Sullivan County RTTT MOU December 2009

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System:

$2,158,115

Correlation to

state plan

Correlation to

TCSPPKey Perso

Tennessee First to the Top

Local System Scope of Work

Total amount of award (over

four years):

Sullivan County Schools

* If consortium, list all participating systems with lead system first

Contract with vendor similar to PD360to provide personalized staff

develo ment l inked to needs

Year 1 (2010-11)

Activi ty Plan for Implementation

D(4)(i)(ii) TCSPP Goal 1Board Goal 2

Staff

developmsupervisPrincipal

identified in teacher evaluations,assessed at time of delivery, andevaluated in terms of studentperformance on teacher future growthplans. Monitoring will be reportedelectronically to insure regularparticipation toward completion ofteacher growth plan.

Provide specific staffdevelopment to support

teacher performance needsand school goals. This will

augment any state providedPD.


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B(3)

E(2)

TCSPP Goal 2

Board Goal 1

Principal

graduatiocoach

Contract with a graduationcoach at a high school at

risk for possible shortfalls inperformance

Contract with a graduation coach on a120 day contract at Sullivan East HighSchool. Graduation coach will providespecific support and intervention byidentifying and monitoring highly at-riskstudents as early as ninth grade. Timewill be spent interacting with

staff/students to support andencourage success and to monitorprogress. Part of the day will be spentmonitoring the DOT lab in whichstudents take on-line computercourses that will help them becomeeligible for graduation within four years.


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B(3)TCSPP Goal 4

Board Goal 1D

Principalteacherstargetedsubjectsdistrict aschool le

Augment math instructionwith software and handheldtechnology capable ofproviding formativeassessment feedback tostudents and teachers at

Increase classroom engagementutilizing handheld technology devicesand supporting software at SullivanEast High School, Blountville Middle,Bluff City Middle, and Sullivan Middleto improve student performance in

technolocoaches

schools at risk for possibleshortfalls in performance

.trained and use technology daily toaugment instruction


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B(3)

TCSPP Goal 4

Board Goal 1A &

1D

PrincipalTeachers

Enhance curriculum withsupport software that willincrease studentengagement and learning atschools at risk for possibleshortfalls in performance

Provide and implement programs suchas Study Island or A+ Learning atSullivan East High School, Bluff CityMiddle School and Blountville MiddleSchool to increase student classroomengagement in academic areas.Professional development for teacherswill be incorporated uponimplementation. Emphasis atBlountville Middle will be on improvingstudent performance in all math andreading for subgroups of economicallydisadvantaged students and students

D(2)D(5)

TCSPP Goal 4Board Goal 2

AssistanDirector Schools

Develop and implement a prospectiveadministrators institute utilizing localand possibly regional personnel. Paystipends to trainers for moduledevelopment. Purchase necessaryprint materials and supplies.

Train teachers identified asprospective administrators.

with disabilities. Emphasis at SullivanEast will be upon overall student math

performance.


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B(3)C(3)(i)

D(5)(i)

TCSPP Goal 4Board Goal 1B

StaffDevelopSupervisCurriculu

supervisTechnolosupervis

B 3TCSPP Goal 4 Curriculu

Contract with a coach to conducttraining and modeling the use of STEMactivities for teachers anticipated to beassigned to future Ketron school,currently under construction as a

STEM focused school, and forteachers at North High School whichwill receive the Ketron students fortheir high school experience.

Pay stipend to teachers in identifiedareas to develop and revise curriculummaps and pacing guides to optimize

Develop curriculum maps fornon core areas that willintegrate core subjects,career technical courses,

Provide support and staffdevelopment in identificationand use of activities forlesson plans that supportinclusion of STEM inclassrooms.

Board Goal 1B Supervis

D(2)(iii)(iv)TCSPP Goal 4Board Goal 2

Staffdevelopmsupervis

ntegrat on o act v t es anconnections with core curriculum

standards.

If applicaple for Spring

2011, provide support andtraining for teachers andadministrators in use of newteacher evaluation system.

Contract with former teacherevaluation persons to serve as trainersand coaches for teachers andadministrators to train personnel inprocedures and supportimplementation of new teacherevaluation process (to be developed bySDE).

,and special education withSTEM activities to reflect

core standards.


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B(3)C(3)(i)(iii)D(2)(i)

TCSPP Goal 4Board Goals 1A,1B, 3

Curriculu

supervisTechnolosupervis

Contract with a vendor like d2sc toprovide a fully integrated, web based,K-12 software platform that features acomprehensive curriculum planningtool that incorporates all statecurriculum frameworks and supportseach objective with web based and

locally developed instructionalresources. It would also be integratedwith an assessment managementfeature that would enable districtwideformative assessments and teachermade tests. An included teachergradebook with a parent portal wouldfacilitate family communication andprogress monitoring.

Extend current curriculummaps and formative

assessment tools to acomprehensive web basedresource that will alsoincorporate a parent portal.

D(3)(i)(ii)TCSPP Goal 4

Board Goals 1A, 2

Negotiabitem betwBOE andSCEA,Humanresourcesupervis

Provide hiring bonus for newor transferring teachers intohard to staff areas.

Pay $2,000 one time bonus toteachers hired or transferred into

subject areas certified by the board ashard to staff. These would includespeech and language pathologists,chemistry teachers, physics teachers,teachers of calculus and upper levelmath, and teachers of worldlanguages. This is proposed to be inplace through the 2013-2014 schoolyear.


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B(3)C(3)(i)(ii)(iii)

TCSPP Goal 1Board Goals 1C,

3

Technolo

supervisAttendansupervisPrincipal

Provide phone and emailautomated contact system to

improve communication withstakeholders, resulting in anincrease in studentattendance.

