Navigator Elementary Math Application

Navigator Elementary Math Application for the 2017-18 School Year

GENERAL INFORMATION ➢ Applications are due on March 15. ➢ Candidates will be notified by March 24 if they have been selected for an initial phone interview. ➢ In person interviews will be scheduled in late March through April. ➢ If you have any questions about this application, please contact Laina Vlasnik Yip at [email protected]. ➢ To submit your application, please upload all requested materials to a Google Drive folder and share your folder with [email protected] with editing permissions. All of the application materials must be included in the Google folder or your application will be considered incomplete.

PART I: CANDIDATE INFORMATION

Principal Name

Principal contact Phone: information Email:

Math leader name

Math leader title

Math leader contact Phone: information Email:

School-based math leader name and title

Number of years you Principal: Math leader: have been at this school

Race or ethnicity Principal: Math leader: (optional)

Name of school

Name of district or charter network (leave blank if you are a single-site charter school)

Address

Office phone number

Name of current math program(s) you are using

Please select which ______Math Stories only - must implement in at least 2 grades (schools continue to option for participation use their existing math lessons) curriculum) you would prefer ______Math Stories plus K-1 lessons (with option to add weekly quizzes) ______Math Stories plus 2-4 lessons (with option to add weekly quizzes) ______Math Stories plus K-4 lessons (with option to add weekly quizzes)

If you select Math Do you currently have (or will you be able to put in place for 2017-18) four 20 min Stories only sessions per week for Math Stories in the grades you selected? ______Yes, we have this in place this year ______No, we do not have this in place this year, but will be able to adjust our schedule ______No, we do not have this in place this year and will not be able to adjust our schedule

If you selected math Do you currently have (or will you be able to put in place for 2017-18) the minimum stories AND math minutes available in the schedule for the grades you intend to work with? K-1: at least four 45 min sessions/wk (plus four 20 minute math stories/wk) lesson 2-4: at least four 55 min sessions/wk (plus four 20 minute math stories/wk) available in the schedule ______Yes, we have this in place this year ______No, we do not have this in place this year, but will be able to adjust our schedule ______No, we do not have this in place this year and will not be able to adjust our schedule

Names and grades of teachers who will participate in the program: Teacher name Grade he/she currently teaches Is grade departmentalized by subject area? PART II: ESSAY QUESTIONS

Please prepare written essay responses to each of the questions below. In each instance, please provide specific examples to illustrate key points. Your responses should also include reflections on lessons learned. Please respond with approximately 250 word responses.

Section 1: Questions for the Principal 1. What are the key successes and key challenges you face at your school? What is your greatest lesson learned as a leader over the past year? 2. Please tell us about a time when you attempted to implement a new program or institute a change (at your current school or in previous roles) and it was NOT successful. What is your assessment of why this effort failed? What did you learn from this experience?

Section 2: Questions for the math leader 1. Why are you interested in participating in Navigator? What would constitute success in your mind at the end of Year 1? 2. Please tell us about a time when you attempted to implement a new program or institute a change (at your current school or in previous roles) and it was NOT successful. What is your assessment of why this effort failed? What did you learn from this experience? 3. What do you think will be the biggest challenge for you and the teachers involved in the program in adopting the Achievement First approach to elementary math?

PART III: DATA TO SUBMIT

● Please complete the attached data template with student achievement results, by grade, in math and ELA for the 2015-16 school year and respond to the following questions: ○ Is the data what you expected? Why or why not? ○ What, if anything, concerns you about this data? ○ What are the key ways you have acted on the year-end achievement data this year? ● If your school uses MAP, please submit the standardized MAP report for all grades tested from your most recent assessment. ● Please submit a current resume for your principal and math leader. ● Please have a conversation with the principal's supervisor and have that person signed the attached agreement to confirm their support for your participation in the program.