The State of Petersburg Public Schools Presented at the Petersburg School Board Retreat

January 18, 2017 SUPERINTENDENT’S FIRST 100 DAYS

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A high quality education is more likely to result in…

1. Higher employment rate 2. Stronger tax base 3. Stable families and a thriving community 4. Less dependency on welfare and social services 5. Less dependency on health care 6. Reduced crime 7. Reduced prison population and costs

• A.P. Hill E.S. Fully Accredited • Walnut Hill E.S. Fully Accredited • Robert E. Lee E.S. Partially Accredited • J.E.B. Stuart E.S. Partially Accredited • Petersburg H.S. Partially Accredited

Met Graduation Standard Increased

graduation rate by 13 points in one year

First 100 DAYS Accomplishments

• Recruited highly successful & experienced leaders to PCPS

• Established principal partners to provide mentoring support and academic guidance for all principals

• Initiated I BELIEVE campaign

• Completed & submitted Corrective Action Plan to VDOE

• Completed & submitted 60 day Progress Report to General Assembly Senate & House Education Committees • Developed 118 page budget report (1st time in 3-years)

Superintendent’s First 100 DAYS

Accomplishments

• Increased parent and community involvement through creation of community liaison positions in all schools

• Updated over 95 policies for board adoption • Re-established social media using Twitter and Facebook • Published weekly newsletter to administrators and monthly

newsletter to all employees • Facilitated long-range division-wide strategic planning

process • Collaborated with City/Schools Partnership to establish new

bylaws, and process to identify anchor institution and hire coalition director

• Initiated new School Improvement Planning process • Helped advance the work of the City & Schools Partnership

Petersburg City & Schools Partnership Providing Wrap Around Support

Vision of the coalition: To support the Petersburg City Public School Division in providing a quality education that ensures every child is college ready, career ready and life ready with marketable skills and industry certification.

Engaged Learners

Walnut Hill E.S.

50+ Volunteers from Virginia State University

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A CALL TO ACTION

The Code of Virginia requires school divisions to have all of its schools fully accredited. PCPS is the only district in Virginia not to every have all of its schools fully accredited.

- Dr. Steven Staples State Superintendent

Submitted to the VDOE Office of School Improvement a Comprehensive Corrective Action Plan for 2016-2021

(the plan also serves as the division’s strategic plan for 2016-2017)

School Board Public Engagement Meeting

Petersburg City Public Schools

Corrective Action Plan 2016-2021

developed with feedback from

• teachers

• building administrators

• central office administrators

• parents

• community members • business partners

Petersburg City Public Schools

Corrective Action Plan 2016-2021

VDOE provided unprecedented professional development for ALL PCPS teachers in August

Additional Professional Development

• Ex-CELL Administrative Training for English Learning

• VTSS/PBIS (Positive Behavior Intervention Services)

• Customer Service Training for All Office Staff

• Autism Training for New and Returning Teachers

…has attracted

unprecedented

numbers of parents to

schools

The Establishment of a Youth and Family Engagement Team

Walnut Hill Math and Reading Night

Family Day at Walnut Hill E.S.

Partnerships Like the Early College Initiative with John Tyler Community College are Important to

Student Success

Brain storming session with VSU President Dr. Abdullah and members of his executive team

Tour of Peabody Middle Schools with VSU President Dr. Abdullah and members of his executive team

Tour of Peabody Middle Schools with VSU President Dr. Abdullah and members of his executive team

Frequent meetings and conversations with the state superintendent and representatives from the governor’s

office

MOU between the Governor’s Office and Petersburg City & School Officials resulted in the early release of Lottery Funds

McAuliffe encourages retired teachers to go back to the classroom in Petersburg

OUR NEW CORE INSTRUCTIONAL MODEL FOR Petersburg City Public Schools

Petersburg City Public Schools

Balance Literacy Instructional

• Teacher guides

• students as they practice reading and writing strategies and apply problem solving behaviors

• Students practices reading and writing strategies independently. Teacher assesses learning and reteaches as necessary

• Teacher and students practice reading and writing processes together through interactive activities

• and discussions •

• Teacher models reading & writing processes through demonstration, explicit instruction and think alouds

Modeled Shared

Guided Independent

Reading Writing Listing

Speaking

Petersburg City Public Schools

Balance Mathematics Instructional

• Teacher guides

• students as they practice math strategies and apply problem solving behaviors (small group conferencing)

• Students practices math strategies independently. Teacher assesses learning and reteaches as necessary

• Teacher and students practice mathematics processes together through interactive activities and discussions

• (whole and small group • and with a • partner)

• Teacher models mathematics through demonstration, explicit instruction and think alouds (whole or small group instruction)

Modeled Shared

Guided Independent

Mental Math• Problem Solving Conceptual Understanding

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Peabody Middle School Faculty Saturday Session Kagan Training

Second Nine weeks Year-round Schools Benchmark Data Report 2016-2017

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Peabody Middle School

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Peabody Middle School

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Peabody Middle School

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AP Hill Elementary School

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AP Hill Elementary School

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This data represent the percent of students who scored 70%-100% on the benchmark assessment

AP Hill Elementary School

Superintendent’s Transition Plan

Completed on Schedule

However, when we think we are making progress

something happens to knock us down…

• Ability to make payroll • Pay employee health care costs • Pay Virginia Retirement System obligations • Pay vendors for school lunches & other obligations • City Council Oks $4.1 million in cuts to schools one

month into the new academic year

Lack of City Government funding transfers to

schools threatened:

We get up and get knocked down again…

Our most daunting challenges Overcoming negative reputation Teacher Shortage in Critical Areas Mathematics, Science, Special Education

Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again. -Nelson Mandela

“I skate to where the puck is going to be,

not where it’s been.”

--Wayne Gretzky

Strategic Plan

INNOVATE 2022

PETERSBURG CITY Public Schools

PCPS

Draft Profile

PCPS

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PETERSBURG INNOVATE 2022 Framework for Teaching and Learning

Promoting confidence, creativity, critical thinkers, communication and collaboration

For the First Time PCPS Students Participated in the Internal Event

Innovation Teams

Academics College & Career

21st Century Learning

Global Citizenship

Mission: To develop effective communicators, collaborators, creators and critical thinkers who are prepared for 21st century careers and for responsible local and global citizenship.