louisiana tap 1 overview of tap for pre-tap schools
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Louisiana TAP
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Overview of TAP for Pre-TAP schools
Purpose of this OverviewThe purpose of this overview is to open your
minds and thoughts to a different and more successful system for operating your classrooms and your school.
Please keep in mind the purpose of this overview is not to provide you with ALL of the information that you need to begin implementing TAP. You will need to discover the many elements of TAP together, as a team.
National Reform Initiative … National Perspective
• President Obama’s address to the nation on education reform– Proclaimed that to complete our race to the top requires
“recruiting, preparing, and rewarding outstanding teachers.”
– Singled out the “promising work” of the Teacher Advancement Program
– Hailed TAP for “making an unprecedented commitment to ensure that anyone entrusted with education our children is doing the job as well as it can be done.”
You and your school faculty and staff are to be commended
for your efforts to learn about TAP.
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Thank You.
Louisiana TAP Growth• 2003-2004: 5 schools (Pilot Schools)• 2004-2005: 6 schools• 2005-2006: 30 schools• 2006-2007: 36 schools• 2007-2008: 36 schools• 2008-2009: 28 TAP schools & 28 PreTAP schools• 2009-2010: 42 TAP schools & 26 PreTAP schools
You Are
Here
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42 TAP Schools 15 Year One Schools 15 Year Two Schools 12 Year Three+ Schools
27 Pre-TAP Schools
2009-2010 Schools and Districts
19 School Systems 15 Local School Districts Recovery School District Charter Organizations
ACSA ABR
Independent Charter School
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Forest Hill Elementary2008 TAP National Founder’s Award
Full and proficient implementation of all four TAP elements
Proficient scores on TAP program reviews Achievement according to state or federal measures; and Notable recognition as a school and a resource of best
practice
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Forest Hill ElementaryRapides Parish
2008 TAP National Founder’s Award
• 87% free/reduced lunch
• Large ESL population
• SPS growth from 98.4 to 121.5
What is TAP?How does it help?
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TAP is a system that provides schools powerful opportunities for growth by … Examining student data to determine the greatest
student needs Obtaining new learning for teachers and administrators
that targets those specific needs Collaborating with all teachers and administrators to
work and learn together to achieve the goals
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… with guidance and support from trained master and mentor teachers and administrators.
TAP is … A comprehensive reform … not just
professional development … not just performance-based pay.
Based on four critical elements of success … intertwined and interdependent … identified in research as important to improving teacher quality.
Adaptable in diverse schools and school situations.
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This, is how I describe TAP……
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an Energizer for your school!!
Research tells us …
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The single most important school related factor in determining the achievement level of a student is the quality of the classroom teacher and the quality of instruction delivered by the classroom teacher.
TAP allows us to address the question …
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How are the “things” we are doing in our schools and classrooms improving the quality of all teachers and changing the quality of classroom instruction?
TAP provides an opportunity to work together….
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to improve the quality of instruction and student achievement
What do you see in this picture?
A show like Grey’s Anatomy differs from the medical shows of 30 years ago.
The only room in the hospital that still has only one doctor working alone is
the coroner's office !
If a coroner fails to improve his/her skills, it really has
little effect on the individuals he/she is seeing.
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Goal of TAP is to increase student achievement through teacher quality.
Why TAP?
TAP consists of four critical elements for success.
These elements are effectively combined to address:
• Improvement of Instruction• Improvement in Student Achievement
“At first, people refuse to believe that a strange new thing can be done….
FOUR CRITICAL ELEMENTS for Success
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Numerous opportunities for more responsibility and commensurate pay
Multiple Career PathsCareer Teacher
Teach; collaborate with colleagues; team teach; participate in professional development activities
Mentor Teacher Teach; help to lead cluster groups; conduct evaluations; provide classrooms
support; model lessons; assist master teachers Typically earns $2,000 - $5,000 salary addendum Recommended ratio – 1:8
Master Teacher Share instructional leadership; plan/lead cluster meetings; field test strategies; model lessons; provide classroom support; conduct evaluations; Typically earns $5,000 - $10,000 salary addendum Recommended ratio – 1:15
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Continuous on-site professional development during the school day
(and Leadership Team Meetings)
Ongoing, Applied Professional Growth
Cluster Groups of Professional Learning
During the school day Grade-alike or subject-alike groups Led by master teachers Supported by mentor teachers Guided by the needs of that cluster group Extend learning to include support and follow-up by
master/mentor teacher Evaluate impact on students Follow a cluster protocol
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What drives improvement of instruction is what happens in
Cluster Meetings
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Cluster Meeting Protocol
Steps for Effective Learning
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Step 1 – IDENTIFY the NEED
Step 2 – OBTAIN the NEW LEARNING
Step 3 - DEVELOP
Step 4 - APPLY
Step 5 - EVALUATE
Cluster Meeting Protocol
Steps for Effective Learning
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Step 1 - Identify Need:
Students cannot appropriately answer questions.
