race to the top scope of work broward county public schools

Race to the Top Scope of Work

Broward County Public Schools

Race to the Top Phase 2 Reform Areas

Standards and Assessment: Adopting standards and assessments that prepare students to succeed in college and the workplace and to compete in the global economy;

Data Systems: Building data systems that measure student growth and success, and inform teachers and principals about how they can improve instruction;

Great Teachers and Leaders: Recruiting, developing, rewarding, and retaining effective teachers and principals, especially where they are needed most; and

Turning around our lowest-achieving schools: Turning around the State-selected three persistently lowest performing schools (lowest 5% schools)- Larkdale Elementary, Sunland Park Elementary, and Coconut Creek High School.

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Broward’s Budget for Race to the Top

District Name Percentage of Title I funds Allocation

Broward 10.68% $37,364,356

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State Goals High School Graduates: Double the percentage of high

school graduates who go to college and achieve at least one year’s worth of college credit.

National Assessments: Increase the percentage of students scoring at or above proficient on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) by 2015, to or beyond the performance levels of the highest-performing states.

Achievement Gap: Reduce the achievement gap in half by 2015.

District goals are aligned to the State goals.

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Scope of Work ProjectsStandards and Assessment

1. Expand Lesson Study2. Expand STEM Career and Technical Program Offerings3. Increase Advanced STEM Coursework4. Bolster Technology for Improved Instruction and Assessment

Data Systems5. Improve Access to State Data6. Use Data to Improve Instruction

Great Teachers and Leaders7. Provide Support for Educator Preparation Programs8. Improve Teacher and Principal Evaluation System9. Use Data Effectively for Human Capital Decisions10. Focus Effective Professional Development

Struggling Schools11. Drive Improvement in Persistently Low-Achieving Schools12. Implement Proven Programs for School Improvement

Charter School Involvement13. Include Charter Schools in District Planning

Project Management and Oversight 5

Standards and Assessments1. Expand Lesson Study

Summary of Deliverables: The District must modify the school schedules of persistently lowest achieving schools to devote a minimum of one lesson study per month for each grade level or subject area. Optionally, the District may include additional schools.

Scope of Work

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District Plan Source of funds

Provide additional time for Persistently Lowest Performing Schools to allow for common planning for lesson study

School Improvement Grant

Provide one additional hour per month for Correct II High Schools to allow for common planning for lesson study

RTTT

Standards and Assessments2. Expand STEM Career and Technical Program Offerings

Summary: The District will implement at least one additional high school career and technical program that provides training for occupations requiring science, technology, engineering, and/or math (STEM).

Scope of Work

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Implement one Career Technical Education Program that will be developed into integrated programs with industry certification

Current Budget

Standards and Assessments3. Increase Advanced STEM Coursework

Summary: The District must increase the number of STEM-related acceleration courses, such as Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, Advanced International Certificate of Education, dual enrollment, and industry certification.

Scope of Work

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The District has increase advanced STEM coursework to ensure that each high school offers at the least an International Baccalaureate program, Advanced International Certificate of Education program, Dual enrollment courses (at least four courses), or Advanced Placement courses (including one course each in English, mathematics, science, and social studies).

Current Budget

Standards and Assessments4. Bolster Technology for Improved Instruction and Assessment

Summary: The District must ensure that each school possesses the technology to provide sufficient access to strategic tools for improved classroom instruction and computer-based assessment.

Scope of Work

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Ensure all schools possess technology for computer-based assessment based on readiness for computer-based testing as certified through the online certification tool (includes high schools, and middle schools that offer Algebra)

RTTT

Additional support to schools to ensure they possess technology for improved classroom instruction

RTTT

Data Systems5. Improve Access to State Data

Summary: The District must (1) integrate with the State to provide single sign-on access to state-level applications and data by their users, and (2) incorporate state-level data into local instructional improvement systems to improve instruction in the classroom and operations at the school and district levels, and to support research.

Scope of Work

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(1)Access State-Level applications and data through single sign-on access

Current Budget

(2) Incorporate State-level data into District’s data system (Virtual Counselor)

RTTT

Data Systems6. Use Data to Improve Instruction

Summary: (1)The District must use systems that are easy for students, teachers, parents, and principals to use and that show growth of students, teachers, schools, and districts disaggregated by subject and demographics. (2) The District must provide requested data from local instructional improvement and longitudinal data systems to the State.

Scope of Work

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Ensure that local instructional improvement system (Virtual Counselor) is fully utilized

Current Budget

Expand data elements to integrate such systems that student needs identified by data in Virtual Counselor, and to develop data elements to connect professional development to teacher effectiveness

RTTT

Develop and design a school database including a Dash Board for schools

RTTT

Great Teachers and Leaders7. Provide Support for Educator Preparation Programs

Summary: The District must improve the support of candidates in teacher preparation programs by collaborating with providers in assigning effective personnel as mentors and supervising teachers and using candidate performance data for program improvements.

