Turnaround Option Plan Phase 2 - Florida Department of Education

Turnaround Option Plan ? Phase 2

Miami-Dade County Public Schools

This form, to be used by districts planning in 2016-17 for implementation in 2017-18, satisfies the requirements of Form TOP-2, which is incorporated by reference in Rule 6A-1.099811, F.A.C. (2014).

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MIAMI CAROL CITY SENIOR HIGH

District Managed Turnaround

Part I: Needs Assessment

Item 1: Description of the needs assessment methodology and summary of the results.

Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS), through the Education Transformation Office (ETO) analyzes multiple data points such as State and District Assessments, Early Warning Indicators (EWI), as well as performance trend data to determine the greatest areas of need. Additionally, through the Instructional Review process, qualitative information is gathered. The school-site leadership team, along with the ETO observes the overall implementation of instructional practices within each content area. An artifact review is conducted including lesson plans, student folders, grade books and journals. A walkthrough, with a content specific debrief of observations and an artifact review then occurs. The Education Transformation Office in collaboration with Region, State, and school-site leadership teams identify barriers, strategies, and action steps to develop an individualized school-site action plan. This action plan serves as a roadmap for continuous improvement throughout the school year. In addition, three times a year M-DCPS has DATA/COM meetings which allow The Education Transformation Office, district staff, region personnel, and principals to analyze previous year Florida Standard Assessment (FSA) data, Mid-Year Assessments, End-of-Course Assessment data, i-Ready data and make strategic decisions regarding support and resources. Furthermore, during Strategic Planning Meetings, the ETO and Region personnel collaborate with each school to evaluate the impact of identified structures and systems as well as available resources and modify as needed.

In evaluating the school's academic performance, there is a need to remediate student deficiencies as evidenced by a decline in ELA, Science, and Social Studies. The teachers and school leadership will closely track the progress of the lowest quartile, a decline was evidenced as well. Due to the consistent decline in College and Career Acceleration, a top priority for the school will be to provide students multiple opportunities to enroll in college and career courses. This will increase the number of students who graduate with accelerated coursework.

School Grade Information

Components

2015

School Performance Grade

C

ELA Achievement

24

ELA Learning Gains

NA

ELA Low25 Learning Gains

NA

Math Achievement

16

Math Learning Gains

NA

Math Low25 Learning Gains

NA

Science Achievement

47

Social Studies

32

Graduation

76

College & Career Acceleration

78

Percentage Points Earned

46

2016 D 23 35 31 16 25 38 46 42 80 62 40

2017 D 22 33 36 25 35 30 39 40 81 51 39

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Effective Leadership

The Principal, Mr. Ja Marv Dunn is a transformational leader and dedicated administrator with twenty years of experience working in low-performing schools. Mr. Dunn holds a Master's Degree in Educational Leadership and Bachelor's Degree in Business Management. Mr. Dunn is working towards completing a Doctoral Degree in Educational Leadership. He has a total of seventeen years of experience serving as an administrator in some of the most fragile schools in the Miami Dade County Public School System. Mr. Dunn served five years as a middle school Assistant Principal at Brownsville Middle School, six years as Vice Principal at Miami Norland Senior High School, and six years as Principal at Miami Carol City Senior High School. While serving as Assistant Principal at Brownsville Middle School, Mr. Dunn was instrumental in improving the school's grade from a "D" to a "C" during the 2001-2002 and 2004-2005 school years. While serving as Vice Principal at Miami Norland Senior High School, Mr. Dunn had a major influence in improving the school's grade from an "F" to a "D" during the 2008-2009 school year and from a "D" to a "C" during the 2010-2011 school year. Under Mr. Dunn's leadership as Principal, Miami Carol City Senior High School's grade improved from a "C" to a "B" in 2013 and the school's graduation rate has increased from 64% to 81%. Mr. Dunn has participated in numerous leadership development programs and institutes to build his capacity and support others in area of Educational Leadership. Mr. Dunn participated in the Superintendent's Urban Principal Initiative in 2009, a leadership program designed to prepare aspiring Assistant Principals for the role of urban school Principal. In 2011, Mr. Dunn participated in Harvard University's Graduate School of Education's Urban Principal Summer Institute, where urban school principals from across the nation were brought together to focus on capacity building, collaborative work, and shaping our school's culture. In 2014 and 2017, Mr. Dunn was selected by M-DCPS to serve as a mentor via the Instructional Leadership in Educational Administration Development (iLEAD). The iLEAD program mentors prospective assistant principal candidates to turn around the most challenging, low-performing schools. Mr. Dunn is currently enrolled in William and Mary College working towards completing an Educational Doctoral Degree in Educational Leadership.

