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The Power of
CollaborationPresented By
Russell Lechtenberg Supt. West Boyd School, & Chm NTSCarol Jessen Staff Developer ESU#8JaLena Slack MSP Math Project Coordinator, ESU#8Russ Masco NDE Data, Research, Evaluation & IT
Collaboration
• District Level (12 to 10 schools)• (Butte, Spencer-Naper, West Boyd,
Clearwater, Orchard, Orchard-Clearwater, Chambers, Elgin, Ewing, Lynch, Niobrara, Stuart, Verdigre, Wheeler Central)
• Northern Tier Schools
• ESU 8 and ESU 1
• NDE
Presentation
• History of the Northern Tier
• ESU’s PD role and support
• NDE data support team
• Data Analysis
Northern Tier Schools
2003-2012
Northern Tier Schools
• Reasons to form the NTS?
• Improve Learning for Children with Disabilities (ILCD)
• Common School Improvement Process
• Internal/External Accountability
• Improve Learning Opportunities for ALL Children
• Improve Educational Efficiencies by Sharing Resources
Northern Tier Schools
Timeline
• Summer 2003
• Superintendents worked with Dr. Christensen to develop the concept of the Northern Tier
• August 2003
• District Boards voted to join the Northern Tier
• Implementation of the Northern Tier
• 2003-2008
• Interlocal agreement governing the Northern Tier was set for 5 years
Butte
Chambers
Clearwater ElginEwing
Lynch
Niobrara
Orchard
Spencer/Naper
StuartVerdigre
Wheeler Central
NTS
Northern Tier Schools
Development of Common Structure• Calendar
• Start and End dates, Late Starts, Early outs, In-service days
• Bell schedule • Length of day, Eight periods, 50-53 minutes
• Market of classes• Shared between school no cost, College Credit and
Academies
• Professional Development• Late Start, Early Outs, Subject In-service days, Shared
speakers
Similarities of NTS Districts
Totals Average
Range
Enrollment (K-12) 1764 136 93-260
Free & Reduced 50% 32-81%
Special Education 16% 10-32%
Instructional Staff 300 22 15-35
Facilities- 1900s with additions
District valuations $235M $87-500M
Levy $0.87 $0.72-1.11
Northern Tier Schools ILCD
School Improvement
Process
Weaving ILCD and SIP together
• Gleason & Associates, Inc. worked with all schools to review the data and create a process for the inclusion of ILCD and SIP together.
• The schools met and conducted a file review assisted by ESU personnel
• Surveys were distributed to Parents and Staff, collected and tabulated
• The group identify strengths and weaknesses from the data.
• ILCD Action Plans were created for the NTS.
ILCD
The ILCD piece of the School Improvement Process is ongoing with activities being conducted annually.
• File Review• Sp Ed 101• Informational Surveys
* Independently our Special Education data is insignificant, but together our data is more valid and reliable.
School Improvement
What would be
our
next steps?
NTS Mission Statement
The Northern Tier Schools, in partnership
with families and communities, provides
all students with safe positive learning
environments in which they are
challenged to reach their maximum
potential in a global society. We empower
students to become productive citizens
and life long learners.
Collect & Analyze Data
Initial data retreat
• Determined grades 4, 8, & 11 would
be tested (Terra Nova & Iowa Basic
Skills)
• Identified Reading Comprehension
as a priority
The Process
Develop and Implementation of Action Plans • NTS, District and Classroom level
Professional Development • Robert Marzano - Classroom Instruction that Works• Sue Presler - Reading in the Content Area• Reading Fixes No Chevys
Curriculum adoption• Reading Mastery
• Training, Coaching and follow-up
Assessment adoption• MAP (fall and spring)
NTS Administration
School Superintendents/PrincipalsMonthly meetings
School Counselors Quarterly Meetings
MAP and NeSA Assessment planningMAP and NeSA Data reviewDistance Learning SchedulingCareer Education
Literacy Council (assisted by ESU#8)
Quarterly meetingsMonitor Reading Mastery progressDIBELS testingReading Mastery Coaching
School Improvement as NTSWHY?
