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Focus and Priority Schools 101
Tim Boyd, School Improvement TeamOregon Department of Education
New to Focus and Priority
Today’s Objectives
» Focus and Priority Schools identification & the first three years
» Stats on current Focus and Priority Schools
» Expectations of Focus and Priority Schools
» Turnaround Leadership and what is required to turnaround a school’s performance
How were schools Identified?
» Using State school report card in 2012
» OAKS growth and achievement data
» Norm Referenced system
Ratings
» Level 1 Rating – Bottom 5% - Priority Schools
» Level 2 Rating – Bottom 6%-15% - Focus Schools
» Ratings based on achievement, growth, sub-group growth and graduation rate & sub-group graduation rate (HS)
First Two Years
» School Appraisals and reports» Self-Assessments & Indistar and initial CAP» Year One – planning » Year Two – implementation» Year Three – implementation and refinement» Year Four - … here we go!
Year One
Year Two
Year Three
Year Four
Stats on Focus and Priority Schools
» 91 Focus and Priority Schools» As of August, 2014, Over half have improved to
a Level 3 rating or better (60% of rated schools)» 68 Elementary, 1 Middle School, 1 High School,
1 Charter school, 2 Alt. Ed schools and 18 SIG schools
Stats
After Year Two52 schools are at a Level 3 or better (includes the not rated schools)
53 have upward trends in growth and/or achievement from last year
78 have increases in achievement and/or growth since identification
Expectations of F/P Schools
»Level 3 rating or better by 2016 to exit Improvement Status
Expectations of F/P Schools
» Submit and update a CAP and Budget 3 times a year
» Work with a coach 8-10 hours a week» Submit formative data for reading and math» Authentically engage in school turnaround
Expectations of F/P Schools
» CAP – living document, place where you can update progress and alter course, next steps and plan, road map – few, clear priorities
» Budget – plan for expenses and fund your plan» Turnaround – turnaround vs. improvement» Work with Leadership coach and ODE point
person
»Look at your school data and ask yourself –
Does this data drive the plan?
Will this plan get us there?
School Turnaround
How do we define turnaround?
14
Documented
Quick
Dramatic
Sustained
Change in the Performance of an Organization
Specific Leader Actions Lead To Dramatic Change
Turnaround Leader Actions
15
16
Focus on a few early wins
Get the right staff, right the remainder
Break organization norms
Lead a turnaround campaign
Push rapid-fire experimentation
Drive decisions with open-air data
Turnaround Leader Actions
Turnaround Leader Actions
» Does Everyone know what students need to know and be able to do?
» Does Everyone know how you will know when they have learned it?
» Does Everyone know what will happen when they do and don’t learn it?
Places to Start
» Systems? Assessment, behavior, intervention..» Master schedule – SPED, ELL, intervention
drives the schedule» Does everyone know the lens through which
you make decisions?» Do you make adult problems kid problems?
Today’s Objectives
» Focus and Priority Schools identification & the First Two Years
» Stats on current Focus and Priority Schools
» Expectations of Focus and Priority Schools
» Turnaround Leadership and what is required to turnaround a school’s performance
