BOE.Presentation Schools & Leadership (Feb-Board)

Schools and Leadership
        Update
       Committee of the Whole
          February 12, 2024
      Board of Education Meeting




                        Champion Dillard
          Chief of Schools and Leadership
              Restructuring & Support
Purpose: Comprehensive reworking for the purpose of improving
teaching and learning
•   Area Superintendents
•   Leadership Development
•   Professional Learning
•   Athletics


Area Superintendents Support Structure
•   Executive Administrators
•   Content Coordinators: ELA, Math, ESL, Special Education
•   Culture & Climate Coordinators
•   Mental Health Coordinators
•   Post Secondary Transition Specialist
•   Sample Leadership Agenda
    Schools & Leadership Retreat
Purpose: Provide aligned support to improve academic
performance and/or transform school culture.


Areas of Focus
•   Team Building
•   Collaborative Calibration Visits (CCV) Overview
•   Curriculum and Instruction Differentiated Sessions by Role Group
•   Area Team Planning
•   Feedback
Retreat
Retreat Feedback
Retreat Feedback
Need More Learning
Retreat Next Steps
                 Professional Learning
GOALS:
•   Create a virtual space that empowers teachers and leaders to improve and enhance student
    outcomes
•   Strengthen partnerships between all DCSD divisions and schools
•   Challenges the workforce to become better
•   Use Frontline Learning Management System to build capacity with school and district
    personnel


FOCUS:
•   Use data to build expertise and professional growth
•   Offer sessions based on data from PD Request Forms, Learning Walk, CCVs, and Reality Checks.
•   Provide support through collaborative partnerships: Preservice, New Teachers, Paras, etc.
                            Horizon School Data
       Region          Number of State     Number of Schools that   Percent Change
                      Identified Schools        exited in
                         2022-2023             2023-2024
Region 1: M. Pearch           3                      2                   67%
Region 2: T. Arnold       No Schools             No Schools
Region 3: S. Tartt            3                      2                   67%
Region 4: N. Sauce            2                      1                   50%
Region 5: T. Weaver           6                      5                   83%
Region 6: J. Taylor           6                      3                   50%
Region 7: A. Lester           5                      3                   60%
      High School Area Support for
                Schools

Tracking the Work