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Freedom and Flexibility with Freedom and Flexibility with Accountability Accountability Management Oversight Report Management Oversight Report February 23, 2010 February 23, 2010

• Promote a sense of community and cooperation sense of community and cooperation within schools and among learning communities where research-based practices, innovative teaching models, creative thought and supplemental curriculum are shared • Increase retention Increase retention of highly qualified principals • and teachers • Provide options Provide options to meet the needs of schools • capable of moving beyond managed instruction Overview

• Strategic Plan 2010 Strategic Plan 2010 – V. Freedom and • Flexibility with Accountability – Empower schools with more freedom and flexibility – Initiated 2008 – 2009 School Year – Two Cohorts designated • Strategic Plan 2014 Strategic Plan 2014 – Area of Focus 1: Effective • Teaching and Leadership – Expand opportunities for principal innovation through Freedom and Flexibility with Accountability Overview

• Managed Performance Empowerment – Shift decision – Shift decision- -making power making power from central administration to principals who work closely with our students, parents, and local community members – Redesign instructional efforts – Redesign instructional efforts that move beyond the use of traditional managed instructional programs. – Empower principals to implement instructional options using creativity, research and accountability. Governance

• Criteria Criteria • – Principal with two or more years of experience – “At standard” or “above standard” principal evaluation – Two-year average growth on EOGs/EOCs • elementary school > .04 • middle school > .04 • high school > .03 • Participants Participants • – Representation from all learning communities – 49 principals – 25 elementary schools, 10 middle schools, 11 high schools – 3 area executive directors – 15 Focus School principals – 8 Title I principals PERFORMANCE RESULTS Cohort I

• Focused on instructional practices – organization of teaching and learning, and the use of assessments to monitor student progress • North Carolina Standard Course of Study (Grades K-12) • Open Court/Imagine IT! • K-3 Intensive Reading Model • Minimized “non-negotiables” PERFORMANCE RESULTS Cohort I

• Criteria Criteria • – Principal with two or more years of experience – “At standard” or “above standard” principal evaluation – Two-year average growth on EOG/EOCs of > .10 • Participants Participants • – 14 principals – 11 elementary schools, one K–8 school, one 6–12 school – 4 Title I schools with FF&A principals – 6 Focus Schools with FF&A principals • Expand opportunities within operational management PERFORMANCE RESULTS Cohort II

• Samples of instructional and operational initiatives : – Ashley Park Elementary School* Ashley Park Elementary School* – The Family – Model – Albemarle Road Middle School* – Albemarle Road Middle School* – The MAX reading and writing program – Mallard Creek High School Mallard Creek High School – School-wide grading – policy *Strategic Staffing school Major Initiatives

• Area superintendents Area superintendents have assumed • responsibility for working collaboratively with the principals to provide oversight and support as they approve and monitor principals’ instructional initiatives. • Cohort III Cohort III will be identified in spring 2010 • based on the same criteria used for the Cohort II. – Principal with two or more years of experience – “At standard” or “above standard” principal evaluation – Two-year average growth on EOGs/EOCs of > .10 Next Steps

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