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The District has developed an alternative certification program to support candidates in Teacher Preparation Programs.

Current Budget

Develop and Implement Teachers As Leaders Program to assist in developing pre-service and in-service/alternative certification teachers

RTTT

Great Teachers and Leaders8. Improve Teacher and Principal Evaluation Systems

Summary: The District must design and conduct teacher and principal evaluations through systems that meet the requirements of law and Race to the Top requirements.

Scope of Work

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Design and Conduct Classroom Teacher and Principal Evaluation Systems that are tied to Pay for Performance (design, implement, and evaluate system)• Development Costs for evaluation system• Development of assessments for Non-FCAT teachers to

determine student growth• Staff for Implementation, Data Collection, and Evaluation

Component as Required by State (Research Specialist and Evaluation Coordinator)

RTTT

Great Teachers and Leaders9. Use Data Effectively for Human Capital Decisions

Summary: The District must use results from teacher and principal evaluations to inform human capital processes, including compensation system, differentiated pay, incentives, and recruitment strategies to recruit and retain effective teachers.

Scope of Work

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Design and implement a compensation system including pay for performance, differentiated pay, incentives, and strategies to recruit and retain effective teachers Development Costs for compensation systemPay for PerformanceDifferentiated Pay

RTTT

Great Teachers and Leaders10. Focus Effective Professional Development

Summary: The District must revise its professional development system to include the elements described in the Race to the Top grant, will utilize data from teachers’ and principals’ evaluations to plan and evaluate professional development, and will evaluate the effectiveness of professional development.

Scope of Work

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Develop and implement a system to evaluate the fidelity of the District’s professional development system

RTTT

Develop and conduct professional development for accessing data system and the local instructional improvement system

RTTT

Develop and conduct professional development in common core standards/Next Generation Sunshine State Standards

RTTT

Conduct leadership training/Leadership Institute Current Budget

Turnaround Principal Program (6 turnaround principals to serve as mentors/coaches to low performing schools)

RTTT

Turnaround Instructional Facilitators (10 Instructional Facilitators to help DA schools meet DA requirements)

RTTTT

Struggling Schools11. Drive Improvement in Persistently Low-Achieving Schools

Summary: The District must select one of the four school intervention models in all schools identified as persistently lowest-achieving by the State. All actions must be in accordance with Differentiated Accountability.

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Select and Implement School Intervention Model for Persistently Lowest Performing Schools (Lowest 5%)

School Improvement Grant funds

Struggling Schools 12. Implement Proven Programs for School Improvement

Summary: The District must submit a plan that implements one or more of the following programs in each persistently lowest-achieving school and within the feeder

pattern of each persistently lowest-achieving high school: In Intervene schools, implement a schedule that provides increased learning time. Offer pre-kindergarten on a full-day basis using Title I Full Day Pre-K model. Expand opportunities for students to attend career and professional academies, especially

STEM academies. Expand or introduce proven programs to encourage advanced classes, positive behavior

support systems, mentoring, and curriculum that provides high-need students with college-ready, career-ready, or other postsecondary skills.

Offer other approved programs that demonstrate a strong record of improving student achievement in these District schools.

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Strategies for lowest-achieving schools SIG funds

Strategies for the feeder pattern of the persistently lowest performing high school (Coconut Creek) - The District proposes K-2nd and 8th grade initiatives for Coconut Creek feeder schools that include reading, math, and science intervention; and training for teachers and administrators.

RTTT

13. Include Charter Schools in LEA Planning

Summary: The District must offer charter schools located within their district the opportunity to participate in the grant on the same terms as any other district school. Consistent with federal requirements, the District must ensure that participating charter schools receive a commensurate share of any grant funds or services funded by the grant.

1. Ensure that all of all schools possess the technology to provide sufficient access to strategic tools for improved classroom instruction and computer-based assessment;

2. Access State data systems via the single sign-on portal;3. Use State data from a local instructional improvement system to improve instruction;4. Implement a Teacher and School Leader/Principal/Director Evaluation system that

includes student growth measures5. Use evaluation results to improve how teachers and school leaders/principals/Directors

are hired, placed/assigned, promoted, retained, dismissed, and compensated (pay for performance – using State criteria/IPAS/APAS/learning gains formula)

6. Participate in Professional development focusing on the new common core standards, employing formative assessment, and employing principles of lesson study;

7. Evaluate the fidelity of professional development tied to student performance; and8. Provide all necessary data for the evaluation of the District’s RTTT program.

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RTTT District Committees

Technology Committee*

Professional Development Committee*

Evaluation and Compensation Committee Sub-committee: Pay for Performance* Sub-committee: School Improvement Grant Sub-committee: Appraisal System Committee*

Advanced Coursework and STEM Committee

Intervention Committee

Charter School Steering Committee

*means charter school representative assigned to committee

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race to the top scope of work broward county public schools

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