Guide for Administrators CyberLearning STEM+ Administrators' Guide 2015-2016
This guide is written for NEF STEM+ Academy Administrators, such as Superintendents and Principals, although Academy Directors, co- and sub-Academy Directors, teachers, and other school personnel may also find it useful. For new Administrators, it should help you get started, and for all Administrators, it will outline your ongoing activities, tasks, and responsibilities throughout the year.
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For the purposes of this document, the phrase “Academy Director” (AD) refers to the individual or individuals who are tasked with coordinating STEM+ Academy activities in a school district. District/School Administrator (Superintendent/Principal) Requirements: Deliverable Items & Required Activities □ NEF AGREEMENT
o Establish and sign contractual agreement with Dr. Kuttan / NEF & your school.
□ MBS PLANS
o Complete and sign an MBS plan with your Academy Director (AD) for all applicable software systems
□ SUPPORT AND PROMOTE IMPLEMENTATION OF MBS PLAN IN YOUR SCHOOL DISTRICT
o Promote awareness of STEM+ Academy program with school personnel via newsletter, staff meetings, and personal conversations
o Establish buy-in from participating principals, teachers, students, and parents
o Clearly communicate to teachers and other school personnel the roles, responsibility, and authority of the AD
o Support the AD by providing appropriate stipends and/or release time to carry out the duties of this position
□ APPROVE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
o Confirm with AD, NEF, and SUNY representatives your target goals, including: - grade level improvement (GLI) targets - weekly student time spent using software - yearly goals for GLI and time-on-task, projected from weekly goals
□ TRAINING
o Support on-site and virtual training by encouraging teachers attendance at these events
□ USE OF CORE SOFTWARE
o Consult with your AD periodically to help monitor: - Appropriate number of students are participating - Appropriate time is spent in the system for students. This is especially important when getting students through the initial placement (IP), which may take up to 3 hours or more to complete. - Appropriate growth shown based on time spent - One-on-one interventions with struggling students are made when needed - Identify and un-enroll inactive students
□ IDENTIFY STEM ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES
o Work with your AD to establish STEM enrichment activities to be used as incentives and rewards for students as they meet goals in Core Software
□ RESPONSIBLE TECHNICAL SUPPORT
o Encourage technical support personnel to work closely with the AD and teachers to ensure software is running appropriately The information provided below is duplicated in the Academy Director’s Handbook. It is provided here for your reference and records
The People in a STEM+ Academy While each school district has its own unique organizational structure, and specific implementations may focus on particular targets within a school, the following general list of involved parties and responsibilities represents a model implementation that you can use to help in planning your school’s program. Specific Guides for each party are available at academies.cyberlearning.org and directors.cyberlearning.org. Academy Director and Co/Sub-Director(s) The Academy Director is the most important part of the system. They are the primary contact with the NEF and the NEF SUNY Team, and are responsible for organizing all of the components of the STEM+ Academy at their school into one coherent, functioning system. Their major responsibilities include:
Providing regular motivation to students, teachers, and parents;
Ensuring that all teachers, students, and other stakeholders are performing to their expectations;
Preparing and delivering regular student, teacher, and school progress reports to principals, superintendents, and other school administrators;
Setting up and managing the parent/teacher/community academy;
Selecting and distributing incentives regularly throughout the year, as well as at major awards ceremonies, for students and teachers as appropriate. More information on the Academy Director responsibilities follows through this document. Many schools rely on a pair or a team of Academy Directors to cover all of the responsibilities. In addition, beyond the modest stipend that the NEF provides to each director, we encourage each school district to provide their director with appropriate release time to complete these important additional duties. Superintendent The superintendent negotiates and signs the Agreement with NEF. They provide the leadership and authority to run the STEM+ Academy in their district. They should clearly communicate – both initially and on an ongoing basis – the implementation and purpose of the STEM+ Academy with their principals, teachers and parents and guardians. They should also support the technology infrastructure needed to run the Academy. Principal The principal is the in-building administrative support for the STEM+ program. The principal should receive regular reports on the overall progress of students and teachers in the program, especially high- and low-performing schools and classrooms. The principals should also communicate the presence and purpose of the STEM+ Academy in the school to teachers, parents, and students. Teacher The teacher is the front-line support and primary guide for students using the STEM+ Software in the classroom. Teachers should attend software training sessions as scheduled by the Academy Director, and familiarize themselves with not only the content of the STEM+ Software, but the reporting and management tools contained therein as well. In addition, teachers should use the reports provided by the STEM+ software in regular communications with parents and guardians of students. Teachers will also work with the Academy Director to plan for and implement incentives for students, including the use of provided motivational leaderboards. Student Students