Phase one (1st quarter) Replace Principal (Superintendent & Warren Board of Achievement data & performance evaluations led to Education) removal of current principal Principal replaced with one who has past track Leadership skills, demonstrated abilities and evidence of Principal May 2015 record of student success & the ability to lead success led to selection of Stephen Foster No SIG funding Changes and superintendent’s turnaround effort (e.g., named IDOE Distinguished as new principal Flexibility school ratings at Principal; Received “A” Warren Board of Education approved new principal Lakeside Elementary and Creston Intermediate appointment Academy) New principal replaces school dean with a proven leader Provide Operational Flexibility & Support for overseeing discipline & school culture June 2015 New turnaround principal given operational Principal has the authority to hire teachers and to remove flexibility (Superintendent, Board of Education, those found to be ineffective using process collaboratively Warren Education Association/union) developed by administrators & teachers; and to manage school schedule and budgets (with control of people, time, program and dollars) Principal is hiring several new classroom teachers over the summer to support the transformation work Principal and Assistant Superintendent for School Improvement have held stakeholder input & planning meetings with teachers, parents and community members Re-design the Current Leadership Structure to Aug-Dec 2015 Following discussions with staff and observations of Create a (Principal) Building-wide Team strengths, the principal will identify administration staff and teacher leaders to serve on the Building Leadership Team The leadership focus will be on building leadership team’s capacity; developing teacher leadership across the building; and school improvement planning Roles, responsibilities and goals will be established for all members May- Superintendent, Board & Association (union) support all LEA Provides Oversight & Support (Assistant June 2015 aspects of Sunny Transformation Model across Height’s Superintendent for School Improvement) the next five years (Letters attached) of Support Define district role in the planning process LEA completes comprehensive analyses of Sunny Heights No SIG funding Designate central office staff member to be part of needs; justification for interventions (district leadership) SIG process (Superintendent) Assistant Superintendent for School Improvement supports Sunny Heights in grant preparation Ryan Russell, Assistant to the Superintendent for Educator Assign principal mentor (Superintendent) Effectiveness appointed as principal mentor; provides ongoing support across school year Monthly monitoring of SIG implementation; evaluation July 2015-June LEA Monitoring Process Established & system; data review plan; special populations review to be included in Part 7, Item 7 of grant proposal 2016 Building fully-implemented in Year 1 (See Section 5c & Part 7, (Assistant Superintendent for School Culture Item 7) Improvement)
Principal Changes and Flexibility Building Culture Replace Principal (Superintendent & Warren Board of Education) Principal replaced with one who has past track record of student success & the ability to lead turnaround effort (e.g., named IDOE Distinguished Principal; Received “A” school ratings at Lakeside Elementary and Creston Intermediate Academy) Provide Operational Flexibility & Support New turnaround principal given operational flexibility (Superintendent, Board of Education, Warren Education Association/union) Re-design the Current Leadership Structure to Create a Building-wide Team (Principal) LEA Provides Oversight & Support (Assistant Superintendent for School Improvement) Define district role in the planning process Designate central office staff member to be part of SIG process (Superintendent) Assign principal mentor (Superintendent) LEA Monitoring Process Established & included in Part 7, Item 7 of grant proposal (Assistant Superintendent for School Improvement) Phase one (1st quarter) May 2015 June 2015 Aug-Dec 2015 May- June 2015 July 2015-June 2016 Achievement data & performance evaluations led to removal of current principal Leadership skills, demonstrated abilities and evidence of success led to superintendent’s selection of Stephen Foster as new principal Warren Board of Education approved new principal appointment New principal replaces school dean with a proven leader for overseeing discipline & school culture Principal has the authority to hire teachers and to remove those found to be ineffective using process collaboratively developed by administrators & teachers; and to manage school schedule and budgets (with control of people, time, program and dollars) Principal is hiring several new classroom teachers over the summer to support the transformation work Principal and Assistant Superintendent for School Improvement have held stakeholder input & planning meetings with teachers, parents and community members Following discussions with staff and observations of strengths, the principal will identify administration staff and teacher leaders to serve on the Building Leadership Team The leadership team’s focus will be on building leadership capacity; developing teacher leadership across the building; and school improvement planning Roles, responsibilities and goals will be established for all members Superintendent, Board & Association (union) support all aspects of Sunny Height’s Transformation Model across the next five years (Letters of Support attached) LEA completes comprehensive analyses of Sunny Heights needs; justification for interventions (district leadership) Assistant Superintendent for School Improvement supports Sunny Heights in grant preparation Ryan Russell, Assistant to the Superintendent for Educator Effectiveness appointed as principal mentor; provides ongoing support across school year Monthly monitoring of SIG implementation; evaluation system; data review plan; special populations review to be fully-implemented in Year 1 (See Section 5c & Part 7, Item 7) No SIG funding No SIG funding
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