Collaboration GrantsDesign 101

Salem November 21st, 2013

Objectives

What is this work all about?•Understand Purpose of the Collaboration Grant •Understand the Four Components of the GrantHow do we get it done?•Understand Design Process and Team’s Charge•Understand Design Year Deliverables and Outcomes

Empowering Educators to Lead

• Collaboration Grants provide educators the opportunity to collaborate on plans for teacher professional growth and success tailored to local needs.

• Teachers create for themselves what every professional deserves: a clear career path, opportunities for feedback, relevant and individualized training, and recognition for leadership and results.

The Components

Meaningful Performance Evaluation

•A professional growth tool that relies on clear standards and advances the quality of teaching and learning. Gains in professional and student growth are measured in multiple ways.

Targeted and Relevant Professional Development

• Educators are given the resources and support they need to improve their teaching practices and stay at the leading edge of their craft.

New Career Paths

• Create significant leadership roles that support educator growth and better outcomes for students such as mentoring and instructional coaching.

Expanded Compensation Models

• Traditional salary schedules are revised to reflect how districts value new leadership roles, responsibilities and educator and student growth.

Career Pathways Compensation

Evaluation Professional Development

Improving Outcomes for Students and

Educators

Another View

FOCUS ON HEALTHY PROCESS BEFORE CONTENT =

SUSTAINABILITY OF THE WORK

Shift in Beliefs > Shift in Understanding > Shift in Practice

Design Team

• Representative of all stakeholders– Levels– Generations– Roles

• Able to think beyond self• Willing to put in the time• Majority of members are teachers

Design Team’s Charge

• Set Operating Agreements– What are our group norms?– How will we reach consensus?– What do we believe about….

• Student Learning and Growth• Effective Educators• Collaboration• Compensation• Retaining Highly Effective Educators

Design Team’s Charge

• Clarify Purpose and Develop a Common Knowledge Base– What will success in our district look like at the end of

the Design Phase? – What does the research say about the four

components?– How can we build expertise around the four

components on our team to design a new way of operating in our district?

• Subcommittee work• Shared Leadership

Design Team’s Charge

• Building Blueprints– After identifying our guiding principles and

researching the components, what are our greatest hopes and dreams?

– What are our priorities for how to use additional funds?

– How will implementation roll out? – What is our timeline?– Who will do the work?– How will it be communicated?