Cincinnati Public Schools Vision 2020: My Tomorrow

Cincinnati Public Schools

Great Schools for Cincinnati’s Tomorrow February 8, 2016

We are excited about Creating Great Schools because they provide access

and deliver opportunities for our students

Why We are Committed to this Work

• All students deserve great schools • A great school district ensures equity, access

and excellence • Preparing students for

real-world success contributes to a great community

2016 Cincinnati Board of Education • Ericka Copeland-Dansby, President • Melanie Bates, Vice President • Eve Bolton, Member • Elisa Hoffman, Member • Carolyn Jones, Member • Daniel Minera, Member • A. Chris Nelms, Member

Framed by Board Goals & Commitments

Cincinnati Board of Education Goals

• Diversity in education • Equity in education • Inclusion in education • Excellence in education

Board Equity Focus

My Tomorrow Groundwork for Great Schools

• Catching Up or Leading the Way, Zhao • High Schools that Work • College Board • ACT • Harvard, Instructional Rounds • Getting In, Cohen, Dwane, De Oliveira and Muska • Adaptive Leadership, Heiftz • Classroom Instruction that Works, Pitler • Teaching with Love and Logic, Fay • Data Wise, City • Digital Tools for Teaching, Johnson • Teaching and Learning for the 21st Century, Reimers and

Chung • The Courage to Collaborate, Futernick • Curriculum 21, Jacobs

Research

Organizing the Work

Visioning Session

My Tomorrow Strategic Document

CPS Digital Learning Plan

Putting it All Together

My Tomorrow: Prepared for Life

21st Century Students

My Tomorrow

• Student Competency Roadmap – Technology Proficiency – Evidence-Based Decision Making – Public Speaking – Networking – Managing Finances – Project Planning – Interviewing Skills – Technical Writing – Creating New Solutions

Creating Great Schools My Tomorrow 7th & 8th Grades

2014-2015 • Great Schools

– Rigorous Curriculum – Personalized Advisory – 1:1 Devices – Individual Playbook – Demonstration Classrooms – Blended Learning/Advanced

Placement Courses – Digital Learning

Creating Great Schools My Tomorrow 2015-2016

• Great Schools – Expanded high school course guide – Advisory 5th-12th grade – Career-Based Learning Expansion – Advanced Placement Expansion – SpringBoard Resources – 1:1 devices 7th-12th grades – Technology Truck – Increased ACT scores, AP offerings

and Graduation Rate – Digital Student Portrait

Creating Great Schools My Tomorrow 2016-2017

• Great Schools – Advisory 3rd and 4th grade – Student Leadership Framework – Career Training Center – 1:1 devices for 6th grade – Competency-Based Learning

Student Leadership Framework

School Leadership Development • Principal Academy

– Change Process – Visioning – Instructional Leadership – Collaboration – Strategic Planning – Resource Allocation – Community Engagement

• Teacher Academy – Growth Mindset – Classroom Culture – Curriculum and Instruction Alignment – Authentic Assessments – Data Analysis to inform instruction – Competency-Based Learning

Creating Great Schools 2016-2017

• Career Readiness – Professional Communication – Team Work – Solving Ethical Issues In the Workplace – Resume Building – Financial Literacy

5 6 7 8

1. Transportation, Distribution & Logistics

2. Human Services

3. Hospitality & Tourism

4. Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources

1. Arts/Audio Visual Technology & Communications

2. Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security

3. Architecture & Construction

4. Marketing

1. Education & Training

2. Manufacturing 3. Business

Management & Administration

4. Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics

1. Government & Public Administration

2. Finance 3. Health

Sciences 4. Information

Technology

Career-Based Learning Timeline Grades 5-8

Awareness Exploration

9 10 11 12

Career Training Center 1. Resume Review

2. Job Shadow

3. Career Expo

4. Mock Interviews

Internships

Career-Based Learning Timeline Grades 9-12

Prepare

Career Expo

Venue Magazine

Career Training Center

9th and 10th grade students • Professional Communication • Team Work • Solving Ethical Issues in the Workplace • Career in the Community • Resume Building • Financial Literacy in Careers

Keeping the End in Mind: Acceptance into Pathway

• 2- or 4-year college degree • Apprenticeship or internship • Employment certification • Enlistment in military service

Results

• ACT • AP • Graduation

Serving Special Learners Continuum of Services for Students with Disabilities

• Most students with disabilities receive services in the general education classroom with support from an Intervention Specialist • Scaffolded support to access general education standards is

provided through a software system called GoalBook. • Progress monitoring is completed using EdPlan and AIMSWeb

• Some students require more intensive supports • Specialized Classrooms (MD/AU) provide support

for Ohio’s Extended Standards utilizing the Unique Learning System Curriculum

• STRIDES and The Compass Partial Hospitalization classrooms assist students with behavioral and/or mental health challenges