are the whole reason for the NEF STEM+ Academy at a school (Remember to K.I.S.S., or ‘Keep It Student-focused, Stupid’ as Dr Kuttan says! ). Students should regularly access the STEM+ Software in school during scheduled times and take ownership of their progress and goals. In addition, students should try to find time outside of regularly scheduled sessions, such as before or after school, during free time, or at home, to make up for missed scheduled time or to get extra time in using the software. Students should also provide incentive suggestions to their teachers, which will ultimately be used by the Academy Director to select regular and special occasion incentives. Family & Community Parents and guardians will be able to be involved in their children’s progress by being made aware of progress through reports provided by teachers. Many schools use Parent/Teacher Conferences as a forum for these discussions. Once parents know of and how to use the STEM+ software, we find that they are eager to help their children access the software at home and are excited to see their regular progress, especially if classes or schools have collective goals to which the student can contribute. Parents and Guardians, as well as all community members, also have access to the Parent/Teacher/Community Academy, through which they can access hundreds of classes and thousands of videos on topics such as Business, Desktop, and IT skills. Many of these classes prepare users for certification tests, which can be accessed through the organization offering the certification. Qualifications of a Good Academy Director There are three main “roles” to be filled in a well-running NEF STEM+ Academy, which can be filled by one or multiple people: 1. The Cheerleader The Cheerleader provides motivation to students, teachers, administrators, parents, and community members. They work with the Number Cruncher (if this is another person) to develop and distribute student incentives, and provide regular communication to all members of the Academy about student and overall progress, including any major milestones that have taken place. This person should be very familiar with the school, teachers, and students, and provide a positive spirit for others to emulate. 2. The Stick The Stick has the authority to ensure that all of the necessary tasks are being taken care of, and helps to focus students or teachers who are not actively or adequately participating in the program. They support the Cheerleader in providing motivation for everyone involved in the program. This person should be a good communicator and motivator, and should have the support of the administration to implement specific goals within the school or district. This is often a school administrator, such as a principal, curriculum director, or possibly the superintendent. The primary responsibility of this role is positive enforcement of academy roles. 3. The Number Cruncher The Number Cruncher keeps track of the data generated by the STEM+ software and uses it to provide specific feedback to students, teachers, principals, and other administrators, as well as the NEF SUNY Team. This information in turn helps the Cheerleader and the Stick to be able to properly respond to student and teacher use and further motivate as necessary. This person should have strong tech skills and a firm grasp of data manipulation using spreadsheet programs. The Components of a STEM+ Academy There are several components that make up a STEM+ Academy. Student Core Software There are three core software packages that are used in our academies, each helping to provide a foundation of skills that allows for further exploration with STEM enrichment software and activities: K-8 Pearson SuccessMaker [ELA & Math] SuccessMaker provides adaptive learning models and reactive assessment tools to provide students with material that builds a solid academic foundation scaffolded to state and national standards. This constantly adjusting system ensures that students have gained mastery of foundational skills, and provides challenging content both at and just beyond their current level of mastery to ensure constant growth. In addition, struggling students are flagged to the teacher, who can step in and provide personal, one-on-one instruction with their own teaching, mentoring from other students, printable review materials, or a combination of all of these. 7-12 Pearson GradPoint [Math, Science, Social Studies, Languages, electives, AP courses, SAT Prep] GradPoint allows for students to access a vast catalog of core and extracurricular content to supplement or replace traditional in-class instruction. With the oversight of an instructor, students can enroll in courses in such a way that best matches their interests or their schedule. With the flexibility of both online and in- class availability, many students find GradPoint to be a preferred alternative to online-only offerings. GradPoint gives you the power to address virtual and blended learning, credit recovery, dropout prevention, alternative education, English language learning, and summer school in an engaging all-in- one curricular platform developed by industry leaders. 