Step 2 - Obtain-Use of the XYZ Strategy may help - Field Test – Bring to Cluster
Step 3 – DEVELOP – in cluster
Step 4 – APPLY in classrooms
Step 5 - EVALUATE
All strategies are “field tested” before they are presented in cluster meetings.
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The Five Steps for Effective Learning guides all learning that takes place in a TAP School …Learning in Leadership TeamsLearning in ClustersLearning in Classrooms
What drives improvement in student achievement is …
what happens in the classroom AFTER the new learning is presented and
developed in Cluster Meetings…is the new learning being implemented correctly?
…are master and mentor teachers providing classroom support?
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Fair evaluations based on clearly defined, research-based standards
Multiple evaluations
Multiple trained and certified evaluators
Cluster training and classroom support
Instructionally-Focused Accountability
Utilizes TAP Rubrics (comprehensive teaching standards) that all teachers are trained to meet
Provides 4 evaluations per year – conducted by administrators, master teachers, mentor teachers
Provides coaching to all teachers for improvement (not just for remediation)
Allows teachers to be rewarded financially for their good evaluations
Ensures that all teachers have the opportunity to grow and become better instructors so that student achievement is impacted
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Instructionally-Focused Accountability
TAP Rubrics
• Standards and Objectives• Motivating Students• Presenting Instructional Content• Lesson Structure and Pacing• Activities and Materials• Questioning
• Academic Feedback• Grouping Students• Teacher Content Knowledge• Teacher Knowledge of Students• Thinking• Problem Solving
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Instructional Plans Student Work Assessment
Expectations Managing Student Behavior Environment Respectful Culture
Professional Accountability Developing Professionally Reflecting on Teaching
Implementing Instruction Planning Instruction
Learning Environment
Responsibilities
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I Instructionally-Focused Accountability – TAP Rubric
Domain: Implementing Instruction
Indicator: Academic FeedbackExemplary (5) Proficient (3)
Oral and written feedback is consistently academically focused, frequent, and high quality
Oral and written feedback is mostly academically focused, frequent, and mostly high quality
Feedback is frequently given during guided practice and homework review
Feedback is sometimes given during guided practice and homework review
Teacher circulates to prompt student thinking, assess each student’s progress, and provide individual feedback.
The teacher circulates during instructional activities to support engagement, and monitor student work
Feedback from students is regularly used to monitor and adjust instruction
Feedback from students is sometimes used to monitor and adjust instruction.
Teacher engages students in giving specific and high quality feedback to one another.
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Salaries and bonuses tied to responsibilities, instructional performance and student achievement growth (value added).
The teacher’s instructional performance
Student achievement growth in his/her classroom
Student achievement growth of the school (as a whole)
What is Value-Added Achievement?
• Value-added is student achievement growth measured over time.
• Value-added looks at growth, rather than a fixed attainment level.
• Value-added student achievement data looks at the amount a student is expected to grow, based on the student’s historical data, compared with similar schools/students across the state.
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Performance-Based Compensation
Compensation is given for taking on increased responsibility and authority (e.g. salary augmentation for master and mentor positions.)
Incentive awards are earned based on performance 50% Skills, Knowledge, and Responsibility 30% Classroom-level Value-Added Student Achievement Gains 20% School-level Value-Added Student Achievement Gains
TAP Salary enhancements are all over and above traditional salary schedule.
Set pool of money (e.g. $2,000 - $3,000 per teacher) determined by district/school is established. Teachers “pull” from that performance pay fund.
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20%
Individual Student Value-Added Achievement gains
30%
School-Wide Student
Value-AddedAchievement
Teacher Skills, Knowledge, and Responsibilities
50%
Determined byEvaluations
Using TAP Rubrics
andResponsibility
Survey
Determinedby
ApprovedTesting
For teacher in state testing subjects/grades
20%
School-Wide Student
Value-AddedAchievement
50%
Teacher Skills, Knowledge, and Responsibilities
50%
Determined byEvaluations
Using TAP Rubrics
andResponsibility
Survey
Determinedby
ApprovedTesting
For teacher in non-state-testing subjects/grades
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It May Be Cliché, But …
TAP is “greater than the sum of its parts.”Seeing is believing.
“At first people refuse to believe that a strange new thing can be done….
then they begin to hope that it can be done…then they begin to see it can be….
How does a school effectively implement TAP?
