Supporting Charter School Transition to Common Core Standards

Supporting Charter School Transition to Common Core StandardsEvan Lefsky, Ph.D.Project DirectorPublic Consulting Group

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• Title or Position (e.g. Teacher , Administrator)

• School or Company

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Welcome & Introductions PCG Overview & Experience Project Overview Project Activities Project Schedule Questions & Answers

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Agenda

Public Consulting Group provides financial,

operational, technology, and academic

support services to school districts,

state departments, and foundations

around the world.

Interesting Facts

Public Focus, Proven Results

Privately-held corporation since 1986

Financial capacity to take on complex projects of all sizes

Commitment to evidenced-based practices

Partnership approach

Extensive experience with

large

scale engagements at district

and state-levels

PCG Overview & Experience

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Interesting Facts

Education Clients: 4,300

Largest 25 US Districts: 50%

Largest 100 US Districts: 35%

Data Warehouse Students: 5M

Medicaid Reimbursement Collected: $2.75B

Special Education Technology: 1.4M students or 20% of US Market.

14M IEP’s created by 350,000 users

PCG Florida Experience

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● Support clients via local offices since 1996o Tallahassee

o Ft. Lauderdale

● Provide over 25 services across 8 Florida LEAso Alachua

o Broward

o Escambia

o Miami-Dade

● Serve additional Florida clients o Department of Education (DOE)

o Florida Rural Turnaround Leadership Project

o Department of Children and Families (DCF)

o Florida Children Services Councils

o Orange

o Osceola

o Palm Beach

o Polk

Project Overview

• Race to the Top funded-November 2012-June 2014• All charter schools eligible to participate• Develop and deliver targeted training and technical assistance

specific to charter schools in two major areas: • 1) Implementation of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS)• 2) Access and use of a Local Instructional Improvement System

(LIIS) to analyze student achievement data to drive instruction and increase student academic achievement.

Project Activities• Professional development for teachers, administrators, and

governing board members (Delivered regionally)• Common Core Standards (English Language Arts and Literacy,

Math)• Data Literacy and Use • Value-Added Model (VAM)

• Training for charter school teams (Delivered regionally)• Self-assessment tool • Creating a CCSS implementation plan• Progress monitoring templates

Proposed Professional Development Schedule – Year 1

Nov 2012 Nov 2012 Feb 2013 March 2013 April 2013 May 2013 June 2013

Teachers’ Training

Regional Information Sessions

Project Information Session

Module 1-Data Use

Module 2A-CCSS-ELA (K-5)

Module2B-CCSS-ELA (6-12)

Module3A-CCSS-Math (K-5)

Module3B-CCSS-Math (6-12)

School Administrators’ Training



Module 1-Data Use

Module 2-Common Core-ELA/Math

Board Members’ Training



Module 1PARCC-CCSS

Project Update

Charter School Team Meetings



Leadership Team Training Session 1


Regional Coaching Sessions

Regional Monthly Technical Assistance





Proposed Professional Development Schedule – Year 2

Proposed Professional Development Delivery Schedule – Year 2*

Aug 2013 Sept 2013 Oct 2013 Nov 2013 Dec 2013

Jan 2014 Feb 2014 March 2014 April 2014

May 2014 June 2014

Teachers’ Training

Module 4-Data Use

Module 5A-CCSS-ELA

Module 5B CCSS-ELA

Module 6A CCSS-Math

Module 6B CCSS-Math

Module 7A CCSS-ELA/Data

Module 7B CCSS-ELA/Data

Module 8A CCSS-Math/Data

Module 8B CCSS-Math/Data

School Admin. Training

Module 3-PARCC Overview

Module 4-Data Analysis/ VAM

Board Members’ Training

Module 2-Data Use

Project Update Project Update

Charter School Team Meetings


Leader-ship Team Training Session 4

Leader-ship Team TrainingSession 5

Leadership Team TrainingSession 6

Regional Coaching Sessions


Regional Monthly Tech.Asst.



Reg.Month.Tech.Asst.




Reg.Month.Tech.Asst.



Additional Project Activities

• Data Support Network• Technology assessment tool• Instructional manual to assist charter schools in accessing and using

the LIIS

• Multi-Metric Monitoring System to assess progress toward transition to the CCSS in all content areas• Gap analysis to determine current alignment of school’s curriculum,

instructional materials, assessments, and professional development plan with the CCSS

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Contacts

Evan Lefsky, Ph.D.

352-617-6040

[email protected]

Natalie Foster

954-707-4303

[email protected]

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Public Consulting Group, Inc.148 State Street, Tenth Floor, Boston, Massachusetts 02109

(617) 426-2026, www.publicconsultinggroup.com

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Supporting Charter School Transition to Common Core Standards