Welcome

ESC North Principal MeetingOctober 2014

Right Drivers Change Culture

Wrong vs. Right DriversMichael Fullan

Focusing on accountability vs. Focusing on capacity building

Individual teacher & leadership quality vs. Group work development

Focus on technology vs. Focus on instruction

Fragmented strategies vs. Systemic strategies

Goals Interconnected

All Students Graduate College

Prepared and Career Ready

Implement Common

Core

Improve Teaching &

Learning

Equity & Access for ALL

Closing the Achievement

Gap

System for Change

Need for Shared and Distributed Leadership

Instructional Leadership Teams

• Improving schools and increasing student achievement are only possible if everyone shares responsibility in doing the work

• Sharing leadership is the only way schools will sustain progress and improvement overtime

Preliminary Graduation Rates2013-14

SOCES MAGPEARL JOURN/COMM MAG

NORTHRIDGE ACAD SHARLETA SHRESEDA SH

VALLEY ACAD ARTS/SCITAFT CHARTER HS

VERDUGO HILLS SHVAN NUYS SH

VALLEY ALTERN MAGNO HOLLYWOOD SH

CHATSWORTH CHTR HSCLEVELAND CHTR HS

SYLMAR SHKENNEDY SH

GRANT SHPANORAMA SH

CANOGA PARK SH

0.0% 10.0% 20.0% 30.0% 40.0% 50.0% 60.0% 70.0% 80.0% 90.0% 100.0%

92.4%90.8%

89.9%89.0%88.6%

86.6%86.6%

85.3%84.7%84.4%

83.5%81.8%

80.0%79.9%79.1%78.3%

73.4%68.1%

Preliminary Growth in Graduation Rates2012-13 and 2013-14

PANORAMA SH

RESEDA SH

PEARL JOURN/COMM MAG

VAN NUYS SH

GRANT SH

VALLEY ACAD ARTS/SCI

CLEVELAND CHTR HS

TAFT CHARTER HS

CHATSWORTH CHTR HS

NO HOLLYWOOD SH

SYLMAR SH

KENNEDY SH

VERDUGO HILLS SH

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30%

25%

21%

20%

15%

13%

13%

12%

12%

8%

8%

7%

6%

6%

Measure Progress Towards GoalsAlerts• DIBELS• Attendance• Marks/Grade• CELDT

ESC North Grade 2 CELDT

Core Waiver District• LAUSD chose to participate in the CORE waiver because it

aligns with work already being done in the District

• Creates infrastructure to support collaboration across schools and districts in support of our students becoming college and career-ready

• Aligns with our district initiative to support the Common Core roll-out

• Aligns with our district initiatives to support Teacher and Leadership development and evaluation

Creates a new accountability system that:o recognizes performance growtho over time will base evaluation of school performance

on multiple measures, including academics, social/emotional and school culture & climate factors

o captures positive or negative changes in school achievement gaps

o invites shared responsibility of accountability across and within districts

CORE Waiver Schools in ESC North2014-2015

8 Reward SchoolsKester ES Mayall ES Mt. View ES Rio Vista ESSan Jose ESSharp ES Valley Alternative Vanalden ES

5 Collaborative Partners Kennedy SH Maclay MSNorthridge Academy Olive Vista MSTaft SH

3 Support Schools

19 Focus Schools

A New Accountability System - SQII

There is no them or us…there is just us.