6-8 Digital Literacy [IC3/GS4 Standards] Our Digital Literacy course is designed to meet Internet and Computing Core Certification Global Standards 4 requirements, which can be used to satisfy many states’ Middle School Technology requirements. This 12-hour Digital Literacy course explores the core concepts and essential foundations of using a computer comfortably and well, and focuses on Basic Computing, Living Online, and commonly used Key Applications skills. We recommend that all middle school academy students complete the digital literacy course. Parent/Teacher/Community Software 9-12 + Teachers & Parents Skillsoft [IT, Business, Desktop, Soft Skills] We offer a catalog of over 2,000 IT, Desktop, and Business Software courses and videos that are available for parents, teachers, and community members. The courses are available at no charge to users, and most include personalized skill mentoring and live tutors. Additionally, the many Certification Prep courses prepare users to take industry standard certification tests, boosting users’ skill sets and potentially creating new employment opportunities for new and old members of the workforce alike. Our course catalog is updated and available online and as a printable resource. STEM Enrichment Software and Activities Each Academy Director should identify engaging activities that foster complex problem solving and critical thinking (STEM activities) for students in the academy. It is often the case that schools are already engaged in a number of STEM activities, like Lego Robotics, K'Nex Education, code.org, or others. We encourage ADs to maintain and strengthen these activities, and we also recommend that each school strongly consider taking advantage of our partnership with MinecraftEDU (provided at no charge to NEF STEM+ Academies). We recommend that ADs give students access to STEM enrichment activities such as Minecraft as a student incentive once students reach an appropriate amount of success using core software (such the 'Bronze' level below), and allow students to engage in these activities during times regularly scheduled for core software use after students reach their growth targets, on an alternating basis, with one session spent on core software, and the next spent on the enrichment activity. Motivational Leaderboards
Motivational Leaderboards are provided at no cost, and can be used for individual students in classrooms, or for classrooms or grades when prominently displayed in the school. Simply provide us with a school mascot or logo, as well as some information on specific leaderboard requests, and we will print and ship them to you directly. These leaderboards should be directly tied to motivational incentives and STEM enrichment activities. Individual student, or average classroom, progress should be displayed on the corresponding leaderboard. For example: a school with a 1.0 grade level increase as their goal would put students with 0.0-0.33 gain in the “bronze” level, 0.33-0.66 in the “silver,” and 0.66 or higher in the “gold” level. These levels also correspond to STEM activity availability, as well as Student Incentives. Student Incentives Each STEM+ Academy receives a budget to be used for student incentives. The Academy Director submits a proposed budget for items, including an itemized list of proposed purchases and prices, which is approved by the National Academies Director, and then purchases incentives on their own or through the school. Twice a year, ADs submit an invoice with receipts, which is then reimbursed. These motivational rewards can range from the small and regular, to the large and unique. Some examples of student incentives we’ve seen used effectively:
Stickers Laptops
Gift Cards Bicycles
Cookies and Juice Field trips
Pizza Parties School visits to national sports team games Video game systems STEM Games T-shirts o Teacher Incentives A portion of the school’s incentives budget can be used (after approval) to reward teachers for their contribution to the STEM+ Academy. Things like banquet dinners, refreshments for in-service training days, or paying for extracurricular training are all teacher incentives that have been approved in the past. Academy Director Stipend The Academy Director will receive a stipend twice a year, based on their performance in setting up and managing the STEM+ Academy at their school. Please inform the NEF SUNY Team as to whether this stipend should be disbursed to the school or the individual. Specific responsibilities of the Academy Director(s) are listed below. Academy Director Requirements: Explanation of Deliverables NEF Agreement School Superintendent and/or principal, Academy Director, NEF CEO, STEM+ Academies National Director will all sign The NEF-District agreement outlines all of the expectations and guarantees of services to be rendered by the NEF and the school district. While each school’s agreement will be unique, some items to be addressed may include:
o Length of agreement
o Core software licenses to be provided
o Stipend and incentive budgets
o Guarantee of minimum student scheduled use of software MBS Plans School Superintendent and/or principal, Academy Director will all sign
Available at end of this document The Management By Systems (MBS) plans designed by Dr Kuttan will be filled out and customized, as appropriate, and returned to the NEF SUNY team by email. The MBS plan commits the Superintendent, Principals, and/or other appropriate administrators, as well as the AD, to fulfilling the requirements necessary for a successful STEM+ Academy implementation of the appropriate software. Provide Contact & School Information Within one week of NEF STEM+ Academy Agreement
SUNY Team will provide an online form The form will ask for contact infomraton, such as your work & cell contact information, as well as appropriate contact information for building or district supervisors, school mailing addresses, and other information requested in the contact form. Implementation Plan No later than two weeks before Start of Program. It may be helpful to wait until Training to complete
SUNY Team will provide a template The Implementation Plan provides the NEF SUNY Team with information on the total number of students and their anticipated use of the STEM+ Academy core software. This information will be used to gauge success throughout the course of the academic year, and can (and should!) be updated regularly as changes to the program take place. SuccessMaker # of students per grade
Anticipated schedule of actual use, by grade GradPoint # of students total
Anticipated course offering Training Scheduled within two weeks of NEF STEM+ Academy Agreement, to take place before Core Software will be used in-school
