students’ needs Measure growth over time, not a snapshot in time
Funding directly connected deep, systemic change
Reauthorizing ESEA
Reform PrioritiesRewriting ESEA
College- and Career-Ready Students
Great Teachers and Great Leaders in Every School
Equity and Opportunity for All Students
Raise the Bar and Reward Excellence
Promote Innovation and Continuous Improvement
What’s At Stake for Continued Educational Funding
Federal level – billions of dollars - but tied to a comprehensive plan for reform
Foundations – Gates, Kellogg, others – creating an “Open Innovation Portal”
Regional Labs – help with writing grants Consortia Technical Centers for district, state support
with NCLB
SAU 41: Positioning Ourselves for Continued Success
Continue our focus using the Five Year Plan as our roadmap Build our systemic/school/classroom capacity
through lateral and vertical Professional Learning Communities
Know and use our data to chart our progress at all levels of the system
Align our curricula in the core content areas and use the data to make adjustments
Increase our ability to respond to the data on student growth – maintain a sense of urgency
SAU 41… A Community of Learning Professionals
“Power consists in one’s capacity to link his [her] will with the purpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.”
- Woodrow Wilson