Provide contexts for our work in PPS Challenges and obstacles Bright Futures Vision, Mission, Goals & Objectives
Review initiatives and strategies for improving process & academic outcomes
Review process & academic outcomes (past & present)
Review “What’s Next”
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Total Students 27,986* PreK-12 24,657 Pre-K (Private Providers) 3,180 Special Education 3,342 LEP 3,537 Free/Reduced Lunch 92% Instructional Staff 2,862 Total Staff (not inc. subs) 4,800 Total Schools 54 * Does not include Adult High students
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Student academic outcomes NJASK HSPA SAT & ACT Graduation Rate Drop-out rate College admission & completion Attendance Rates
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School/District Culture – Low Expectations Family Engagement Facilities Fiscal Management Internal & External Communications Social Promotion Instructional & Leadership Capacity
The Core business of schools and the school district is teaching and learning which drives all decisions and activities in the district.
All Children can achieve at high levels and it is the responsibility of educators to create environments where student learning can occur.
Effective instruction makes the most difference in student achievement.
All staff must be committed to “children first” and to the pursuit of high student achievement.
All schools must be safe, caring and orderly to enable teachers to teach and students to learn.
Only through collaboration with and engagement of community organizations, institutions, agencies, and families can the district realize its vision and mission.
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Vision To be a leader in educating New Jersey’s
urban youth
Mission To prepare each student to be successful in
the institution of higher education of their choosing and in their chosen career
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Effective Academic Programs
Safe, Caring & Orderly Schools
Family & Community Engagement
Efficient and Responsive Operations
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Effective Academic Programs •Increase Student Achievement •Create Healthy School Cultures •Improve Graduation Rate, Reduce Dropout Rate •Improve Internal Communication •Progression Planning for School and Administrative Positions •Increase Academic Rigor
Safe, Caring & Orderly Schools •Create Schools with Healthy Cultures & Climates •Improve Student Discipline •School Uniforms •Student Advisories •Character Education •Revise Student Assignment/School Choice Plan •Clean , Safe Facilities/21st Century Learning Standards
Family & Community Engagement
•Create Family and Community Engagement Plan •External Communications Plan •Customer Service Focus (schools) •Community Partnerships •Full Service Schools (Community Schools) •Parent Education
Efficient and Responsive Operations
•Increase Accountability for Performance •Customer Service Focus •Increase Capacity
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Priority Schools School 10 (SIG) School 13 School 15 School 28 School 6 Frank Napier School (SIG)
Focus Schools School 2 School 18 School 3 School 20 School 5 School 21 School 8 School 24 School 11 School 25 School 12 School 26 Martin Luther King New Roberto Clemente EHS- Information Technology EHS-Cul. Arts, Hospitality & Tour. EHS- Gov. and Public Admin. Academy High Schools
Restructured and re-staffed comprehensive high schools into small autonomous thematic schools Eastside High School Culinary Arts Eastside Information Technology Eastside Government and Public Administration JFK Architecture & Construction Trades JFK Education and Training JFK Business, Technology, Marketing & Finance JFK Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math
Converted all high schools into “schools of choice”
Expanded Alternative High School Capacity
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Restructured & re-staffed lowest performing elementary schools School No. 4-Rev. Dr. Frank Napier, Jr. (SIG) School No. 6 School No. 10 (SIG)
Created three full service community schools (Schools 4, 5, & New Roberto Clemente)
Reorganized and re-staffed district operational divisions (finance, human resources, and facilities)
Created student operated credit union
Parent organization in each school
Began implementation of Paterson Effective Schools Model to create healthy school cultures
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Acquired grant funding to support school improvement: Promise Community Grant to support Full Service
Community Schools - $2.3 million Affordable Care Act Grant for school-based Health Centers in full service schools - $500,000 Talent 21 grant to support technology initiatives - $2.2 million School Improvement Grants (SIG) for PS# 4 & 10 - $12 million
