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“Change does not necessarily assure progress, but progress implacably requires change. Education is essential to change, for education creates both new wants and the ability to satisfy them.”
Henry Steele Commager
Equity SchoolsAn Innovative School Model
Where Excellence and Quality Unite In Transforming Youth
Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation
22, 498 students
3,000 employees
5 high schools
10 middle schools
20 elementary schools
3 alternative schools
2 charter schools
53% free and reduced lunch
75% white
14% black
8% multiracial
2% Hispanic
Strategic PlanningOver 250 community forums
Input used to create a strategic agenda
Agenda presented to community and revised into EVSC Strategic Plan5 focus areas (professional development; early
childhood; technology; family, school, and community partnerships; innovative school models)
Subsequent $174 million referendum passed with 70% community approval
Innovative models Equity Schools
What are Equity Schools?
Innovative, semi-autonomous school model
Focused on 3 schools currently (2 elementary, 1 middle)
Unique school calendarsAdditional instructional days
Required 10-20 additional instructional days
Added 5 teacher data days
Successful completion of Equity PD Academy
How were Equity Schools developed?
Preliminary identification of district needsFocus on chronically low performing schools
Focused on school level, differentiated autonomyFlexibility to meet school needsEmphasis on localized student, family, and community
Premium placed on increasing student engagement and instructionNeed for data review and application days Increased instructional days for students
Equity School Details - Contract
Contract details outlined AFTER key model design was completed
Brief addendum to contract drafted
Two part ratificationVote to approve moving forwardVote to approve specifics of Equity model
Simple majority
Equity School Details - Funding
Stimulus funding with further grant funding identified
Additional salary expenses (additional days)
Professional Development StipendsSuccessful completion incentive
Focus on data/outcomes to justify and prioritize future funding
Equity School Details – PD AcademyVoluntary participation by staff throughout the
district
150 seats (added additional seats based on demand)
40 hours of professional development
Action research required of each participant
Final observations by ETA/EVSC team
Equity Schools – McGary MS
50% staff turnover
Developed calendar with sibling needs as a focus
Designed one week of training for all staff in ACT (Applied Control Theory)
Designed time at beginning of school on building community and learning students
Used team plans, faculty meetings, and small committees to design changes
Equity Schools – Delaware ES
Younger staff
Uses consensus to design changes
Adding second planning period each day for grade level teaming
Focus on Differentiated Instruction
Teachers worked in teams to complete action research
Equity Schools – Howard Roosa ES
No voluntary staff transfers out
Small committees formed to develop calendar, format of school day, curriculum, and technology then conduct formal vote by staff
Adding grade level time at start of day
Students eating breakfast in classrooms each morning
School moving in one year, but staff moving rooms because it is best for instruction
Equity Schools – Videohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vi0oObmQ1a8