© 2013 National Center on Time and Learning; The TIME Collaborative Dr. King Elementary Session 6 Presentation

© 2013 National Center on Time and Learning; www.timeandlearning.org

The TIME Collaborative

Dr. King ElementarySession 6 Presentation


School Background

School Name Location

Dr. King Elementary School Syracuse, NY

Number of Students by Grade (Projected for SY 14-15)

Pre K K 1 2 3 4 5 Total

103 105 102 102 94 96 88 690

What Else You Should Know about Our School

10.2% of students are English Language Learners

17.7% of students are Special Education Students

100% receive free lunch


Building Support for Our New Day

Staff• Monthly staff meeting updates• Staff surveys on enrichment interests• Professional development on Instructional Focus/Priority Focus

#2

Parents• Robo-calls home from Principal with process updates• Website with information• Announcements at concerts and other school events• Parent/Teacher conversations

Students • Student surveys – enrichment• Class meetings

School Board • Staff willing to talk to school board• Invite members of school board to our school

Community Stakeholders

• SUNY ESF• Peaceful People

Stakeholder Evidence of Outreach, Support, and Engagement


Instructional FocusInstructional Focus

A coordinated, whole school effort at Dr. King Elementary to have all students show measurable growth in their ability to comprehend and respond in writing to various texts using evidence across all subject areas.

Will be measured by a common school-based rubric scaffolded across the grade levels to assess daily/weekly assignments in addition to standardized state and district assessments.

What Challenges We’re Solving at Our School with This Focus• Need more professional development for standards based teaching & learning• Low growth on open response items on state standardized test

How We Decided on This Focus/What Data Informed Our Decision• Planning team met to collect data and plan school wide meetings• Interim assessments showed little progress on writing standards


Addressing Our Instructional Focus

How are We Using Time to Support Our Instructional Focus?

• 150 minute weekly for grade level and vertical collaboration • 180 minutes weekly for analyzing data• 120 minutes weekly for professional development

What Our School Needs to Address to Strengthen Our Focus

• Training on teaching writing across all content areas using consistent school-wide practices

• Teachers need support on analyzing and responding to data • Teachers need protocols/structures to ensure productive collaboration time• School needs to identify high quality curriculum and other resources for support• School needs to identify partner organizations and technology options that can

help deliver targeted intervention and acceleration


Our School-wide Priority #2Second PriorityA coordinated whole school effort will be made to build a school culture of positive behavior which will allow us to focus on the education of the whole child so that students are healthy, physically and emotionally safe, actively engaged, supported and challenged by a well-balanced curriculum.

Will be done using P.B.I.S., PATHS (Providing Alternate Thinking Strategies) 2nd Step, PAX Good Behavior Game, and Peaceful People.

What Challenges We’re Solving at Our School with This Priority• Extended time allows for 30 minutes daily for enhancing the school culture• Peaceful People will help students with problem solving strategies in addition to

conflict resolution strategies• Standards-based curriculum to support social emotional learning

How We Decided on This Priority/What Data Informed Our Decision• Current school culture• Observations from teachers, students, and parents• Referral data, PBIS data


Addressing Our Priority #2

How are We Using Time to Support Our Instructional Focus?• 30 minutes daily to work on enhancing school culture

What Our School Needs to Address to Strengthen Priority #2• Curriculum based program (PATHS) that will help teaching skills more targeted and

meaningful• Partnership with Peaceful People


Our New School Day

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri

Start 8:00 8:00 8:00 8:00 8:00

End 3:40 3:40 3:40 3:40 3:40

Minutes 460 460 460 460 460

Average Length of Day (in Minutes) 460 min/day

Number of School Days each Year 180 days/yr

Total Minutes each Year 82,800 min/yr

Total Hours each Year 1,380 hrs/yr


Sample Student Schedule

Total Minutes per Week

Core Academics Intervention/Acceleration Enrichment

1,300 min 90 + min ELA90 + min Math

150 + min

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday60 min B’fast

AEB’fast

AEB’fast

AEB’fast

AEB’fast

AE30 min Enhancing School

CultureEnhancing

School CultureEnhancing



School Culture90 min

ELABlended Learning

ELABlended Learning

ELABlended Learning

ELABlended Learning

ELABlended Learning

40 min Writing Writing Writing Writing Writing45 min Math Math Math Math Math30 min Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch

