2/27/2017 Consortium of Innovation Final Report Prepared by Education First December 2016 Overview of the COI: Goals, timeline, approaches to data tracking 1
2/27/2017 The COI grant aimed to increase BOCES’ capacity to support districts’ progress on their teaching and learning priorities Support select BOCES and a subset of their districts to improve • implementation of CCSS and teacher effectiveness by Grant commissioning, accumulating and distributing relevant, practical Objectives knowledge (e.g., tools, best practices) related to communicating with stakeholders, cultivating instructional leadership, and facilitating teacher and principal collaboration Equip participating BOCES with the skills and tools to • disseminate knowledge across their regions Participants 3 BOCES , Questar, Wayne-Finger Lakes, Monroe 2, and cross- • functional teams from 17 districts And LEAF supports : coaches (accountability partners), 2 convenings, • Components trainings (teacher leadership, instructional rounds, LDC, communications), Wiggio (resource sharing platform) BOCES and district expectations : district action plans, regular • BOCES-led regional gatherings to share and troubleshoot, attending convenings The COI goals stem from a Theory of Action about BOCES capacity as a lever for change IF LEAF connects, convenes and coaches BOCES and teams from a subset of their districts… …and engages them with tools, resources and learning opportunities focused on communicating with stakeholders and cultivating principal and teacher collaboration on instructional leadership …and BOCES disseminate relevant tools and resources to all the districts in their region through Regional Trainings …THEN participating BOCES and districts will develop skills and practices that strengthen the implementation of CCSS and teacher effectiveness reforms 2
2/27/2017 The COI spanned one year, forming new and deepening existing structures for knowledge sharing Select First Second Evaluation/ Coaching/ Support Planning Issue RFP Participants Convening Convening Feedback Regional Trainings/ PD Oct 2015 Nov Dec Jan 2016 Jan - October October Nov/Dec Convenings, Quarterly Newsletters, District PD opportunities and Wiggio – LEAF facilitates the sharing of valuable info, PD, BOCES resources and tools that BOCES and districts can adapt/adopt. Accountability Partners – LEAF LEAF supports BOCES to connect districts with relevant tools/ resources and follow through on COI commitments. Regional Convenings – BOCES lead regular regional convenings to support districts with their action plans and to facilitate sharing across districts. 5 We gathered data from participants to inform our reflections on the COI impact District Leader BOCES Focus 3 surveys Interviews Groups To all participants in the COI Two district interviews from Two focus groups in Nov. (teachers, administrators each COI BOCES in Nov. 2016 with: and BOCES): 2016: � COI Accountability � February 2016 (baseline � One from a district Partners (APs) who data)- 91 respondents identified as “more coached BOCES leads engaged” in COI (two total) � August 2016- 65 � One from a district � BOCES Leads (two total) respondents identified as “less � November 2016- 69 engaged” in COI respondents 3
2/27/2017 Here is what we learned… We distilled takeaways into three categories Achievements Challenges Takeaways 4
2/27/2017 Let’s begin with achievements Achievements Challenges Takeaways District leaders used the grant to deepen existing work and reported progress on improving culture between administrators and teachers Grant work helped us We got to collaborate Our grant work helped the further a goal already “in outside our district, beyond district convey its earnest our sights” as a district the “usual suspects” support for teacher-driven goals 5/6 5/6 interviewees interviewees 3/6 interviewees 5
2/27/2017 District knowledge, support and tools for CCSS implementation received high ratings and improved % RATING DISTRICT-PROVIDED TOOLS, RESOURCES & SUPPORTS FOR CCSS IMPLEM. AS VERY GOOD OR GOOD 94.9% 92.6% 84.4% 75.8% 75.9% 62.9% TEACHERS BUILDING LEADERS & CENTRAL OFFICE Survey 1 Survey 2 Survey 3 Frequency of teacher collaboration also ”We encourage teachers to teach each other in after-school improved in almost all areas training sessions and embedded learning walks and peer coaching.” AVERAGED DATA COMPARISON - Teacher OF TEACHERS REPORTING COLLAB. OPPS ACROSS THEIR % OF TEACHERS SELECTING THE FOLLOWING RESPONSE DISTRICT † ABOUT IF THEY ARE PROVIDED TIME TO COLLABORATE 35.3% No 15.4% 61.6% Yes, with other districts beyond 0.0% 3.8% my region 55.9% Yes, with other districts in the 11.8% region 7.7% 51.80% 52.9% Yes, within my district 57.7% 58.8% Yes, within my building 65.4% SURVEY 1* SURVEY 2 SURVEY 3 Survey 2 Survey 3 *Survey 1 data have been averaged across multiple prompts in order to arrive at comparable figures (Note- No Survey 1 data available) † Survey 2 and 3 data calculated by averaging rates of responses for “Yes, within my district” and “Yes, within my building” from graph to the left …and the percentage of teachers saying they had “no” collaboration opportunities reduced by 20% 6
