School Transformation So That Every Student Thrives2015 ACSA Leadership Summit

Lisa Andrew Ed.D: Regional Executive Director

Abbey Kerins: Director of School Transformation

Cynthia Ho: Director of School Transformation

Jessica Gammell: District Partnership Director

Our Mission

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A thriving system that fosters the growth of African American, Latino and English Learner (EL) students in low-income communities.

Elimination of the achievement gap.

Our Unique Value• Equity and Social Justice Mindset

• Multi-year and short-term partnerships

• Shoulder-to-shoulder support

• Assets-based approach

• Customized to your context

• Rigor in measurement

Today’s Session

What do hope to get out of today’s session?

Today’s Session

What do hope to get out of today’s session?

What we hope you get from this session:You will...

• learn about our researched-based School Transformation

Rubric to define research-based components for school

transformation.

• understand how the Rubric has been used at school sites to

accelerate student outcomes and create sustainable

change.

Theory of Impact

2010 2011 2012 2013

PSI San Francisco 685 682 713 716

PSI Alum Rock 718 754 788 792

CA 767 779 788 789

School Transformation

Turn and Talk:

What comes to mind when you hear the phrase “school transformation”?

What kind of work would you expect to be happening in schools?

Record your ideas on individual post-its

School Transformation Framework

School Transformation Framework

School Transformation Framework

School Transformation Framework

Teacher CollaborationProfessional DevelopmentInstructional Coaching

Vision PlanAct Assess, Reflect, Adjust

Curriculum

Assessment

Pedagogical Practices

School Transformation Framework

Teacher Collaboration

The STReport and STRubric

Digging Deeper: Case StudiesSchool 1 (ES) School 2 (ES) School 3 (MS) School 4 (MS)

Overall Student Population

243 461 497 406

Latino 13% (31) 76% (351) 86% (426) 50%(204)

African American 68% (166) 3% (13) 2% (9) 18% (73)

ELs 7% (17) 58%(267) 28% (141) 26% (105)

Free and Reduced Lunch 93% (225) 89% (408) 94% (469) 73% (297)

STRubric in ActionLeadership Goals

Focus of Partnership

Questions

California Leadership Team

Lisa Andrew, Ed.D Regional Executive Director

landrew@partnersinschools.org

(408) 398-2747

Abbey Kerins: Director of School Transformation

Cynthia Ho: Director of School Transformation

Jessica Gammell: District Partnership Director

Bela Bhasin: Regional Director of Program Support

Emily Schriber: Director Regional Customized Support

Viviana Garcia: District Transformation Director