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BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Workforce Diversity
Presentation to School Committee January 15, 2014
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A great teacher in every classroom In schools, teacher quality is the single most important variable impacting student learning. § Having a top-quartile teacher rather than a bottom-quartile
teacher four years in a row may be enough to close the black-white test score gap (Gordon, Kane and Staiger, 2006)
§ Having a high-quality teacher throughout elementary school can substantially offset or even eliminate the disadvantage of low socio-economic background (Rivkin, Hanushek and Kain, 2002)
§ Students assigned to a good teacher over three years in a row will score 50 percentile points higher on tests than students assigned to weak teachers over the same period (Sanders, 1996)
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Our goal is to increase the diversity of our workforce to reflect the diversity of our student population and meet their cultural and linguistic needs. It is imperative that schools fully comply with the federal teacher and staff desegregation orders. In addition, we are specifically committed to a goal of increasing our numbers of bilingual teachers and staff to support our English Language Learners.
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Requirements from Judge Garrity’s Final Order
§ Achieve and maintain desegregated faculty and administrative staff (including guidance counselors) comprised of 25% blacks and 10% “other minorities”
§ Achieve and maintain desegregated faculty at each of the 3 exam schools comprised of 25% blacks and 10% “other minorities”
§ BPS is permanently enjoined from:
§ discriminating on the basis of race in the operation of the public schools
§ creating, promoting or maintaining racial segregation in any school or other facility in the public school system
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School Year Black Latino/a Other*
SY 2011-12 31% 13% 5%
SY 2012-13 31% 13% 5%
SY 2013-14 31% 13% 5%
* “Other” excludes Latino/a staff and refers to American Indian, Asian and Pacific Islander (including Hawaiian) staff
Note: The percentages do not add up to 100% since it excludes those with no info or ethnicity not specified
As a district, the diversity of our workforce has been consistent for the past 3 school years, with 31% Black, 13% Latino/a, and 5% Other Minority staff.
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AMIND ASIAN BLACK HISPA NSPEC/Blank PACIF WHITE
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tages
Ethnicity
Diversity Percentages for BPS Overall for 3 years
SY 2011-12 (n=10764)
SY 2012-13 (n=11139)
SY 2013-14 (n=11519)
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The district recognizes its role in improving diversity of teachers, principals/ headmasters and school administrators, as well as central office employees
Diversity Percentages for BPS: Snapshot for SY 2013-14
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AMIND ASIAN BLACK HISPA NSPEC/Blank PACIF WHITE
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BPS Diversity percentages across key categories of staff
Teacher Principals/Headmasters School Administrative Team Central Office
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School Year Black Latino/a Other*
SY 2011-12 22% 10% 6%
SY 2012-13 22% 10% 6%
SY 2013-14 21% 10% 6%
In the latest study of the court order, it was clarified that the focus is on ‘Teachers’ and ‘Guidance Counselors’ in BPS. Hence, this number has been represented separately and will be used for reporting going forward.
* “Other” excludes Latino/a staff and refers to American Indian, Asian and Pacific Islander (including Hawaiian) staff
Note: The percentages do not add up to 100% since it excludes those with no info or ethnicity not specified
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AMIND ASIAN BLACK HISPA NSPEC/Blank PACIF WHITE
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tages
Ethnicity
Diversity Percentages of Teachers & Guidance Counselors for 3 years
SY 2011-12 (n=4564)
SY 2012-13 (n=4638)
SY 2013-14 (n=4466)
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Teacher Diversity Action Plan (TDAP):
§ A comprehensive approach to district diversity goals
§ Guides policies and programs to recruit, retain and promote a diverse, highly qualified workforce for the Boston Public Schools
§ Supports the BPS Acceleration Agenda and aligns with the BPS Achievement Gap Policy
§ Outlines a continuum of simultaneous efforts in: § Recruitment and hiring
§ Pipeline development
§ Staffing processes
§ Teacher attrition and retention
Teacher Diversity & Human Capital
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Teacher Diversity Work Group (TDWG)
§ Cross-institutional group including members of central office, school leaders, and external partners convening monthly
§ Co-developed the Teacher Diversity Action Plan (TDAP) in 2012-2013
§ Informed the development of the TDAP strategies and tactics and provides feedback and recommendations regarding implementation of strategies
Office of Human Capital
§ Created opportunities for the TDAP strategies to be institutionalized
§ TDWG subcommittees are chaired by OHC staff to link the subcommittees with OHC project teams
Teacher Diversity & Office of Human Capital
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§ Recruitment
§ Pipeline Development
§ Hiring
§ Staffing
§ Retention
The detailed TDAP plan identifies five major strategies:
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To support the BPS Acceleration Agenda by strengthening teaching and school leadership by increasing the applicant pool of highly qualified and diverse candidates. The BPS Diversity Recruitment Plan is part of the overall OHC recruitment plan.
Recruitment Goal
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To cultivate and retain the district’s diverse and talented workforce by developing programs designed to increase the internal and external pipeline of diverse teaching candidates.
