SMHC presentation - LaVerne Srinivasan - FINAL 1 High academic achievement for every student is possible

SMHC presentation - LaVerne Srinivasan - FINAL 1

High academic achievement for every student is possible.


One day every student will graduate from high school ready for success in

college, careers, and citizenship – in at least 10 US cities by 2020.

Vision

NEW LEADERS FOR NEW SCHOOLS NATIONAL VISION

AND MISSION

NEW LEADERS FOR NEW SCHOOLS NATIONAL VISION

AND MISSION

Mission

To ensure high academic achievement for every student by attracting and preparing outstanding leaders and supporting the performance of the

urban public schools they lead at scale.


OUR GOALSOUR GOALS

* These goals may be modified slightly by the time we complete our multi-year strategic plan this Fall.

Goal ISchool Performance at Scale

By 2014, 80% (over 300) of schools led by New Leaders principals for at least 5 years will have 90-100% of students achieve proficiency in core academic subjects and be on track to graduate from high school

ready for college, careers, and citizenship. Goal IIMission-Driven, High-Quality Principals at Scale to Support

City-Wide Success for All StudentsBy 2014, a critical mass of schools in most of our current partner cities--and a critical mass of principal vacancies--will be filled by high-quality New Leaders principals selected and trained by New

Leaders with the knowledge, skills, beliefs, and frameworks needed to ensure 90-100% student success rates in their schools. Goal IIIWorld-Class, Scalable, Sustainable Organization and

Innovative “Action Tank”By 2014, New Leaders will be a world-class, scalable, sustainable, data-driven organization that has created an essential knowledge

base that is actively used by education policy and decision-makers to drive educational excellence at scale. This innovative “action tank” will blend the power of a think tank with the results of and lessons learned from highly successful schools and principals at increasing

scale.


Goals

Learning and Teaching

School Culture

Aligned Staff

Operations and Systems

Personal Leadership

Practices/Strategies of a School

Principal Leadership and Management Actions

Principal Knowledge, Skills and Beliefs

OUR VIEW OF THE PRINCIPALSHIP

OUR VIEW OF THE PRINCIPALSHIP


New York City

Memphis

New Orleans

California's Bay Area

Chicago

Milwaukee

Washington, D.C

BaltimorePrince George's County

WHAT WE DO

WHAT WE DO

New Leaders for New Schools selects and trains passionate and results-focused individuals, who are either current or former

educators, to become urban public school principals.

We are also a movement to transform urban schools nationally by providing continued support to New Leaders’

schools. We offer our comprehensive program in nine sites:


Today, there are 560 New Leaders across the United States, driving change for over 250,000 students annually.

In 2001, we began our efforts to drive student achievement in New York and Chicago, supporting 13 aspiring principals.

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Prince George's County

New York

New Orleans

Milwaukee

Memphis

DC

Chicago

Bay Area

Baltimore

HOW WE HAVE GROWN

HOW WE HAVE GROWN


WHO WE AREWHO WE AREA Diverse, Dedicated Community

of Educators United by Our Mission, Core Beliefs, and Goals

Diversity Across New Leaders

Number of New Leaders through 2007 427

Race/Ethnicity

African-American 50%

White 32%

Latino 8%

Asian/Pacific Islander 4%

Other 6%

Gender

Female 67%

Male 33%

Age at Entry

Range24-57 years

Average 35 years

SOME OF OUR CORE BELIEFS

•Every student can achieve the highest levels of academic excellence. At New Leaders for New Schools, we mean every student in every circumstance.

•Adults are responsible for ensuring that all students excel academically. We, as adults, can and must do more to unlock the potential of each and every student.

•Delivering high-quality public education to all students is critical to a just society that affords every student the full range of opportunities in life.

SOME OF OUR CORE BELIEFS

•Every student can achieve the highest levels of academic excellence. At New Leaders for New Schools, we mean every student in every circumstance.

•Adults are responsible for ensuring that all students excel academically. We, as adults, can and must do more to unlock the potential of each and every student.

•Delivering high-quality public education to all students is critical to a just society that affords every student the full range of opportunities in life.


WHO WE SERVEWHO WE SERVE

Student Demographics

2007-2008 Comparisons Demographics in New Leaders Schools and Non-New

Leaders Schools*

New Leaders' Schools

Other District Schools

Average Enrollment 387 596

Percent Free or Reduced Lunch 76% 72%

Percent English Language Learners 12% 11%

Percent Special Education 10% 12%

Percent African American or Hispanic 92% 82%

Percent African American 68% 51%

Percent Hispanic 24% 31%* Averages are weighted using full district samples across all districts with principals in 2007-2008 (Baltimore, Oakland, Chicago, Memphis, New York, and Washington, DC). New Leaders schools include all schools that are led by a New Leader principal as of March 30, 2008 and that have comparable data for analyses.