Academy Director responsible for coordinating with Pearson after initial introductions done by SUNY The Academy Director is responsible for scheduling on-site Teacher Training for SuccessMaker and/or GradPoint, and ensuring that all appropriate teachers are in attendance. In addition, building principals, superintendents, and other stakeholders are strongly encouraged to attend training in order to better understand the software and the data that will be regularly presented to them. When scheduling training, Academy Directors will need to select a date or dates and provide a location with computer access for all attendees. The AD will need to provide this information, as well as a total number of expected participants, when scheduling the training with Pearson. The SUNY Team will introduce the AD to the Pearson Scheduling team via email. Follow-up trainings can take place online or in person, as needs and scheduling allow. Leaderboards Within two weeks of NEF STEM+ Academy Agreement
SUNY Team will provide a template Part of your included motivation materials include display boards that can be used to show individual or class progress. We print them at the SUNY office and have them shipped directly to you – all you need to do is provide us with a high quality school logo, and select the size, style, and quantities of leaderboards that you want. We’ll provide you with an online ‘order form’ that you can use to request boards. More information on use of leaderboards is available at http://academies.cyberlearning.org/leaderboards/ Incentives Budget Within one month of NEF STEM+ Academy Agreement
SUNY Team will provide a template A key component of the STEM+ Academy is the use of incentives to motivate student software use & drive growth. You will be allotted a budget for purchasing items or experiences for students. Using the budget template we provide, or one of your own design, please provide an estimated budget for student incentives, using incentive ideas solicited from students and teachers. In the budget template, please note the quantity, unit price, and overall price for each item, and if it is recurring (e.g. monthly pizza parties), the number of occurrences and the overall total (e.g. 4 pizzas @ $10 each, once monthly for 9 months, for a total of $360). After preparing your budget, you will need to get approval the STEM+ Academies National Director or modify it to match the suggestions for substitutions. Any item purchased from the Approved Incentives Budget will be eligible for reimbursement at the midyear and end of the year. You can update your budget at any point during the year. Keep a copy of any receipts for incentives purchases. You will need to submit them, along with an invoice (which will be provided for you) in order to be reimbursed; reimbursement windows are in December and June-July. Use of Core Software Ongoing throughout the year
ADs will have access to the Core Software progress dashboards and will be expected to monitor their own data. SUNY will periodically provide summative progress report data to ADs and other stakeholders.
ADs will be required to schedule weekly phone calls with SUNY; this can potentially be transitioned to detailed summary email once regular positive performance has been established. Through training, ADs will learn how to access and analyze student performance data within the Core Software dashboard. ADs should be regularly working with primary teachers to provide motivation and praise that comes with regular strong student performance, or specific feedback on adjustment strategies in the event that student progress stagnates. The SUNY team will provide regular summary performance reports on the school’s overall performance; the AD’s primary responsibility is to ensure that the average school performance meets or exceeds the target as agreed upon in the NEF-School agreement. During the course of brief (approximately 3-5 minute) weekly conversations, the AD and SUNY team will discuss the general summary of the week’s progress, as well as any noteworthy successes or challenges. In the event that average school performance fails to meet the agreed upon goal, the AD will present a plan to SUNY as to how to drive school performance to meet or exceed the usual goal plus the missed goal for the following week. More information on this is available in the “Weekly School Performance Status” section of “Measuring Performance.” Parent/Teacher/Community Software Within one month of NEF STEM+ Academy Agreement
ADs will create and manage user accounts and enrollment. SUNY will provide instructions on how to administer Learning Management Software, as well as sample communications for driving enrollment. Your STEM+ Academy also includes free user accounts for IT, Desktop, and Business Skills software. We encourage you to enroll parents, teachers, community members, and even students as part of a college or career preparation track. Please provide a plan to SUNY on how you will be informing potential users of the course availability. Provide potential users with information on the free course availability, and provide them a way to request course access. We find that requesting access directly from you via email, or filling out an online form (such as one created using Google Drive) are good ways to capture the required user information. Create user accounts, enroll them in the courses, and provide them with information on how to access the course content. General access troubleshooting will be provided by SUNY; specific technical requests will be forwarded to the NEF tech support team. Reports 1. Training Report (due within 3 days after training date) Report each training session (live or Webinar) to the SUNY Potsdam team, including day, time, number of participating teachers, what was covered, and pictures from the training. 2. Weekly Reporting (due by 4:00 Eastern time on the last day of each work week) Call (or email, with approval from SUNY team after four or more weeks of positive performance and regular communication) with narrative that describes your activities for the week. Typical things to include are:
Updates on student enrollment Updates on student growth progress
Updates on Parent and Teacher Academies
Updates on incentives, planned or implemented 3. Mid-Year Report (Due by December 20) Provide a summary narrative for the first half of the year.
