Review Agenda Item
Meeting Date: 12/21/2017 - 6:30 PM
Category: Report of the Committee on Student Achievement and School Innovation
Type: Action
Subject: 1. Report with Possible Action on the Transformation Network
Strategic Plan Compatibility Statement:
Goal 1
Academic Achievement
Policy: Admin Policy 1.01 - Vision, Mission, Core Beliefs, and Goals
Attachments Transformation Network: Data Driven Instruction
File Attachment:
Transformation Network SASI Committee & Board Meetings 2017 December.pdf
Background: MPS Equity Problem of Practice: MPS has neither consistently nor effectively engaged all of our students of color in an environment conducive to learning.

The Transformation Network is an innovative and differentiated approach of using an equitable lens to allocate district resources, supports, and opportunities based on the needs of all stakeholders in our district.

Data Driven Instruction and Inquiry is a precise and systematic approach to improving student learning throughout the year. The inquiry cycle of data-driven instruction includes assessment, analysis, and action and is a key framework for school-wide support of all student success. (Engage NY)

The Instructional Leadership Directors (ILD) use the data inquiry cycle with all school leaders. This inquiry cycle has allowed principal supervisors and principals to determine a focus area based on data to implement support and analyze the student impact for learning.

The data inquiry cycle is a four-step process:

1. Analyze Evidence To Develop Problems of Practice: gather and analyze evidence to identify student learning problems and problems of teaching practice.

2. Determine A Focus: analyze evidence to identify an instructional leadership focus.

3. Implement and Support: engage in a series of learning sessions centered on the principal’s area of focus.

4. Analyze the Impact: analyze the results of the instructional leadership inquiry.

This inquiry cycle is aligned to support the overall development and monitoring of the school improvement plan and the support for each schools problem of practice.

The system of support is centered on developing and supporting the growth and capacity of school leaders to improve student achievement in our district.
Fiscal Impact Statement: NA
Implementation and Assessment Plan
Recommendation: Your Committee reports having received the foregoing report from the Administration. Although this item has been noticed for possible action, no action is required.
Approvals:
Recommended By:
Signed By:
Jacqueline M. Mann, Ph.D. - Board Clerk/Chief Officer