Contract with vendor similar toSchoolMessenger to provideenhancement to phone and emailsystems that enables automatedcontacts with parents and staff relatedto attendance, safety, communityinvolvement, and academic progress.

Our emphasis is to use this tool toincrease attendance and parentinvolvement in the daily academicperformance of each child to insureimproved levels of learning. Specifictargets include students who missedmore than 10 days in 2009-2010 SYwho are expected to improve in TCAPperformance.

Total budget 2010-11


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System:

$2,158,115

Correlation to

state plan

Correlation

to TCSPP

Year 2 (2011-12)

Provide funds to schools identified as possible performance shortfalls to be e


Activi ty Plan for Implementa

Tennessee First to t he Top

Local System Scope of Wo

Total amount of award (over four years):


B(3)E(2)

4 Board Goal

1A

C(3)(i)(iii)D(5)(ii)

TCSPP Goal4 Board Goal

1A

D(2)D 5


Develop and implement a prospectivinstitute utilizing local and possibly rPa sti ends to trainers for module d

support of the school improvement plaby the leadership team. Funding wou

need and anticipated intervention costhis plan will more specifically address

Training would be delivered in a two dwith real data to school teams that wotraining all teachers at their rerspectivdata and identify school needs. Particwould receive stipends of $300 per dawould be receive stipends for extra wodeveloping modules.

Train teachers identified as prospectiveadministrators

Coordinate, deliver and monitor training forschool data teams to develop capacity in theirrespective schools to self assess school needs.

possible shortfalls in performance based upon

test and report card data.

2

Purchase necessary print materials


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D(3)(i)(ii)TCSPP Goal4 BoardGoals 1A, 2


TCSPP Goal1 Board

Goals 1C, 3

Provide phone and email automated contactsystem to improve communication withstakeholders.

Contract with vendor similar to Schoprovide enhancement to phone and enables automated contacts with parelated to attendance, safety, command academic progress. Our emphatool to increase attendance and parethe daily academic performance of ehigher levels of learning.

Provide hiring bonus for new or transferringteachers into hard to staff areas.

Pay $2,000 one time bonus to teachtransferred into subject areas certifiehard to staff. These would include slanguage pathologists, chemistry teateachers, teachers of calculus and uand teachers of world languages. Tbe in place through the 2013-2014 s

Tota


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System:

$2,158,115

Correlation to

state plan

Correlation

to TCSPPActivi ty Plan for Implementa

Provide funds to schools identified apossible performance shortfalls to b


Year 3 (2012-13)





B(3)E(2)

4 Board Goal

1A


TCSPP Goal4 Board Goal1A

D(2)D(5)


recommended by the leadership teabe based upon need and anticipated

Amendments to this plan will more sthis activity.

Training would be delivered in a twoinstitute with real data to school teamcharged with training all teachers at schools to analyze data and identifyParticipants in institutes would receiper day, and trainers would be receiextra work toward developing modu

Develop and implement a prospectivinstitute utilizing local and possibly rPay stipends to trainers for module d

Coordinate, deliver and monitor training forschool data teams to develop capacity in theirrespective schools to self assess schoolneeds.

possible shortfalls in performance based upontest and report card data.


Purchase necessary print materials


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D(3)(i)(ii)TCSPP Goal

4 BoardGoals 1A, 2


TCSPP Goal1 Board

Goals 1C, 3

Pay $2,000 one time bonus to teachtransferred into subject areas certifiehard to staff. These would include slanguage pathologists, chemistry teateachers, teachers of calculus and uand teachers of world languages. Tbe in place through the 2013-2014 s

Provide phone and email automated contactsystem to improve communication withstakeholders.

Contract with vendor similar to Schoprovide enhancement to phone and enables automated contacts with parelated to attendance, safety, command academic progress. Our emphatool to increase attendance and parethe daily academic performance of ehigher levels of learning.

Provide hiring bonus for new or transferringteachers into hard to staff areas.

Tota


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System:

$2,158,115

Correlation to

state plan

Correlation

to TCSPP

Year 4 (2013-14)

Activi ty






Plan for Implementa

Provide funds to schools identified apossible performance shortfalls to b

B(3)

4 Board Goal

1A



1A

D(2)D(5)


Coordinate, deliver and monitor training forschool data teams to develop capacity in theirrespective schools to self assess schoolneeds.

possible shortfalls in performance based upontest and report card data.


recommended by the leadership teabe based upon need and anticipated

Amendments to this plan will more sthis activity.

Training would be delivered in a twoinstitute with real data to school teamcharged with training all teachers at schools to analyze data and identifyParticipants in institutes would receiper day, and trainers would be receiextra work toward developing modu

Develop and implement a prospectivinstitute utilizing local and possibly rPay stipends to trainers for module dPurchase necessary print materials


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System:

$2,158,115

Budget

571,700

648,500

583,500

354,415






Summary of Four-Year Scope of W

2010-11

Year

2011-12

2013-14

2012-13

$2,158,115.00

Director of Schools

Chair, Board of Education

President, Sullivan CountyEducation Association

*

On behalf of the Board of Education, I affirm that the Board has approved the "Scope of Work" for use of fundsand will support its implementation.

Total Four-Year Budget

Required System Signatures

I have approved the "Scope of Work" for use of funds generated by the "Race to the Top" grant, am fully comm

Total four-year budget must match amo

Chair, Local Funding Agency

On behalf of the funding agency for the Board of Education, I affirm that the funding agency is aware that "Scoprecurring costs beyond the four-year scope of the grant and that they acknowledge that these costs will becom


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Sullivan County RTTT MOU December 2009