WHERE WE SERVE

WHERE WE SERVE Reaching Students In All

Educational Sectors

45%

32%

23%

Elementary - 45%

Middle - 32%

High School - 23%

76%

24%

District - 76%

Charter - 24%

Proportions of New LeadersServing District and Charter Schools

Proportions of Grade Levels Served by New Leaders

Estimated from grades found in New Leaders-led schools

ElementarySecondary

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Our comprehensive program can be

broken down into four segments:

Recruitment &

Selection

Recruitment &

Selection

Residency Year

Recruitment & SelectionTo find diverse and talented leaders, New Leaders has pioneered a rigorous executive-style recruitment process based on best practices from the education and business worlds.

The Recruitment & Selection criteria include:• Instructional expertise in a K-12 classroom• Unyielding belief and sense of urgency that all students achieve academically at high levels• Exceptional leadership, interpersonal, and management skills

After an intensive four-phase process (application, first round, finalist round, reference checks), approximately 7% of candidates (roughly 560 out of 8,500 through the 2008 recruiting season) are selected for admission to the Foundational Program.

Ongoing School Performance Support and Community

Foundational Program

WHAT WE DO

WHAT WE DO




Foundational ProgramFoundational Program

Residency Year

Foundational ProgramThe Foundational Program, the training component of our program, provides foundational knowledge about school leadership to all of our incoming New Leaders residents while building a lasting network of leaders.

The Foundational Program includes:• Rigorous five-week Summer Foundations Institute taught by outstanding educators and national education and business leaders

• Four one-week long Foundations Seminars throughout Residency year

• Year-long Residency with active mentoring by a mentor principal and ongoing peer support


Recruitment & Selection

WHAT WE DO

WHAT WE DO


Residency Year

The Residency Year is a year-long, full-time, paid residency in an urban public school working alongside a mentor principal.

Residency includes:• Active mentoring from a mentor principal and outstanding veteran principals on our staff• Participation as a full member of school leadership teams• National curriculum and community• Weekly local curriculum and community• Intensive projects to develop leadership skills and drive student achievement• Job search support



Residency Year

Residency Year



WHAT WE DO

WHAT WE DO



Our School Performance Support & Community activities provide direct assistance to New Leaders-led schools in implementing key practices that drive dramatic gains in student achievement.

School Performance Support & Community priorities include:• Coaching for Schools led by First-Year New Leaders Principals, including:

• Assistance in diagnosing the school and initial strategic planning

• Support in implementation of school practices that drive initial rapid gains in student achievement

• Ongoing development of principal skills to support this implementation

• Ongoing school diagnostic and action planning support• Intensive development of school leadership team members (on topics of data-driven instruction, school culture change, and effective hiring and people management)

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Residency Year

Ongoing School

Performance Support

and Community

Ongoing School

Performance Support

and Community


WHAT WE DO

WHAT WE DO


School Performance Support & Community


Ongoing School Performance Support & Community efforts for New Leaders principals include:

• Effective tools and intensive process support around data- driven instructional improvement:

• Intensive coaching of principals and leadership teams around using student data to improve results

• Interim Assessment bank of aligned items for use by schools

• New On Track Data Tool for monitoring student progress toward high school graduation

• Access to case studies that detail our deep analysis of the effective practices at high gaining schools (Effective Practice Incentive Community)• Participation in local professional development workshops• Shared learnings and support from other New Leaders



Residency Year

Ongoing School

Performance Support

and Community

Ongoing School

Performance Support

and Community


WHAT WE DO

WHAT WE DO


School Performance Support & Community(continued)


OUR GOALSOUR GOALS

* These goals may be modified slightly by the time we complete our multi-year strategic plan this Fall.

Goal ISchool Performance at Scale

By 2014, 80% (over 300) of schools led by New Leaders principals for at least 5 years will have 90-100% of students achieve proficiency in core academic subjects and be on track to graduate from high school

ready for college, careers, and citizenship. Goal IIMission-Driven, High-Quality Principals at Scale to Support

City-Wide Success for All StudentsBy 2014, a critical mass of schools in most of our current partner cities--and a critical mass of principal vacancies--will be filled by high-quality New Leaders principals selected and trained by New

Leaders with the knowledge, skills, beliefs, and frameworks needed to ensure 90-100% student success rates in their schools. Goal III

World-Class, Scalable, Sustainable Organization and Innovative “Action Tank”

By 2014, New Leaders will be a world-class, scalable, sustainable, data-driven organization that has created an essential knowledge

base that is actively used by education policy and decision-makers to drive educational excellence at scale. This innovative “action tank” will blend the power of a think tank with the results of and lessons learned from highly successful schools and principals at increasing

scale.

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