Board of Ed in April: update on educational vision

 Johnston: educational vision and how it relates to early college and literacy launch

opening slide

Johnston, as districts interact with the Department want to be sure that it is all focused all three of the above
office and project leaders attended a three part training series
all projects now reviewed according to strategic planning process and aligned with Racial Equity Decision Making Tool

each meeting with focus on the strategic objectives
focus for this meeting is on strategic objective two: deeper learning, specifically the literacy launch and early college

Hashitmoto-Martell: Literacy Launch: increase number of students reading and writing on grade level by grade 3, as well as equity in early literacy
four things they plan:

• adoption and implementation of high quality instructional materials
• technical support coaching and professional development
• acceleration of program review of education preparation
• coordination with early ed

Katerine Tarca:
statewide professional development
support networks for schools, districts, and educator preparation programs
reviewing all education preparation programs in four years (rather than seven)

slide with list of "some of those we have engaged with"

grants for intensive support
support for schools using DESE's free curriculum Appleseeds

Moriarty: difficult budget time for school districts, so no funding support these efforts on their own
Massachusetts is different from all other (?) states in not being done by legislative initiative (I don't think that is the case)
CURATE: we should be thinking about vetting of curriculum in a very different way
"very valuable form" of review
"the science of implementation behind it"
"that can't happen in 400 different places with no one to speak to it with one voice"

Hills: what do you foresee as impact from this? (when you have it)
"how will we know that we can feel really good about the effort?"
Johnston: will be able to define that further once we know what the inputs
Hills: estimate as to when they come back and set expectations?
Johnston: either June or September (once budget is known)
targeted building on what works
detail for example of districts that have already adopted new curriculum versus those adopting

Early college: 
Phylitia Jamerson, Kristin Hunt, Danielle Wheeler

new programs: East Boston High and Fisher College; Southbridge High and Quinsigamond Community College; Taunton High and Bristol Community College
early college planning grant; early college support grant; early college capacity grant 
new public data dashboard for early college; credit information by program
version 2.0 coming this spring with additional indicators and long term outcomes

Hills: "I love this program" :though it is still early there's "this incredible success"
this is "workforce development...equity...all wrapped into one"
can look at this data "and say, 'ah, here's what's working; here's what's not working'"
"this is just a terrific model at how to look at" educational programs