AZ Kids Can’t Afford to Wait! 2015 Superintendent of Public Instruction Diane Douglas Arizona Department of Education www.azed.gov/weheardyou @azedschools #WeHeardYou AZ Kids Can’t Afford to Wait! 2015 Table of Contents Superintendent Douglas’ AZ Kids Can’t Afford to Wait! Speech ............................................................................................ 5 $400 Million Immediately for Arizona’s Teachers .................................................................................................................. 7 Support Strong Teacher Retention and Recruitment ........................................................................................................... 10 Proposal 1: Immediately Increase Funding for Teachers .................................................................................................. 11 Proposal 2: Prepare teachers for the actualities of the profession by exposing them to realistic classroom and school environments while they are still in school. ..................................................................................................................... 13 Proposal 3: Teacher Mentoring and Structured Induction Programs ............................................................................... 14 Culturally Inclusive Education for All Children ...................................................................................................................... 15 Educational Development Zones .......................................................................................................................................... 18 Arizona Standards for Arizona Students ............................................................................................................................... 23 Proposal 1: Permanently End Arizona’s Relationship with Common Core ....................................................................... 24 Proposal 2: Arizona Continuous Improvement Standards Process .................................................................................. 25 Proposal 3: Improve Arizona’s Existing ELA and Math Standards .................................................................................... 27 Proposal 4: Higher Math Standards and Guidance ........................................................................................................... 29 Proposal 5: Enhance Civics, Financial Literacy and Economics Standards. ....................................................................... 30 Actively Engage All Arizonans ............................................................................................................................................... 32 Reduce Standardized Testing ................................................................................................................................................ 34 Proposal 1: Ensure all Local Education Agencies (LEAs) have access to classroom technology to support an online testing platform. ............................................................................................................................................................... 35 Proposal 2: Work with LEAs to ensure availability and frequency of revised state testing............................................. 36 Proposal 3: Reformulate AzMERIT to support both summative and formative testing. .................................................. 37 Proposal 4: Define frequency of summative testing. ....................................................................................................... 39 Redesign Arizona’s A-F Accountability System ..................................................................................................................... 40 Support a World Class Career Education System ................................................................................................................. 42 Proposal 1: Support funding for Arizona JTEDs and CTE and any related programs. ....................................................... 43 Proposal 2: Improve guidance for LEAs to review career options with children. ............................................................. 46 Proposal 3: Provide internships to children showing interest in a particular career. ...................................................... 48 Strengthen Student Data Protection .................................................................................................................................... 49 Proposal 1: Strengthen ADE’s Data Protection Policies .................................................................................................... 50 Proposal 2: Develop Data Protection Resources for Parents and Schools ....................................................................... 52 Arizona Department of Education Page 2 AZ Kids Can’t Afford to Wait! 2015 Engage and Support Arizona Parents.................................................................................................................................... 53 Proposal 1: Provide Comprehensive Education Resources for Parents............................................................................ 54 Proposal 2: Increase Parent Involvement in Statewide Education Policy Development .................................................. 56 Proposal 3: Encourage LEAs to Support Strong Parental Involvement ............................................................................. 57 Protect Parents’ Rights.......................................................................................................................................................... 58 Support Teachers in the Classroom ...................................................................................................................................... 60 Proposal 1: Provide Teachers Access to Powerful and Timely Education Information .................................................... 61 Proposal 2: Deliver High Quality Instructional Support to All Arizona Teachers. ............................................................. 63 Support Teachers Beyond the Classroom ............................................................................................................................. 64 Build a Strong Student Support System ................................................................................................................................ 66 Proposal 1: Provide Video Modules and Webinar Instructional Forums for Students. .................................................... 67 Proposal 2: Establish a Volunteer Online Tutoring Program. ........................................................................................... 69 Proposal 3: Help Disadvantaged Youth Get Access to Clothing, Safe Transportation and School Supplies. .................... 70 Proposal 4: Provide LEA Site-Based Student Support. ...................................................................................................... 71 Leverage Health to Advance Student Achievement ............................................................................................................. 72 Proposal 1: Focus on allowing students time to eat a nutritional meal ........................................................................... 73 Proposal 2: Increase the daily number of minutes students receive for recess. .............................................................. 76 Proposal 3: Increase access to fresh and healthy food for use in school meals through Farm to School programs. ...... 78 Proposal 4: Comprehensive School Physical Activity Programs ....................................................................................... 80 Keep Students Safe ............................................................................................................................................................... 82 Proposal 1: School Climate and Student Assistance ......................................................................................................... 83 Proposal 2: Additional School Resource Officers and Cooperation with Law Enforcement ............................................ 85 Proposal 3: Social Media Awareness ................................................................................................................................ 86 Proposal 4: Increase Emergency Response Drills and Awareness .................................................................................... 87 The Zip Code Project ............................................................................................................................................................. 88 Improve Outcomes for Latino Students ................................................................................................................................ 90 Proposal 1: Expanded Support for English Language Learners ......................................................................................... 91 Proposal 2: Encourage Meaningful Parent, Family and Community Engagement ........................................................... 93 Improve Outcomes for African-American Students ............................................................................................................. 94 Improve Outcomes for Native American Students ............................................................................................................... 97 Arizona Department of Education Page 3 AZ Kids Can’t Afford