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Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

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Schools without required assistance or intervention Schools requiring assistance or intervention (approx. 85%) (approx. 15%) Schools of Meeting Partially meeting Not meeting Focused/targeted Broad/ recognition targets targets targets support comprehensive Schools Criterion-referenced Criterion-referenced Criterion-referenced •Non-comprehensive support demonstrating target percentage target percentage target percentage support schools with •Underperforming high 75-100 50-74 0-49 percentiles 1-10 schools achievement, •Schools with low •Chronically significant graduation rate underperforming improvement, or •Schools with low schools high growth performing subgroups •Schools with low participation

Redesigned Regional Support Structure Features beginning July 1, 2018 ❏ Integrating Commissioner’s Districts and DSAC Districts Support ❏ Reorganizing Regional Support Into 3 Large Teams West/Central, Coastal, and Strategic Transformation Coastal Region Strategic Transformation Region West/Central Region Co-Directors of Regional Assistance Co-Directors of Regional Assistance Director of Strategic Transformation Joan Tuttle Mary Ann Jackman Susan Berglund Donna Harlan Lauren Woo Worcester Fitchburg Boston Taunton Lawrence Chicopee Pittsfield Chelsea New Bedford Holyoke North Adams Springfield Lynn Brockton Southbridge Gill Montague Winchendon Lowell Fall River Level 5 schools Webster Adams Cheshire Haverhill Framingham Springfield Empowerment Zone Monson Athol Royalston Randolph Partnership (SEZP) Gardner Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

Design Principles of the Redesigned Regional Support Structure 1. Build on current successful practices and staffing with the SSoS to continue positive relationships and results Continue hyper-focus on schools in the 10 th percentile and below and schools with very 2. low subgroup performance by providing high quality assistance in the development and implementation of Turnaround Plans grounded in the Turnaround Practices and related research 3. Codify, build, and deliver high quality assistance offerings with a track record of success to enhance statewide alignment, create efficiencies, and reduce redundancy, that are responsive to the range of school and district needs 4. Assistance Leads, with equitable caseloads, engage in assistance at both the school and district levels to build capacity for sustainable improvement 5. Use teaming structures to foster responsive, knowledgeable, skillful and high quality delivery of assistance for schools and districts served by the SSoS. Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

Proactive proactively catalyze improvement Turnaround Experience and research with Level Opportunity 2017-2018 4 school turnaround efforts has identified high priority strategies that successful, excited Level 4 schools have leveraged for dramatic school improvement. Much of this research, documented in the Turnaround Practices Report 2014, can be applied to Level 3 school improvement efforts. Reflective planning, evidence based improvement activities based on the Turnaround Practices, and data collection to track progress

Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

ILT Meetings for DSAC funded Revision of TSV Visits Revision of CTAP CTAP Summer Work Brophy March 15 and 16 April- June June 26, 27, 28, 29 McCarthy March 20 and 21 April- June June 26, 27, 28, 29 Wilson June 5 and 6 May - June June 26, 27, 28, 29

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Cohort 2 Proactive Turnaround Barbieri Elementary and Fuller Middle School The Process: Instructional Leadership Team and Staff supported by District/DSAC develop an understanding of evidence-based, effective practices - Turnaround Practices Turnaround Site Visit Schools/ Instructional Leadership Team engages INSTILL in a process that results in the development of Turnaround Plan to be implemented September 2018