Gifted Services

• A continuum of services is being developed to support gifted learners throughout our district in order to provide better equity and access for all

• Currently, gifted Itinerant Intervention Specialists offer services to students in many schools throughout the district

• Several schools have full-time gifted Intervention Specialists

• A new gifted school is being developed to complement the services offered at Cincinnati Gifted Academy East (Cheviot School)

Supporting Engaged Learners

• Identify personal character strengths • Recognize character strengths in others • Participate in online community • Provide proactive supports to children/youth

displaying problem behavior • Provide instruction, practice and reinforcement

for students regarding expected behaviors in various school settings

• Provide an environment that helps all children grow emotionally and socially

Partnerships Strengthen our Work

• Instructional Leadership Teams • Local School Decision Making Committees • Learning Teams • Curriculum Councils • Cross-Departmental Teams • Community Learning Centers • Cincinnati US Regional Chamber

Partnership

I am CPS: A Culture Supporting Great Schools

Vision: A culture transformation that enables all CPS employees to embrace and live out shared values, competencies and behaviors that support and sustain a high level of performance for our students and for each and every one of us. Purpose: I am CPS provides the tools necessary to make this vision a reality and engages the diverse talents of all CPS staff – from classroom teachers to building leaders to Central Office staff. It will enable us to inspire, attract, develop, and retain great employees who work relentlessly to ensure the success of all CPS students, in school and beyond.

I am CPS Competencies Align with High Performance Organizational Model

CPS Values Competencies

I Care (Mission)

• Student Centric • Integrity • Relationships

I Continuously Improve (Adaptability)

• Performance • Active Listener • Systems Thinker

I Collaborate (Involvement)

• Collaboration • Commitment to Diversity and

Inclusiveness • Responsiveness • Communication

I Commit to Success (Consistency)

• Solutions Oriented • Decision Making • Prioritization • Resource Management

External Focus

Internal Focus

Customer Experience

Flex

ible

Stable

Adaptability Mission

Involvement Consistency

Denison Culture of Empowered Performance Model

New My CPS Staff Website

Preschool

CPS 2015-16 Preschool Profile

• 80 CPS classrooms serving 1,200 students • More than 78.9 percent low-income • 77.2 percent non-white; 22.8 percent white • 91 square miles of access to CPS programs

(37 buildings) • High demand for

CPS preschool programs

CPS Preschool Locations

Expanding CPS Early Childhood Education in 2016-17

• Preschool and Kindergarten • Dater – 2 classrooms • Sands – 1 classroom

• Preschool • J. P. Parker – 1 classroom • North Avondale – 1 classroom • Vine Street – 10 classrooms (neighborhood

and magnet) • Kindergarten

• Fairview – 2 classrooms • SCPA – 1 classroom

Strengthening Neighborhood Schools

CPS Neighborhood Schools

CPS Stakeholders Priorities Survey Fall 2015

Strengthening Neighborhood Schools Top Priority

Q3. Knowing that funding is limited, which of the following current or potential district programs most interest you? Please rank your top three choices, with Rank 1 being your top interest, Rank 2 being your second interest, and Rank 3 being your third interest.

Rank

Weighted Score

Relative Weighted

Score Overall Rank

Rank 1 Rank 2 Rank 3

1,542 624 395 6269 100 1 Strengthening neighborhood schools

388 812 768 3556 57 2 New magnet school sites/programming

376 710 782 3330 53 3 Dual language school

525 418 516 2927 47 4 Montessori schools

58 325 428 1252 20 5 Second sift for working families

2,889

Elementary Schools

New Programs for Great Schools 2016-2017

Year 1: Gifted Expansion (1 school)

• Differentiated instruction • Technology enrichment and acceleration • Problem-Based Learning • Student leadership development • Enrichment opportunities

New Programs, cont. 2016-2017

Year 1: Arts and Culture (2 schools)

• Artist residencies • World culture study • Importance of art in today’s world • Creative community projects with artists

New Programs, cont.

• Dynamic Arts Curriculum of Music • Instrumental and Vocal, Visual Art (Drawing, Painting, Sculpting,

Photography) and Dance (Folk, Ethnic, Modern, Hip-Hop) • Study of the world’s cultures

• Emphasis on music, dance, art, social customs, ceremonies, dress, and cuisine

• Collaborative residencies and performance projects with accomplished artists Ka-Ron Lehman Brown Dancer, Choreographer NAACP Educator of the Year Cedric Michael Cox (painter, recipient of Congressional Award for Art)

Jim Anderson Jazz Alive President and jazz bassist

Works by Cedric Michael Cox

Sunrise on Roof Tops Downpour

New Programs, cont.

