Tuesday, June 26, 2018

June Board of Education: Level 5 report focuses on the Parker

backup is here
Johnston: new receiver for the Parker School in New Bedford; receiver team
Fran Roy of School & Main was assistant superintendent in Fall River
School & Main "a non-traditional receiver" started at Brandeis in 1985
rooted in challenges that underperforming schools or economically challenged schools face
technical assistance for wraparound zones; evaluation of online learning
systems for students success
"have incubated a Schools for the Future model" for kids that are overage and undercredited
Roy: work to date at the Parker
transition from in-house superintendent to outside receiver
wanted to do own assessment of school
needed to find a principal; believe they've found a candidate
certainly "have been a lot of eyes on the school"
collaborating with staff for professional development in July
family and community partnerships
"the Parker needs community supports"
"there's a list of partners that's a bit catch as catch can...has been all hands on deck"
"next level of work...is let's have a ship where all of ships are headed in the same direction with partners playing the roles they're best suited to play"
"a group same direction kind of push"
"capacity to improve Parker lies within Parker"
moving to tiered family support model
parents build their own capacity to lead
"this is a 'we' situation and we're all moving ahead on the work that we do"
"tight-knit collaborative and committed staff" at the Parker

Moriarty: using the STAR assessment and measuring summer assessment
"call that out as a really good process...hope you can patent that and sell elsewhere"
hope that there are practices in place
ELA students did better than general population "but I can't praise it [cites stats]...it's appalling"
Riley: "you have an opportunity to win the fall with parents"
"we hope you seize it"

Johnston on the other schools
asked to have more comparative data; report focuses on inputs and some outputs
data in the fall

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