45 min Math – Blended Learning

Math – Blended Learning




40 min Specials Specials Specials Specials Specials40 min Content Content Content Content Content30 min Enrichment Enrichment Enrichment Enrichment Enrichment10 min Dismissal Dismissal Dismissal Dismissal Dismissal


Student Schedule Breakdown

Eng Math Content Ac Sup Spec Elect Other TOTAL

# of Min 145 60 40 0 40 0 0 285

Eng Math Content Academic Support

Spec Elect Other TOTAL

# of Min 130 90 40 30 (3 days) + 40 150 + 30 510

SY 2013-2014 Schedule – minutes/day

SY 2014-2015 Schedule (with ELT)- minutes/day

Schedule Changes that Benefit Our StudentsIncreased writing time by 10 minutes a day to address our instructional focus.

Students have Enrichment for 30 minutes a day plus what is available to them during Academic Enrichment time.

Students have Intervention for 30 minutes a day – 3 days a week plus what is necessary from the Academic Enrichment time

Every student has 30 minutes daily for enhancing school culture to address our priority focus #2.


Sample Teacher SchedulesGroup 1

60 min PD/Data30 min School Culture40 min Writing40 min Planning Period30 min Whole Group ELA60 min Blended Learning –

Tier 1 & 2 intervention30 min Lunch45 min Whole Group Math45 min Blended Learning –

Tier 1 & 2 intervention30 min Teacher Collaboration30 min Content

Group 1 TeachersPre K – 5th Grade Teachers

Total Minutes per Week

Instruction Data Collaboration

1,450 180 150


Teacher Schedule Breakdown

Instruction Collab. Data Plan/Prep Prof. Dev. Other Total

Minutes 1,225 min/wk

75 min/wk

75 min/wk

200 min/wk

voluntary 0 1,575

SY 2013-2014 Schedule

SY 2014-2015 Schedule (with ELT)Instruction Collab. Data Plan/Prep Prof. Dev. Other Total

Minutes 1,450 min/wk

150 min/wk

180 min/wk

200 min/wk

120 min/wk

150 min/wk

2,250

Schedule Changes that Benefit Our TeachersTeachers will receive more time for team and vertical collaboration.Teachers will receive more time for data analysis.Teachers will receive more time for targeted professional development.

Teachers will have 30 minutes a day for enhancing school culture. This will build both teacher to student and student to student relationships which will ultimately allow more time for instruction.


Sustaining Expanded Learning TimeStrategies to Decrease FINANCIAL Burdens

Strategies to Decrease TEACHER/STAFF Burdens

Blended Learning using technology to provide content delivery

Strategic placement of students that ensures each class is better configured for BL

Infusion of outside partners (Peaceful People and SUNY ESF)

Tier 1 and Tier 2 interventions will be embedded in the core classes

Utilize SUNY ESF staff to provide enrichment for students.

Strategic placement of students that ensures each class is better configured for BL

PD that builds capacity in the areas related to our two Instructional Foci

More teacher collaboration, PD and data analysis time.


Budgeting for ELTAdditional Cost Approximate Cost Cost per Student

Added Teacher Time $363,780 $527.22

Added Partner Time TBD TBD

TOTAL 363,780 + TBD 527.22 +TBD

Funds We’re Pursuing

SIG 1,000,000/3 $483.10

Title 1/GF $473


Challenges and Unresolved Issues

Uncertainty around staffing/administration

Training of external partners

Logistical space for breakfast

Logistical space for enrichment and intervention

School level challenges and unresolved issues

Have not yet received grant award notices

Needs to finalize external partner agreements

Uncertainty regarding school staffing

District level challenges and unresolved issues


Questions

Documents

© 2013 National Center on Time and Learning; The TIME Collaborative Dr. King Elementary Session 6 Presentation