Leadership Meetings………Cluster Meetings……. Evaluations………..…Coaching……..…..…Hiring Master and Mentor Teachers……..Looking at Data…….Selecting Strategies…….……..Field Testing……………Assessment…………….
Support is provided by NIET and the State
• Training to implement TAP Elements of Success • Site Visits by Executive Master Teachers to provide technical assistance and coaching to effectively implement TAP• State Master Teacher Networking Meetings• TAP Program Reviews
FOUR CRITICAL ELEMENTS for Success
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What is the success, the results, in Louisiana?
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In 15 of the 16 state level assessments, Math and ELA scores in TAP Schools increased from 2007-2008
Change in % of TAP Students Scoring Basic or Above from 2007 to 2008
Louisiana TAP-Results
TAP in Louisiana Schools 2004-2011, Peggy Kirby
Grade # of schools Test ELA Math3 18 iLEAP + 0.4 + 1.54 19 LEAP + 6.3 - 1.75 18 iLEAP + 4.3 + 5.36 17 iLEAP +10.7 +14.77 15 iLEAP + 1.0 + 7.78 14 LEAP + 4.9 + 7.09 5 iLEAP + 6.6 +14.6
10 5 GEE + 8.4 +15.5
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TAP Schools at least doubled the state gains in 4th, 5th, 9th, and 10th grade ELA.
Louisiana TAP… Results
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TAP Schools at least doubled the state gains in 5th, 8th, 9th, and 10th grade math.
Louisiana TAP… Results
then the whole wonders why…….
Achievement (Value Added) Growth
As calculated by SAS-EVAAS for the State of Louisiana
Value Added to Student Achievement
ACSA School S
ACSA School R
ACSA School Q
ACSA School K
ACSA School H
ACSA School G
1Low Growth
2 3One Year of Growth
4 5High Growth
1Low Growth
ACSA School G
ACSA School H
ACSA School K
ACSA School Q
ACSA School R
ACSA School S
3One Year of Growth
2 5High Growth
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ACSA School S
ACSA School R
ACSA School Q
ACSA School K
ACSA School H
ACSA School G
Value Added Scores of Algiers (ACSA) Charter Schools2007-2008
1Low Growth
2 3One Year of Growth
4 5High Growth
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Hazel Park Elementary2009 TAP National Founder’s Award
Full and proficient implementation of all four TAP elements
Proficient scores on TAP program reviews Achievement according to state or federal measures;
and Top non-magnet elementary school in Jefferson Parish
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Hazel Park ElementaryJefferson Parish
2009 TAP National Founder’s Award
• 72% free/reduced lunch
• SPS growth: 87.6 to 107.7
How does a school become a TAP School?
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Two Pathways TAP and Pre-TAP
Pre-TAP School – Year of learning about TAP in order to make decision about becoming a TAP School
Site visits to existing TAP schools State workshops Faculty TAP Overview Presentation
TAP School – Immediate entry into full implementation of TAP Faculty TAP Overview Presentation Faculty vote Recruiting/hiring of master/mentor teachers Summer trainings
This is what is being said about the TAP School visits:
“The visit provided us with an excellent overview of Cluster Meetings. The teachers who attended utilized the modeling on problem solving and thinking the next day in their classrooms. Continued…
TAP Visits…..
We learned more about funding TAP, using Benchmark Assessments, and the impact of quality teaching on student achievement.
The TAP system drives everything and diminishes the need for outside intervention. We are thankful to all who participated in the discussions and visit.”
Stewart Elementary, PreTAP
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Estimated to cost approximately $300-400 per student annually – amount varies based on existing structures at the school site
Funds are needed to Pay salary addendums to master/mentor teachers Provide performance awards Professional Development Expenses – materials, travel,
substitutes Data management and analysis tools
Financing TAP:What are the Costs?
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Reallocation/redirection of existing funds Federal Funds – Title I, Title II, IDEA State Funds – 8(g) Local district operational budgets Foundations and private businesses
ARRA (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act) Race to the Top Stimulus Innovation Funds Teacher Incentive Funds
Financing TAP: What are the Sources of Revenue?
“At first, people refuse to believe that a strange new thing can be done…. then they begin to hope it can be done…. then they see it can be done –
then the whole world wonders why it was not done a long time ago.”
The Secret GardenFrances Hodgson Burnett, 1911
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Have you begun to hope that TAP can be done?
If so, then this year you will want to be a part of a group of teachers from your school that visits TAP schools to discover that it can be done!!
And then you, too, will wonder why this wasn’t done before……….
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Burning questions???
CONTACT INFORMATION
Sheila TalamoTAP State Director
[email protected] or 225-572-9586
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