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Build healthy school cultures & climates Redesign critical processes & procedures Revise teacher & administrator evaluation systems Implement Common Core State Standards Implement high impact academic interventions for
low performing students Strengthen the district’s assessment system Build capacity among staff Teachers Principals & vice-principals District administrators & supervisors
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Student Achievement
Assessment System
Process Redesign
Capacity Building
Teacher & Principal
Evaluation
High Impact Interventions
Healthy School
Cultures
Common Core
District Transformation Objectives 2012-2013
District Transformation Initiatives 2012-2013
Robust Assessment
System
Common Core
Healthy School Culture
Capacity Building
Teacher/ Principal
Evaluation
High Impact Interventions
Process Redesign
Star Math & ELA
Univ. of Pittsburgh IFL
Effective Schools
Univ. of Pittsburgh IFL
Focal Point Innovation Zone
APQC
PARCC Model Curriculum
Principal’s Autonomy
K-3 Literacy Initiative
RAC
School & District Restructuring & Re-staffing
End Social Promotion
Special Education Restructuring
Attendance Initiative
ELL Restructuring
Graduation Enhancement
NJPBSIS
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Accomplishments
2012-2013
Process Outcomes • Revised and trained all teachers and principals on the teacher & administrator
evaluation systems; • Re-assigned principals to schools to accomplish a more effective “goodness of fit”
to improve student achievement; • Trained all teachers and principals on the new Common Core State Standards; • Implemented academic interventions to students performing below proficient in
mathematics and/or language arts literacy on NJASK and HSPA; • Restructured elementary schools:
Opened Gifted & Talented Academy (at School 28) Opened Newcomers School (at School 11) Restructured New Roberto Clemente to a middle school Restructured School 15 to a K-5 elementary school Added in-district pre-K seats
• Created kindergarten-grade 3 literacy initiative; • Ended social promotion • Revised district’s Safety & Security Plan; • Developed and have begun implementing Internal & External Communications Plan. • Implemented a centralized registration process (at the Board of Education Office)
for all new residents registering students for pre-kindergarten through grade 12
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Accomplishments
2012-2013
Fiscal Outcomes Auditor’s Management Report (AMR) for 2012-2013 indicates no repeat
findings and “no findings that rose to the level of reporting under government auditing standards. Nor did we have any or significant deficiencies in internal controls…”
Acquired grant funding to support district initiatives: The Race-to-the-Top Phase 3 (RTTT3) to support the
implementation of the revised Principal and Teacher Evaluation System - $1,271,064
21st Century Community Learning Centers Program - $529,580 Excellent Educators for New Jersey (EE4NJ) Pilot Program Principal
Effectiveness Evaluation System - $50,000 Optimum Lightpath Grant for PANTHER academy to purchase
equipment for a digital astronomy laboratory- $10,000
PATERSON – City high school students scored higher on state standardized tests this year than at any other time in the past decade, according to state-appointed superintendent Donnie Evans.
NorthJersey.com Tuesday June 18, 2013
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Language Arts Literacy
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
TOTAL 56.9% 54.7% 53.8% 52.6% 56.3% 49.3% 49.7% 51.7% 59.5% 66.4% 71.8%
GENERAL ED. 73.3% 70.6% 70.4% 69.3% 74.0% 65.7% 72.3% 69.9% 76.0% 80.% 88.6%
SPECIAL ED. 13.6% 6.1% 9.1% 7.3% 9.3% 8.3% 9.7% 15.6% 23.8% 37.0% 32.6%
LMTD. ENG. PROF. 10.0% 11.0% 8.1% 11.0% 11.6% 9.0% 13.2% 22.1% 22.7% 30.0% 23.9%
TOTAL ENROLLED 809 968 1020 1091 10651 841 783 921 982 920 975
VALID SCORES 791 958 984 1066 1039 814 775 897 942 889 957
MATHEMATICS 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
TOTAL 39.9% 40.4% 47.2% 45.5% 39.7% 34.2% 31.9% 33.0% 30.9% 46.6% 49.7%
GENERAL ED. 48.5% 50.0% 58.7% 57.6% 52.4% 46.0% 47.3% 45.1% 41.2% 58.1% 60.7%
SPECIAL ED. 4.8% 9.1% 6.8% 4.5% 1.5% 1.9% 2.9% 7.3% 4.7% 13.9% 12.1%
LMTD. ENG. PROF. 30.7% 20.3% 26.7% 25.4% 16.1% 13.9% 8.2% 15.1% 8.6% 27.4% 30.4%
TOTAL ENROLLED 809 968 1020 1091 1065 841 783 921 982 920 975
VALID SCORES 791 951 964 1064 1033 811 765 906 936 897 950
HSPA 2003-2013 Language Arts and Mathematics
Proficient and Above
PATERSON – For the fourth consecutive year, the graduation rate for city high school students increased, rising from 66.4 percent in 2012 to 71.9 percent in 2013, according to data released by Paterson Public Schools.