Submit any incentives invoices & receipts to the STEM+ National Director
Schedule a phone call with the STEM+ Academy National Director to review year’s progress so far
A template for the Summary Narrative and Incentives Invoice will be provided for you. 4. End-of-Year Reporting (Due by July 1) Provide a summary narrative for the entirety of the year.
Submit any incentives invoices & receipts to the STEM+ National Director
Schedule a phone call with the STEM+ Academy National Director to review the year’s overall progress
A template for the Summary Narrative and Incentives Invoice will be provided for you. Responsible Technical Support Throughout the course of the year, there will be technical issues that range in scale from those that affect individual users to those that affect the entire school district. When this happens, please immediately notify the SUNY team by email, even if it is an issue that you expect to be resolved immediately. While we cannot guarantee that we will be able to personally help with every issue that you encounter, we will definitely be able to connect you to a resource who will. If the SUNY team knows of your technical issues, we will be able to adapt for this in your weekly performance goal and will be much more understanding than if a critical issue affects performance and goes unreported until after. To that end, please encourage your school’s primary teachers to be as responsive to reporting technical issues – if a teacher or a class is unable to access the software due to a technical issue, you or the SUNY team will be unable to provide support unless the issue is brought to our attention. Again, technical issues will happen, but with your help, we can all work together to minimize their impact and to provide as much positive interaction with the STEM+ Academy Resources as possible! Measuring Performance Academy Director Your performance as an Academy Director will be measured based on your success in setting up the STEM+ Academy, your general communications with NEF and SUNY, your distribution of student incentives, and your school’s progress reporting. As an Academy Director, you have been allocated a stipend to pay for the time it will take you to monitor and guide the academy program at your school. The maximum amount of your stipend is established before the year starts, and your actual allocation will depend on the average performance of students at your school. Director stipends will be distributed once during the December break, and again at the end of the school year, with up to one half of the total stipend being distributed per distribution, based on average student performance (for SM only schools) and/or the rubric below (for GP only or both SM and GP schools). A “Good” or better in all four categories will result in the full available stipend amount* being distributed. A rating of “Needs Improvement” in any category will result in a partial reduction of the available stipend amount. Any rating of “Unacceptable” will result in a significant reduction of the available stipend amount, and will require a written agreement of planned performance improvement between the AD, the school administration, and the NEF. *For schools using SuccessMaker software, the “full available stipend amount” indicated above will be adjusted based on actual average student Grade Level Improvement (GLI) vs target GLI for that point in the year. See the following chart for examples:
Month Target GLI Actual GLI %age Available Stipend (1 of 2) Stipend Awarded
December 0.4 0.4 100% $500 $500
December 0.4 0.3 75% $500 $375
June 1.0 0.7 70% $500 $350
June 1.0 1.1 110% $500 $550 Rubric for Academy Director Performance Great Good Needs Improvement Full stipend + Bonus Full Stipend Reduced Stipend Greatly reduced stipend Agreement signed in a timely fashion, Implementation Plan The Agreement is signed in a and Contact Information timely fashion, the provided and updated as Implementation Plan and One or more of the items needed, Training scheduled Contact Information is One or more of the items from the Good category are Set up and executed (with Report provided, Training is from the Good category are missing; Training is under- sent), Leaderboards are scheduled and executed, and late. attended by required ordered and photographs of Leaderboards are ordered, all individuals. installation provided, all well within the specified windows within specified windows of of time. time. Weekly communications take place regularly by phone; mid-week emails or other Multiple rescheduled or late Multiple missed weekly messages of progress Weekly communications take weekly communications; communications; lack of provided; anticipated place regularly; an regularly delayed responses Communicatio response to calls or emails; absences or scheduled delays appropriate substitute is to calls