The Vice Principal, Mr. Andy Harrison, is a transformational leader with seventeen years of educational experience working in a variety of schools in M-DCPS. He holds a Master's Degree in Educational Leadership and a Bachelor's Degree in Education. His career began at Lenora B. Smith/Allapattah Elementary where he taught all content areas for grades four through six, in which his individual Math and Reading test results were a major contribution in Lenora B. Smith/Allapatah Elementary's success to a "B" rated school during the 2004-2005 school year. He also served as a Department Chairperson. He then transitioned to middle school as an 8th Grade Mathematics teacher where his impact resulted in 81% individual learning gains during the 20052006 school year. For the last eleven years, Mr. Harrison has served as an Assistant Principal and Vice Principal at Brownsville Middle School and Miami Carol City Senior High School--two of Miami-Dade County's most fragile schools. At Brownsville Middle School, Mr. Harrison was the key to continued success in Mathematics and Science as the school improved from "F" to "C" and a Correct II School in 2008, and then to an even higher "C" and a Correct I School in 2009. At Miami Carol City Senior High School as the Mathematics Department administrator, he led the Mathematics department to a 9 percentage point increase of students meeting state proficiency on all Mathematics End of Course (EOC) exams from 16% (2016) to 25% (2017). Prior to the changes in the high school accountability formula, Mr. Harrison oversaw the 2nd 800 points of school accountability, improved the graduation rate to 82% in 2013--highest to date, attained record increases of students achieving "College Readiness" status in both Reading (from 54% to 66%) and Mathematics (from 20% to 29%) from 2013-2014. Mr. Harrison was instrumental in improving Miami Carol

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City Senior High School's letter grade to a "B", the highest school grade to date.

The Assistant Principal, Ms. Mimose Morgan-Rose, is a proactive leader with ten years of experience in Miami-Dade County Public Schools. Ms. Morgan-Rose holds a Master's Degree in Educational Leadership in addition to her Bachelor's Degree in Biology. Ms. Morgan-Rose has four years of experience as a Science Instructional Coach at the high school level, and she has six years of experience as a Senior High School Assistant Principal. While serving as a Science Instructional Coach at North Miami Senior High School in the 2010-2011 school year, there was a 12-percentage point increase in science achievement, and the school grade increased from a "D" to a "C". While serving as an administrator at Miami Carol City Senior High School, the school grade increased from a "C" to a "B" in the 2012-2013 school year. Additionally, as the supervising administrator for Algebra II during the 2016-2017 school year, there was a 36-percentage point increase.

The Assistant Principal, Ms. Rhonda Gaines, is newly appointed to the school this year. She is a proactive leader with over 11 years of educational leadership experience working in low-performing schools. She holds a Master's Degree in Reading K-12 and a Specialist Degree in both Educational Leadership and Curriculum Instruction, Management and Administration. She is also working towards completing a Doctoral Degree in Special Education. Ms. Gaines is a well-rounded administrator. She has three years of experience as a Middle School Assistant Principal, five years as a Reading Instructional Coach, and one year of experience as a Curriculum Support Specialist. While serving as a Reading Instructional Coach at Miami Northwestern Senior High School in the 2011-2012 school year, the school grade improved from a "D" to a "B". In addition, while at Miami Northwestern Senior High School, Ms. Gaines led the writing department in achieving the highest percentage of passing writing scores in the district (Education Transformation Office) at 87% and exceeded the state's average at 82%. She also provided support to ensure that learning gains were evident in the reading department. During the 2012-2013 school year, Ms. Gaines was a Reading Instructional Coach at Madison Middle School where she provided support to the writing department and again aided in achieving the highest percentage of passing writing scores in middle schools. During the 2014-2015 school year at Carol City Middle School, under the supervision of Ms. Gaines, there was an increase in the percent of students meeting high standards (proficiency), and the percent of students making learning gains increased from 50% to 58%. Also, there was an increase in the lowest 25% quartile from 56% to 66%. While at Carol City Middle School during the 2016-2017 school year, Ms. Gaines helped to increase the Language Arts proficiency rate from 15% to 24%, the Language Arts learning gains from 38% to 48%, the Language Arts lowest 25% quartile from 48% to 49%, and the Social Studies proficiency from 34% to 41%. In addition, Ms. Gaines helped in increasing the school letter grade from an "F" to a "C" during the 2016-2017 school year. Ms. Gaines is a dedicated educator and believes wholeheartedly in educating the total child.

