Board of Education Special School Board Meeting June 25, 2020 6:00 - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Special School Board Meeting

June 25, 2020

6:00 PM

Scarborough Public Schools

Board of Education

Pledge of Allegiance

End of Year Update on Progress

Thursday, June 25, 2020

Scarborough Public Schools

Goals and ESSA

• Review our progress on our district and

building goals (despite a global pandemic)

• Recognize progress and begin to identify next

steps

• Provide update on our ESSA Application

Objectives

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The fundamental purpose of the Scarborough Public Schools is to provide a safe and inclusive learning environment where each and every student is empowered to be a resilient, lifelong learner who is prepared to engage as a contributing member of society.

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Our Mission

Our Strategic Focus Areas

• Strategic Focus Area 1: Effective Teaching and Learning

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Provide world-class, student-centered teaching and learning to prepare every student to thrive in learning, career, and life.

• Strategic Focus Area 2: Safe and Inclusive Schools

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Provide welcoming and inclusive learning environments that promote safety, foster meaningful relationship building, and enhance the well-being (physical, social, and emotional) of students and staff.

• Strategic Focus Area 3: Global Citizenship

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Develop, in each student, the skills for engaged citizenship (locally and globally), the appreciation of one's own culture and those of others, and the disposition to use individual talents to make positive changes in the world.

• Strategic Focus Area 4: Community Engagement

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Partner with the Scarborough community by responsibly managing school resources, making better use of community and business resources, and regularly communicating progress on school improvement efforts.

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In Development for Next Year

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District Goals: Effective Teaching and Learning

District Goal #1: By June 2020 a district wide improvement process will be enhanced in

• rder to enable teachers and leaders to analyze

data and use the results to make informed decisions grounded in evidence designed to improve student learning and promote instructional equity. District Goal #2: By June 2020 Scarborough Public Schools’ staff K-12 will build assessment literacy in order to use data to make data-driven instructional decisions.

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District Progress

Progress:

• Implemented new universal screening tool (i-Ready)

○ All staff engaged in 2 fall trainings and one winter to learn how to use the data to make instructional decisions ○ Leveraged a pilot of online instruction for all K-8 and high school students as needed ■ Teachers monitored online instruction and supplemented when appropriate ■ District-wide identified areas for improvement within curriculum areas

• Updated Cognitive Abilities Test

○ Report Interpretation training has not yet happened Potential Next Steps:

• Continue to provide professional learning opportunities in the area of assessment literacy

as well as in data informed practices

• Revisit the annual timeline for the district-wide improvement/strategic planning process
• Consider different district-wide goals based on a review of the available data

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K-5 Goal: Safe and Inclusive Schools

By June 2020, all K-5 staff and students will be engaged in the district theme of ensuring Safe and Inclusive Schools by demonstrating improved Social and Emotional Learning aligned to the CASEL framework. Progress:

• All staff received training in the CASEL Framework
• K-5 SEL Committee completed a needs assessment and identifies next

steps

• Panorama endorsed as an SEL survey tool
• SEL was a focus within development of distance learning plans
• Emphasis on social and emotional support for students, families and staff

Potential Next Steps:

• SEL is a working group of the STRRT
• Increase emphasis on trauma-informed practices, anti-racism, equity and

inclusion training

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MS Goal: Safe and Inclusive Schools

By June 2020, the district theme of ensuring Safe and Inclusive Schools will be addressed through the development and use of a more comprehensive behavior framework that clearly communicates to staff, students, and families. This framework will work to provide continuous support and encouragement for all students through collaboration and the use of systems of regular practice, feedback, and responses. Progress:

• Comprehensive behavior framework developed that identified a structure that promoted student

success, taught expectations, monitored student interactions, and provided timely feedback. ○ Developed a core statement that anchored the work: SMS PRIDE Preparation, Responsibility, Integrity, Dedication, Effort ○ Identified encouragement practices that promote positive behaviors such as monthly PRIDE award assemblies. ○ Developed a plan and a flowchart that addressed and corrected misbehaviors that included a menu

• f potential staff responses and a Student Self-Reflection sheet.

○ Tracked and analyzed the data for trends. Potential Next Steps:

• Review the data and make adjustments based on the re-entry plan.

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HS Goal: Safe and Inclusive Schools and Effective Teaching and Learning

SHS Building Goal #1: By June 2020, essential questions, key themes, learning targets, and guiding principles will be added to the unit plans. Progress:

• Well on the way until school closure

Potential Next Steps:

• Assess in the fall and allocate time for completion

SHS Building Goal #2: By 2020, SHS will develop and document themes, objectives and activities for use in Advisory to ensure optimal use of this time and a focus on nurturing the whole child. Progress:

• Four quarterly themes were developed and implemented two Fridays per month
• Posted on website; support provided to staff at faculty meetings
• One lesson launched virtually

Potential Next Steps:

• Reassess, make adjustments for coming year.

Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)

Funding Delivered Through Title Programs: ➔ Title I: Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged ➔ Title II: Preparing, Training, and Recruiting High Quality Teachers, Principals, and Other School Leaders ➔ Title III: Language Instruction for English Learners and Immigrant Students ➔ Title IV: 21st Century Schools ➔ Title V: Flexibility and Accountability: Rural Education Initiative

Proposed ESSA Projects: Title IA

Must allocate funding for:

○ Services for neglected or homeless students ○ Parent and family engagement ○ Equitable services for eligible private schools

Wentworth School: additional position(s) to support struggling students

○ Literacy ○ Social Emotional Learning

School Total FRL %

Blue Point

201 25 12.44%

Eight Corners

245 24 9.08%

Pleasant Hill

205 13 6.34%

Wentworth

663 87 13.12%

Middle School

694 106 15.27%

High School

983 125 12.72% TOTAL 2991 380 12.07%

Proposed ESSA Projects: Title IIA

Note: Must allocate funding for:

• support the quality and effectiveness of

teachers, principals and other school staff

• address the learning needs of all

students

Focus in training for teachers in support of building goals.

Proposed ESSA Projects: Title IV

Must allocate funding for one or more with restrictions:

○ Well-Rounded Education (at least 20%) ○ Safe and Healthy Students (at least 20%) ○ Effective Use of Technology (not to exceed 15%)

To support student social and emotional growth:

○ Professional development and implementing new strategies ○ Curriculum materials ○ Student events or learning activities

Seeking Public Input

Questions, Comments, or an Interest in Becoming Involved

Please contact: Monique Culbertson at 730-4100 or via mculbertson@scarboroughschools.org

Scarborough Public Schools is Accepting ESEA Application Comments Scarborough Public Schools accepts funding through the Elementary and Secondary Act (ESEA) of 1965. As part of ESEA, we are required to provide reasonable opportunity for public comment on the consolidated application and consider such comment prior to the submission of the application.SPS is accepting public comment on the ESEA application through July 30, 2020.Contact Monique Culbertson to share your thoughts about the application’s goals and priorities.

FY21 Budget Update

Operating Budget Reductions

• Personnel reductions and turnover
• Discretionary Accounts
• Professional Development
• Non-instructional positions
• Reduce new K-2 teacher ask from 4 teachers to 3 based on enrollment projections for next year
• Do not backfill 2 instructional coach positions made vacant by retirement
• Athletics administration
• Boosters covering $30,000 for uniforms - thank you!

CIP Reductions

• $248,129 from items scheduled to be appropriated
• $757,000 from items scheduled to be bonded

FY21 Budget Update

Decision Points

• Currently we have $375,000 for LRP (planning and design work for new school)
• Turf Field
• If needed: Additional $81,900 in CIP - playgrounds & paving