or emails; poor n no substitute AD named in in communication are relayed named in the event of substitute AD performance in the event of an absence or no to SUNY ahead of time; prolonged AD absence. the event of regular AD substitute AD performance. substitute AD named and absence. supervised by current AD and/or AD’s supervisors Unclear or ambiguous Clear incentives budget is Clear incentives budget is incentives budget; budget is created, submitted, and created, submitted, and submitted late or not changed approved. Photographs, approved. Periodic updates of in the event of lack of video, and text of incentives No incentives budget created; incentives distribution are approval. Infrequent or Incentives distribution (as allowed) are no incentives purchased or provided. Receipts and unclear updates of incentives provided. Receipts and distributed. invoices are submitted within distribution. Receipts and invoices are submitted at the the specified windows of invoices are submitted within beginning of the specified time. the specified windows of windows of time. time. Weekly communications take One or more Major Report One or more Major Report place regularly; all required Weekly communications take (Training, Mid-Year, End of (Training, Mid-Year, End of reports are submitted on time Reporting place regularly; all required Year) submitted late; Year) missing; multiple and include photos / videos / reports are submitted on time. multiple Weekly Reports Weekly Reports missing or text supplements (as regularly late. regularly late. allowed). Weekly School Performance Status The school district representatives, the AD, and the NEF will agree upon a target goal for the school for the year, and based on the goal, quarterly and weekly progress targets will be established (e.g. a 1.0 grade level increase for a subject in SM will be broken down into 0.25+ increase per quarter, and a weekly target of 0.3+). Based on average student performance and director communication, a school will receive a weekly status of Green, Yellow, or Red. Monthly progress and status summaries will be prepared by SUNY and distributed to ADs and school stakeholders, such as principals and superintendents. In the event of several successive Yellow statuses, the AD’s supervisors will be notified. In the event of a Red status, the AD’s supervisors will be notified immediately. If several Yellow statuses, or one Red status, occur, the AD and SUNY will work together to establish a Performance Improvement Plan to get school performance up to or above the target for that point in the year (e.g. if a school is below 0.5 grade level increase at midyear, the AD and SUNY will work together to get the school up to or beyond 0.5 grade level within an appropriate window of time). Green Meeting a target goal and completing the weekly communication will result in a Green status for the school for the week. Yellow Missing the goal or the communication for the week will result in a Yellow status, which can be retroactively changed to Green by having average overall performance meet or exceed the target for that point in time, or by rescheduling the weekly communication as appropriate. After the third Yellow status, the AD’s supervisors will be notified of the stagnated performance or missed communications. Red Missing the goal for three or more weeks in a row or failing to respond to multiple calls or emails will result in a Red status. The AD’s supervisors will be notified immediately of the Red status, and a plan to address the issue or issues will be written and agreed upon by the AD, their supervisors, and SUNY. Consistent engagement is critical to a school’s successful STEM+ academy. Management by Systems (MBS)-format Setup SuccessMaker MBS Plan for ______STEM+ Academy for K-8 Graders Period: 2015-2016 School Year Date: ______Approved By: ______(signature) Superintendent/Principal Academy Director
June Jul June ‘15 y Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan … ’16 Effective Grade ness Level Improve Measure ment (GLI) in ELA Grade Level Improve ment (GLI) in Math Effort Minimu Measure m Time On Task (TOT) minutes in ELA/stu dent in Success Maker (SM) Minimu m Time On Task (TOT) minutes in Math/stu dent in Success Maker (SM) # of Students in SM’s ELA # of Students in SM’s Math # of Students in Digital Literacy Responsi Tasks bility and Mileston es (Tasks -- Planning , Operatio ns Support, Operatio ns, Evaluati on) Supt/Pri Clearly nc commun icate vision and specific goals to assistant superinte ndents, principal s, academy sub- directors , teachers, parents and students via meetings /emails/l etters etc.
Supt/Pri Approve nc the MBS Plan
Supt/Pri Give nc authority to Academ y Director (AD) to execute MBS Plan
Supt/Pri Establish nc buy-in from principal s and/or teachers to generate support and buy- in in the classroo m.