The transformation coach for reading, is newly appointed to the school this year. Mrs. Angel N. Robinson, is a life-long learner who has worked diligently throughout her 9 year career with Miami-Dade County Public Schools. She successfully taught English and ESOL for grades 9-12 at Miami Edison Senior High School. Prior to this role, Ms. Robinson served as a 6-12 in literacy as a Curriculum Support Specialist for the Education Transformation Office. Mrs. Robinson has a Master's Degree in Adult Education and a Bachelor's Degree in Secondary English Education 6-12, and she is currently working on her Doctoral Degree in Instructional Technology and Distance Education. Mrs. Robinson also has an Endorsement in ESOL. While teaching at Miami Edison Senior High School, she contributed greatly to the success of what was then (20092011) a low-performing school. Through hard work and dedication, Mrs. Robinson was able to provide the students instructional support, which helped transition Miami Edison Senior High School from a grade "F" to "B" in the lowest quartile (reading). Angel Robinson is committed to student learning while ensuring all students reach a quality education.

The transformation coach for literacy, Mrs. Opia Z. Astwood, is newly appointed to the school this year. She is

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passionate about education and has worked diligently throughout her 10 year educational career with MiamiDade County Public Schools and the Charter School System. She has successfully taught both 6th-8th ELA (Advanced and Regular) and Intensive Reading Courses at Mater Academy Charter School and more recently served as a Literacy Instructional Coach at Miami Jackson Senior High School. Mrs. Astwood has an Endorsement in Reading and English 6-12. While teaching at Mater Academy, Mrs. Astwood contributed greatly to the success of the school, assisting in achieving its grade of an "A". Through her hard work and dedication, Mrs. Astwood was able to provide the "retake" students instructional support which helped the school to gain the points necessary for academic excellence. Additionally, at Miami Jackson Senior High School (2013-2016) as the Literacy Instructional Coach, Mrs. Astwood was entrusted to guide both the English, ESOL, Writing and Social Studies departments. This guidance assisted in the improvement of the school's grade from a "C" to "B". She believes that teacher is more than imparting knowledge; it is inspiring change.

Professional Capacity

Project Lead Strong was designed with the purpose of "building a bench" of highly-effective secondary principals and assistant principals who are prepared to turn around the most challenging, chronically lowperforming senior high schools and to attract, empower, and lead high-performing teachers and improve student outcomes. This approach provides a hands-on, on-site residency experience and a structured support system, including mentoring and coaching, and build a bench of principals and assistant principals who are ready, willing, and, most importantly, able to succeed in turning around these chronically failing schools.

The district is committed to retaining high-performing teachers as well. School administrators observe teachers various times throughout the school year, using the Instructional Performance Evaluation and Growth System (IPEGS). At the end of the school year, each school principal, region staff, and ETO collaborate to review evaluation results. This process facilities decision-making regarding teaching assignments and/or the need for replacement. Job-embedded professional development for transformation coaches and teachers is a top priority. Monthly professional development sessions with an emphasis on standard-based instruction, coaching cycles, effective instructional delivery, and interventions are provided to consistently build professional capacity at every level.

In order to recruit and retain a high-quality teaching staff, Mr. Dunn will partner with local colleges and universities, and encourage talented teachers to obtain their clinical supervision certification. This process will introduce pre-service teachers to the school and will provide opportunities to fill vacancies with new teachers who have been vetted at the school site.

Additionally, the principal actively recruits potential teaching candidates at job fairs offered by the district. Potential candidates are asked to serve as substitute teachers and observed for effectiveness before a position is offered. The school has also partnered with Teach for America to provide high-quality candidates in core areas.

Ambitious Instruction and Learning

The principal, Mr. Dunn has networked with several local colleges/universities and encouraged several talented teachers to obtain their clinical supervision certification to place student interns at the school. The interns are supported consistently throughout the year and are made to feel an integral part of the school. This allowed the principal to fill openings with new teachers who have been vetted at the school site. The principal attends all the Job Fairs offered by the district to identify a talented pool to fill any vacancies. Potential candidates are asked to serve as substitute teachers and observed for effectiveness before a job offer is

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