“Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Equity Plan: LEA ...

Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent

“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org

Equity Plan:
LEA and State

Julie Noland Elizabeth Zipperer
Program Manager, Title II, Part A/ TLE Title II, Part A Program Specialist

Office of School Improvement Office of School Improvement
706-244-0763 404-290-8763

[email protected] [email protected]

The contents of this presentation were developed under a grant from the U.S. Department of Education.
However, those contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the U.S. Department of Education, and
you should not assume endorsement.

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Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent

“Educating Georgia’s Future”
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Avis King
Deputy Superintendent
Office of School Improvement

Cindy Saxon
Associate Superintendent
Teacher and Leader Effectiveness Division

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“Educating Georgia’s Future”
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Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org

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Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent

“Educating Georgia’s Future”
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Georgia’s School Superintendent

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Georgia’s School Superintendent

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Components of State Plan Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
Consultation with stakeholders regarding the plan
Identify equity gaps “Educating Georgia’s Future”
Root Cause Analysis of identified equity gaps gadoe.org

(LEA Needs Assessment) 7

Strategies to eliminate identified equity gaps
• Implement strategies
• Monitor strategies

Measures to evaluate progress
Publicly report on progress

(LEA Planning)

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How can Georgia ensure Equitable
Access to Effective Educators for
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
all Georgia students? “Educating Georgia’s Future”
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1. Recruitment and teacher preparation,*

2. Teacher* and principal effectiveness,

3. Retention and professional growth,* and

4. Factors that impact the learning and working
environment

* Directly aligns to indicators in the FY16 LEA Equity Plan

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State: Equity Gap Analysis Richard Woods,
(High Minority/Poverty) Georgia’s School Superintendent

“Educating Georgia’s Future”
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LEA Data Review Example Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent

“Educating Georgia’s Future”
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• MGP: Mean Growth Percentile 10
• Teacher Turnover: from 2013/14 to 2014/15 one year turnover rate
• Principal Turnover: from 2013/14 to 2014/15 one year turnover rate
• Average days absent: Teachers absent does not include Staff Dev

days.
• SWD Graduation Rate: Year 2014-2015
• % of 1st Year Teachers: Year 2014-2015

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Equity Gap:

Example: Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
Teacher turnover rate “Educating Georgia’s Future”
Root Causes collected from Stakeholders gadoe.org

( District leaders, RESA, Higher Education, Civil Organizations, Parents, and Teachers)

School climate
Ineffective leadership
Ineffective professional learning
cInlaesfsfreocotimve) induction support (Institutions/Inside the
Lack of diverse student teaching experiences

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Table Talk Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
gap (EQ“Educating Georgia’s Future”
 Select one of the five root causes of the equity gadoe.org
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FY17 LEA Equity Plan Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
Greater focus on
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org

• Identifying existing equity gaps within the LEA
• Analyzing root causes of identified equity gaps
• Prioritizing root causes to be addressed
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Map and Specialists Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent

“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org

Julie Noland
[email protected]
Program Manager
Division of Teacher and Leader Effectiveness

Carly Ambler [email protected]
Saralyn Barkley [email protected]
Sharon Brown [email protected]
[email protected]
Pam Daniels [email protected]
Greg Petersen
[email protected]
Terri Still [email protected]
Elizabeth Zipperer

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Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent

“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org

Equity Plan:
LEA and State

Julie Noland Elizabeth Zipperer
Program Manager, Title II, Part A/ TLE Title II, Part A Program Specialist

Office of School Improvement Office of School Improvement
706-244-0763 404-290-8763

[email protected] [email protected]

The contents of this presentation were developed under a grant from the U.S. Department of Education.
However, those contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the U.S. Department of Education, and you
should not assume endorsement.

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