Implementation 2016-2017 Year 1: Student Enterprise (2 schools)

Economics and Finance Foundation • Research • Design Thinking • Shark Tank Exercise • Business Plan Development • Marketing Development Content Integration • Literature-Uncle Jed’s Barbershop • Math-Profit Margins

• Stock Exchange • History

New Programs, cont. 2016-17

Year 1: Environmental Science (1 school) • Environmental Literacy • Sustainability • Ethics • Ecology • Food Systems • Climate Change

Exploratory Projects • Renewable Energy • Recycling • Gardening and Food Systems • Student Led Campaigns

New Programs, cont. 2016-17

Year 1: High Technology (1 school) • 1:1 devices for grades 3-6 • Digital Curriculum • Learning Management System and Google Apps • Blended Learning (station rotation model) • Coding (code.org and Scratch) • Interactive displays (audio/visual) • 4 C’s of technology-rich instruction

– Creation – Communication – Collaboration – Consumption

New Programs, cont. 2017-18

Planning Year 2016-2017 Year 2: Elementary Gender-Based • Curriculum • Student Leadership Campaign • Entrepreneurship • Service Learning • Technology Enrichment • Personalized Learning

New Elementary Programs, cont. 2017-18

Planning Year 2016-2017 Year 2: Dual Language • Two language groups in the same class – for example,

Native English speakers and Native Spanish speakers • Spanish and English literacy materials are aligned with

core content standards • Variety of authentic (rather than just translations)

bilingual books and curricular materials, with integration of technology

• Monolingual lessons are delivered in each content area

High Schools

High Schools of Choice Video http://www.cps-k12.org/schools/elementary-schools/7-12highschool

High School Career-Based Campuses

Career Field School(s) Pathway Agriculture & Environmental Systems

Hughes STEM James Gamble

Zoo Academy Environmental & Production Systems

Arts & Communication SCPA SCPA

Media Arts Performing Arts

Business & Administrative Services Withrow High School of Business

Construction Technologies Woodward Woodward

Construction Technologies Construction Management

Engineering & Science Technologies Aiken New Tech Hughes STEM Woodward

Engineering & Design Energy Science Integrated Production Technologies

High School Career-Based Campuses

Career Field School(s) Pathway Hospitality & Tourism Gilbert Dater Culinary & Food Service Operations

Health Science Hughes STEM Riverview Riverview Woodward Woodward Woodward

Biomedical Science Project Lead The Way Clinical Healthcare Services Medical Office Biotechnology Clinical Healthcare Services Fitness/Sports Medicine

Information Technology Hughes STEM Taft Taft

Programming & Software Development Interactive Media Information Support & Services

Law & Public Safety Western Hills Law and Public Safety

Career Field School(s) Pathway Middle School Programs Aiken

James Gamble Hughes STEM

Project Lead The Way Gateway To Technology Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources Project Lead The Way Gateway To Technology

High School Career-Based Campuses

New High School Programs

2016-2017 Year 1: (1 school) • Virtual High School Retooling

– Advisory – Graduation and Career Coaches – ePortfolio (Capstone)

2017-2018 Year 2: (2 schools) • Junior ROTC Air Force and Army

Great Schools Implementation at a Glance

Multiyear Summary 2015-16 Planning Year

2016-17 Implementation Year

2016-17 Planning Year

2017-18 Implementation Year

2017-18 Planning Year

2018-19 Implementation

Enhanced Curriculum

All elementary schools

Gifted 1 school

Arts and Culture

2 schools

High Tech

1 school

Gender-based 2 schools

Environmental Science

1 school

Student Enterprise

2 schools

Dual Language 1 school

Montessori 1 school

JROTC 2 schools

Multiyear Summary 2015-2016 Planning Year

2016-17 Implementation Year

2016-17 Planning Year

2017-18 Implementation Year

2017-18 Planning Year

2018-19 Implementation

Innovation Programs

3 schools

A2S/A2E Revamp

Virtual Retool

1 school

Seek partnership with Accelerate Great Schools for new programs and schools

Great Schools Next Steps

1. Engage LSDMCs: I Care

2. Work with school communities: I Collaborate

3. Partner with businesses and other organizations: I Continually Improve

4. Identify funding: I Commit to Success

CPS Budget Picture

• No new local revenue for eight years • Decreases in state funding • Enrollment increase of more than 1,000 students

• High demand for CPS preschool, specialized programs

• Reviews of CPS finances, potential efficiencies under way • Parthenon efficiency study funded by business

partners • Ohio Auditor performance review • American Federation of Teachers review

• Financial reviews expected to confirm need and assist with sizing November 2016 levy request

Our Promise to Our Stakeholders

• We will keep the Board and our community informed

• We will focus clearly and consistently on creating Great Schools

• We will involve our stakeholders • We will fund strategies that support great

students and schools • We will implement our strategies with passion,

intensity and fidelity