Supt/Pri Provide nc continuo us support for AD to execute MBS Plan on time
Academ Commun y icate Director specific (AD) weekly STEM+ Academ y goals (GLI and TOT) to administ rators, principal s, sub- directors , teachers, parents and students
AD Schedule training for all involved teachers and sub- directors ; asst. principal /instructi onal coordina tors require attendan ce (incentiv ize as appropri ate). AD Get leaderbo ard and manuals, and helpful tools from SUNY AD Establish Stipends for asst. director, principal s, sub- directors and teachers AD Establish incentive s for students AD Establish incentive s for teachers — includin g prof’l dev courses, live mentorin g & video lessons
AD Establish incentive s for parents – includin g prof’’l dev courses, live mentorin g & video lessons
AD Monitor program daily, evaluate GLI and TOT daily and weekly, motivate teachers and students continuo usly AD Send weekly reports to Supt., Asst. Supt. and SUNY
AD Continuo usly get feedback and improve the program at all levels
Teachers Meet weekly GLI and TOT goals by continuo usly motivati ng students, parents and other teachers
Parents Continuo usly motivate the students and commun icate with the teachers Students Meet weekly GLI and TOT goals in a fun, motivati ng learning environ ment GradPoint MBS Plan for ______STEM+ Academy for K-8 Graders Period: 2015-2016 School Year Date: Approved By: ______(signature) Superintendent/Principal Academy Director
June Jul June ‘15 y Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan … ’16 Effective Course ness Completi Measure on %ages Effort Minimu Measure m Time on Task (TOT) for students in all applicabl e subjects # of Students in all GP courses Responsi Tasks bility and Mileston es (Tasks -- Planning , Operatio ns Support, Operatio ns, Evaluati on) Supt/Pri Clearly nc commun icate vision and specific goals to assistant superinte ndents, principal s, academy sub- directors , teachers, parents and students via meetings /emails/l etters etc.
Supt/Pri Approve nc the MBS Plan
Supt/Pri Give nc authority to Academ y Director (AD) to execute MBS Plan
Supt/Pri Establish nc buy-in from principal s and/or teachers to generate support and buy- in in the classroo m.
Supt/Pri Provide nc continuo us support for AD to execute MBS Plan on time
Academ Commun y icate Director specific (AD) weekly STEM+ Academ y goals (GLI and TOT) to administ rators, principal s, sub- directors , teachers, parents and students
AD Schedule training for all involved teachers and sub- directors ; asst. principal /instructi onal coordina tors require attendan ce (incentiv ize as appropri ate). AD Get leaderbo ard and manuals, and helpful tools from SUNY AD Establish Stipends for asst. director, principal s, sub- directors and teachers
AD Establish incentive s for students AD Establish incentive s for teachers — includin g prof’l dev courses, live mentorin g & video lessons AD Establish incentive s for parents – includin g prof’’l dev courses, live mentorin g & video lessons
AD Monitor program daily, evaluate GLI and TOT daily and weekly, motivate teachers and students continuo usly AD Send weekly reports to Supt., Asst. Supt. and SUNY
AD Continuo usly get feedback and improve the program at all levels
Teachers Meet weekly GLI and TOT goals by continuo usly motivati ng students, parents and other teachers Parents Continuo usly motivate the students and commun icate with the teachers Students Meet weekly GLI and TOT goals in a fun, motivati ng learning environ ment IT/Desktop/Business Skills courses MBS Plan for ______STEM+ Academy for K-8 Graders Period: 2015-2016 School Year Date: Approved By: ______(signature) Superintendent/Principal Academy Director
Jun Jun e Jul Au Oc No De e ‘15 y g Sept t v c Jan … ’16 Effectiveness Total number of Series Completions vs goal Measure Effort Time Measure spent in IT/Deskt op/Busin ess Skills Courses Total # of enrolled users Responsibility Tasks and Milestones (Tasks -- Planning, Operations Support, Operations, Evaluation)
Supt/Princ Approve the MBS Plan
Supt/Princ Give authority to Academy Director (AD) to execute MBS Plan
Supt/Princ Provide continuous support for AD to execute MBS Plan on time
Academy Review LMS training material and ensure ability to Director (AD) create/enroll users
AD Clearly communicate availability and purpose of courses to parents, teachers, community members, and students
AD Generate enrollments from parents/teachers/community AD Monitor course completion & regularly communicate with users to finish courses AD Provide certificates for all users who complete Course Series AD Provide simple explanations for self-service tech support; connect users with NEF SUNY Team for in- depth issues Users Regularly access courses, request assistance and certificates as appropriate