• Data in small schools is easily skewed
• It is difficult to get suitable student numbers to conduct a longitudinal study
• Northern Tier data is more reliable and valid
• 100+ / class as compared to 8 - 20/class
NTS Action Collaboration with ESUs and NDE
• Annual Data Retreat
• SPED Training and ILCD reports
• Reading Mastery Training and Progress Monitoring
• MAP assessments
• Pre-school studies and establishment
NTS Action in collaboration with ESUs and NDE
• K-6th Grade Level In-service day
• Language Arts and Science In-service day
• Math and Social Studies In-Service day
• Middle School Enrichment day
• North & South Pod Meeting
• Individual School Data training
Northern Tier Thoughts
Think Outside of the Box!
Don’t bring your problems to us!
This is one road you do not want to travel alone!
In education we need to be open to
change!
Future of Northern Tier Schools
1. Expand Distance Learning opportunities and schedules
2. Sharing of teachers to meet curriculum needs
3. Openness to Activity Cooperatives
4. Development of Learning Pods/Community
5. Futuristic Financial Planning
6. Develop Upper level Enrichment Classes
Future of Northern Tier Schools
7. Share Staff In-service
8. Reduction of Expenditures
9. Influence Educational Legislation and NDE Regulations
10.Develop a Northern Tier Website (both short and long term goals)
11.Provide positive public relations (both short and long term goals)
12.Continue to work together
What have we gained?
• We have become a Professional Learning Community
• Northern Tier Schools are stronger because of ties to each other
• We have added capacity to each of our schools
• Workload has been shared among the schools
Additional Benefits
• Each school’s staff can collaborate and use others as a sounding board
• Teaching in a small school becomes less “lonely” when one can work with like-minded professionals
• Seasoned staff members mentor beginning colleagues
NTS Appreciation goes to:
• The Nebraska Department of Education for their support and assistance
• ESU 8 for their cooperation in this endeavor
• Faculty and staff from each school who continue to work for better educational opportunities for our students
• Former NTS Administrators for their foresight and futuristic planning
Professional Development
• Reading• Literacy Council• RtI for some
districts
• Curriculum and Instruction• Perception surveys
for PD needs• Curriculum days
• Networking and sharing • Wikis
• Assessment• MAP (NWEA)• NeSA• Focus on LtoJ
• Data Retreats• radar charts
• School Improvement
NDE Work with Northern Tier and
ESU 8
•Common points of focus• Allows targeted work in terms of data
•Allows a look at larger numbers to reveal some common trends
•In one data retreat • Met with over 35 district staff and
administrators• Allowed a detailed treatment of data for 12
districts
Follow Up Meetings•More technical tasks needed smaller groups
•Met in 4 locations to give more individual instruction, but did not require visiting 12 sites
•4 sites ½ day each site
•Total of 2 days
•12 schools started training
•Districts are cross-trained in the same data tool so they can offer support to one another
ExampleData sets created on Day 2 at regional
sites
Future Work
Continue to expand data sets combining data sources
• MAP (Other NRT)• NeSA over multiple years• DIBELS• Attendance• Grades• Etc.
Creation of one large data set for all Northern Tier Schools
Future evaluation Potential
Larger number of students for evaluation studies
• Not as important if looking at practical significance
• Imperative if running experimental design and wanting to draw conclusions based on probability and statistical significance
Focused Professional Development
Looking at common trends in the data allows
•Common needs to emerge
•Targeted Professional Development
The Power of
CollaborationPresented By
Russell Lechtenberg Supt. West Boyd School, & Chm NTSCarol Jessen Staff Developer ESU#8JaLena Slack MSP Math Project Coordinator, ESU#8Russ Masco NDE Data, Research, Evaluation & IT
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