NorthJersey.com Wednesday September 25, 2013
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College Acceptances ◦ 2011 – 1205 ◦ 2012 – 1508 ◦ 2013 - 1901
Two-year College ◦ 2011 – 430 students ◦ 2012 – 598 students ◦ 2013 – 595 students
Four-year College ◦ 2011 – 243 students ◦ 2012 – 287 students ◦ 2013 – 318 students
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Spring 2012
NJ ASK Aligned to
NJCCCS
Spring 2013
NJ ASK
Aligned to the CCSS
(except gr 6-8 Math)
Spring 2014
NJ ASK
Aligned to the CCSS
SY 2014-15
Full administration
of PARCC assessments
“Transitional Assessments”
Chart created by NJDOE
“Erlichson praised Paterson for recent gains in language arts”
NorthJersey.com Thursday, November 14, 2013
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2011 2012 2013 ** Language Arts
Literacy Language Arts
Literacy Language Arts
Literacy Grade % Proficient and
Above % Proficient and
Above % Proficient and
Above +/-
3 33.1 37.2 40.4 3.2 4 33.2 33.8 28.9 - 4.9 5 25.9 34.2 34.7 0.5 6 36.9 33.5 39.3 5.9 7 30.7 31.1 35.2 4.1 8 53.7 58.7 61.6 3.0
Mathematics Mathematics Mathematics Grade % Proficient and
Above % Proficient and
Above % Proficient and
Above +/-
3 54.8 59.4 57.2 - 2.2 4 55.7 53.5 58.2 4.7 5 55.8 60.6 57.6 -3.0 6 51.0 55.0 56.7 1.7 7 36.2 36.9 36.6 -0.3 8 40.8 40.0 45.7 5.7
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** Cycle I Results (Final)
2011 2012 2013
Language Arts Literacy
Language Arts Literacy
Language Arts Literacy
Grade % Proficient and Above
% Proficient and Above
% Proficient and Above
+/-
3 – 8 35.5 38.0 40.1 2.0
3 – 5 30.8 35.1 34.6 -0.4
6 – 8 40.3 41.1 45.4 4.2
Mathematics Mathematics Mathematics
Grade % Proficient and Above
% Proficient and Above
% Proficient and Above
+/-
3 – 8 49.2 50.9 52.0 1.0
3 – 5 55.4 57.9 57.7 -0.2
6 – 8 42.8 43.9 46.4 2.5
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2013
Special Education Students
Language Arts Literacy % Proficient and Above
Grade 3 15.0
Grade 4 4.3
Grade 5 9.2
Limited English Proficient
Language Arts Literacy % Proficient and Above
Grade 3 31.8
Grade 4 14.7
Grade 5 21.4
These objectives continue to drive our work: Build healthy school cultures & climates Efficient & responsive district operations Revise teacher & administrator evaluation systems Implement Common Core State Standards Implement high impact academic interventions for
low performing students Strengthen the district’s assessment system Build capacity among staff Teachers Principals & vice-principals District administrators & supervisors
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Student Achievement
Assessment System
Efficient Operations
Capacity Building
Teacher & Principal
Evaluation
High Impact
Intervention
Healthy School
Cultures
Common Core
District Transformation Objectives 2013-2014
Elementary restructuring and renewal Reconfiguring elementary schools (K-5, 6-8) Increase magnet schools (academic & career focused) Expand school Choice Acquire facilities Expand literacy initiative (pre-K through grade 3) More high impact interventions for low performing
students Extended day and year Intensive reading Paterson Reads Coaching teachers & principals Ending Social Promotion
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Expand the breath of thematic curriculum Add advisories Strengthen guidance services Continue capacity building Increase parent involvement Explore new, and further develop existing
relationships with business, community and university partners
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“We can, whenever and wherever we choose, successfully teach all children whose schooling is of interest to us. We already know more than we need to do that. Whether or not we do it must finally depend on how we feel about the fact that we haven't so far.” Ronald Edmonds
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For more information, contact: Dr. Donnie Evans – [email protected] Ms. Eileen Shafer – [email protected]