Pipeline Development Goal
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To refine the hiring process to retain the district’s investment in human capital and increase the candidate pool of highly qualified and diverse candidates.
Hiring Goal
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To refine the staffing process to retain the district’s investment in human capital and increase the candidate pool of highly qualified and diverse candidates.
Staffing Goal
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To reduce the district’s attrition of teachers of color and increase our number of licensed high quality teachers of color.
Retention Goal
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Transformation and Integration in the Office of Human Capital
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Diversity was formerly a stand-alone project area
WHAT IT WAS EARLIER … WHAT IT IS NOW ... Recruitment
Staffing
Professional Development
Performance Evaluation
Diversity
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Diversity is now integrated within all OHC project areas
WHAT IT WAS EARLIER … WHAT IT IS NOW ...
Diversity
Recruitment & Hiring
Staffing
Professional Development
Performance Evaluation
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The new RECRUITMENT and HIRING process is a multi-pronged approach to improve diversity
• To attract the best among diverse talent to apply to be teachers in BPS
Marketing & Advertising
• Better interface and use of data analytics to improve recruitment operations
New Website and Talent Ed
• Allowing traditional schools to open post* increases avenues to improve diversity
Open posting by any school
• Focusing on hiring a diverse candidate for all opportunities to hire improves diversity
Opportunity to Hire
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Monitoring and Accountability: Equity, Human Capital and Academics
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§ Focused oversight and monitoring
§ Development and implementation of a workforce diversity strategic plan plus ongoing data analysis
§ Participation in Probable Org and staffing
§ Consideration of diversity during the performance evaluation process for school leaders
§ Intensive professional development and training specifically related to diversity and equity
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We are ensuring accountability through:
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§ The Office of Equity will monitor staffing policies and practices and oversee our accountability efforts in order to help:
§ Ensure that recruitment efforts yield the intended results
§ Ensure compliance with the court order
§ Promote early identification of obstacles toward achieving workforce diversity goals
§ Allocate and utilize resources appropriately to increase workforce diversity
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Oversight and Monitoring
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§ The Office of Human Capital will develop a 3-year strategic plan focused in three distinct areas:
§ Workforce Diversity
§ Workforce Inclusion
§ Sustainability
§ The plan will help position the district to increase the representation of teachers of color in the District by focusing on the recruitment of a pool of new hires that reflects the diversity of our students
§ This plan will be informed in part by the recommendations of the Teacher Diversity Work Group
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Workforce Diversity Strategic Plan
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§ The Office of Human Capital will provide the Office of Equity with monthly data reports on diversity
§ The Office of Equity will use this report to conduct a barrier assessment (examining obstacles), while the Office of Human Capital will conduct an impact assessment of its strategies, programs, and initiatives
§ The two offices will work collaboratively to identify and leverage best practices and to design a corrective action plan if needed
§ This process and review is meant to be fluid and to allow for adjustments in practice
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Data Analysis
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§ During Probable Org, the Office of Human Capital, Office of Academics, and Office of Equity will provide guidance to school leaders on District diversity goals
§ The Office of Human Capital will help ensure that school leaders have a qualified pool of applicants
§ The Office of Academics will support school leaders to identify the best candidates
§ The Office of Equity will help ensure that all parties are focused on meeting diversity goals
§ The Office of Equity will also review proposed offers
§ This review will consider district goals and priorities, including (but not limited to): adherence to staffing circulars, nature of the position, diversity of the applicant pool, applicant qualifications, demographics of school-based staff, and district-wide student demographics
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Probable Org and Staffing
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§ To provide accountability, the Academics Office will incorporate into the performance evaluations for all school leaders an assessment of how the school leader is helping the District achieve our workforce diversity goals
§ Network Superintendents will work with school leaders to set expectations and will look for evidence related to:
§ Diversity of new hires, transfers, and promotions
§ Implementation of inclusive retention strategies
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Performance Evaluations
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§ To help support this work and create a common understanding of our strengths and challenges, the District will bolster its professional development and provide training related to diversity and equity
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Professional Development and Training
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§ Hiring
§ Analysis of data
§ Quality checks
§ Training
§ Consistency of evaluations
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How is performance evaluation related and essential to workforce diversity?
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Hiring
To earn autonomy to hire certified candidates towards diversity goals, schools must complete formative assessments for ALL educators before Probable Org (January 13, 2014) § This will provide OHC with formative assessment data
for the majority of the district’s educators earlier than in 2012-2013
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Analysis of Data
§ 2013-14 Formative Assessment data will be analyzed by implementation specialists across networks. The analysis will focus on: § Quality
§ Norming
§ Evidence-based rationales for ratings
§ OHC will report back to School Committee on the outcomes of the analysis of 2013-14 Formative Assessments
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Training
BPS will continue to lead Massachusetts in the training of our evaluators:
§ Evaluators must participate in a DESE-approved evaluator training
§ All evaluators will have completed the Observation and Feedback Course by Spring 2015
§ The Teacher Effectiveness Calibration System will be piloted in May 2014
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