SAU #41 2010-2011

SAU #41 2010-2011

WELCOME TO THE NEW SCHOOL YEARWELCOME TO THE

NEW SCHOOL YEAR

Another Exciting Year AheadAnother Exciting Year Ahead

Assuring that our students have a cohesive PreK-12 experience

Purposeful collaboration Strengthening relationships Sense of urgency Celebrate successes, learn from

shortcomings

A Shift in Emphasis in 2009-10A Shift in Emphasis in 2009-10

A focus on learning

Teaching as collaborative practice

School improvement a requirement

Responsibility

Distributed leadership

SAU 41 - LEADERSHIP TEAM

FIVE YEAR PLAN, 2009-2014

Data – a systemic plan Curricular alignment in our core

content areas Responsibility for Student Growth,

academic and behavioral A comprehensive plan for Building

Capacity at the organizational and individual levels

Five Year PlanFirst Year 2009-2010

Researched, selected data management program – Inform

Began to identify the types of data we collect and use

Began a review of our practices when learners need more support – Response to Intervention (RTI)

Conducted a staff development survey

In Addition, We…

Established a strategic planning steering committee, Transforming Our Schools Together, and held a Visioning Day

Submitted two applications for Race to the Top

Established two PreK-12 professional days in this year’s calendar

And We Also…

Piloted an online learning management system at HUES, Blackboard

Completed year two of using the Danielson model for teacher evaluation

Launched a new, standards-based Multi-Dimensional School Leader Assessment System for administrators

Five Year PlanSecond Year 2010-11

Launch data management through Inform

Data work through RTI, Professional Learning Communities (PLCs)

Map the taught curriculum, PreK-12

Begin to standardize formative assessment; extend summative assessment

Second Year - Continued

Build lateral capacity – vertical and horizontal connections through PLCs

Complete the strategic planning process and finalize an SAU 41 vision of our schools

Extend/expand leadership development

STATE LEVEL REFORM

Comprehensive Educational Plan

Common model for teacher evaluation

Adding a 5th Domain to the Danielson model, Student Achievement

Adopted the Common Core Standards in June

NH DOE Reform Initiatives

Race to the Top: Four Assurances (data, great teachers/great leaders, assessment, struggling/innovative schools

Smarter Balanced Consortium – 31 states

Equity: graduating all students career- and college-ready

Federal ReformThe Shift at the Federal Level

From Highly Qualified Teacher to Highly Effective Teacher

From Focus on Teaching to Focus on Learning Time to complete the curriculum Time to meet students’ needs Measure growth over time, not a snapshot in time

Funding directly connected deep, systemic change

Reauthorizing ESEA

Reform PrioritiesRewriting ESEA

College- and Career-Ready Students

Great Teachers and Great Leaders in Every School

Equity and Opportunity for All Students

Raise the Bar and Reward Excellence

Promote Innovation and Continuous Improvement

What’s At Stake for Continued Educational Funding

Federal level – billions of dollars - but tied to a comprehensive plan for reform

Foundations – Gates, Kellogg, others – creating an “Open Innovation Portal”

Regional Labs – help with writing grants Consortia Technical Centers for district, state support

with NCLB

SAU 41: Positioning Ourselves for Continued Success

Continue our focus using the Five Year Plan as our roadmap Build our systemic/school/classroom capacity

through lateral and vertical Professional Learning Communities

Know and use our data to chart our progress at all levels of the system

Align our curricula in the core content areas and use the data to make adjustments

Increase our ability to respond to the data on student growth – maintain a sense of urgency

SAU 41… A Community of Learning Professionals

“Power consists in one’s capacity to link his [her] will with the purpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.”

- Woodrow Wilson