2/27/2017 A large majority of teachers say district support has improved during the COI “[We’re] making % OF TEACHERS SELECTING YES VS. NO IN changes ; moving in RESPONSE TO WHETHER DISTRICT the right direction, SUPPORT HAS IMPROVED and COI was the impetus.” - Teacher 73.1% “The district is open to listening to the teachers 26.9% and letting us lead the way . ” -Teacher YES NO And teacher leadership opportunities grew SURVEY 1 SURVEY 3 53.6% 88.5%* of respondents rated of teacher respondents said both “Yes” they had teacher teacher leadership leadership opportunities at opportunities in which teacher leaders their school but, 69.2% meaningfully support and said that teacher leaders coach colleagues as Very meaningfully coach and Good or Good . support their colleagues. 7
2/27/2017 BOCES leaders also report increasing momentum for regional collaboration around teacher leadership “[The districts] really liked the Teacher Leadership PD and want to try to grow that.” “Teacher Leadership is the piece we really think we could move forward with….Districts are wondering about an ongoing commitment.” BOCES developed new expertise, expanded partnerships with their districts and deepened PD offerings % OF BUILDING/DISTRICT LEADERS % OF BUILDING/DISTRICT LEADERS RATING BOCES-PROVIDED TOOLS, SELECTING THAT BOCES FOSTER RESOURCES & SUPPORT FOR GIVING MEANINGFUL COLLABORATION TEACHERS FEEDBACK AS VERY GOOD AMONG DISTRICTS VERY OFTEN OR GOOD OR OFTEN 89.5% 55.6% 84.2% 50.8% 55.0% Survey 1 Survey 2 Survey 3 SURVEY 2 SURVEY 3 “We got to know some of “ Cross district PD coordinator our districts more meetings were revived . It was useful deeply ….developed a model to have common district planning “The BOCES facilitated of greater follow through vs. time with Consortium members, top notch principal PD one-off PD sessions .” though difficult to schedule.” as part of this grant. ” - BOCES leader - District Leader - AP 8
2/27/2017 And an increase in BOCES capacity to provide guidance for giving teachers feedback seemed to trickle down % OF DISTRICT/BUILDING % OF BOCES LEADERS RATING BOCES- RESPONDENTS PROVIDED SUPPORTS FOR SELECTING STRONGLY TEACHER FEEDBACK AS VERY AGREE OR AGREE THAT GOOD OR GOOD THEIR CAPACITY TO 89.5% 84.2% SERVE DISTRICTS IN PROVIDING TEACHERS 55.0% WITH FEEDBACK … 100.0% 75.0% SURVEY 1 SURVEY 2 SURVEY 3 % OF TEACHERS RATING ADMINISTRATORS' FEEDBACK RELATED TO CCSS AS VERY GOOD OR GOOD 82.4% 80.8% SURVEY 1 SURVEY 3 62.1% SURVEY 1 SURVEY 2 SURVEY 3 All participants valued convening opportunities highly % OF TEACHERS VS BUILDING LEADERS/CENTRAL OFFICE RATING COI COMPONENTS AS VERY HELPFUL OR HELPFUL (SURVEY 3) 91.6% 88.9% 88.9% 88.9% 84.6% 83.3% 83.4% 80.8% 69.3% 65.4% 61.5% 61.5% 47.2% 44.4% 34.6% 23.1% SUPPORT CONVENINGS CONVENINGS STATEWIDE SUPPORT RESOURCES COI STATEWIDE PROVIDED BY WITHIN THE WITHIN THE CONVENING PROVIDED BY AND TOOLS NEWSLETTER CONVENING AP* DISTRICT REGION IN FEBRUARY BOCES PROVIDED ON IN OCTOBER WIGGIO Teachers Building Leaders & Central Office *Accountability Partner ” Please continue this initiative. ” Keep the statewide convening if possible—extremely valuable time and a great agenda for October.” Amazing experience.” - Building or district leader - Building or district leader 9
2/27/2017 Including the summer trainings provided by LEAF, which received high ratings % RATING VERY GOOD OR GOOD 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 95.2% 94.7% 92.9% 85.7% 85.7% 66.7% 62.5% 57.2% 57.2% TEACHER LEADERSHIP INSTRUCTIONAL ROUNDS LITERACY DESIGN COMMUNICATIONS COLLABORATIVE (LDC) Teachers Building Leaders & Central Office BOCES Leaders and… “We do a shared PD day with other counties now …these are so valuable. ” EVERY district leader characterized the COI as a valuable experience yielding positive outcomes of some kind. “[The COI] helped our “This gave us an teachers see that what incentive to get they’re struggling some work through is valuable .” done …I thought it was good work.” 10
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