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Community Consolidated School District 62
Collaborative District & Building Planning Aligning Title I Plans and Practices(It’s all about teaching & learning!)Jan Rashid, [email protected] Fall Conference10/6/15
Community Consolidated School District 62
Des Plaines CCSD 62• Located outside of Chicago near
O’Hare Airport• Just over 5200 students Pre-K to 8th
grade• 12 buildings including 2 middle
schools, 8 elementary schools, 1 year round K-8th school and 1 ELC
• Demographics: 57% Low Income, 31% Limited English, Largest Second Language is Spanish with 41% Hispanic
• 9 schoolwide Title I schools (7 elementary, 2 middle)
Community Consolidated School District 62
District Improvement Focus• Yearly, or multi-year
determination of Improvement focus for District
• Monthly meeting with Instructional Services Department and all principals to align district and building efforts toward improvement focus
• Departments (Second Lang, SpEd) and buildings determine specific needs
Aligned Instructional Planning Framework
Decision-Making Balance (DuFour) Tight Expectations
Effective districts establish clear parameters and priorities that enable individuals to work within boundaries in a creative and autonomous way. Some procedures and expectations are “tight”, such as what is to be taught, ie. Non-negotiables.
Loose ExpectationsWithin the district
system, schools, teams and teachers have flexibility in meeting expectations. For example, determining how to teach based on teacher strengths and student needs, thus decisions are “loose.”
Community Consolidated School District 62
Title I Collaboration ProcessesD62 Systems• Monthly meetings--Director and
Principals• Rising Star process is used for
Title I planning-Instructional Services member assigned as liaison
• Weekly IS meeting-Debrief between Director and IS team members regarding building Rising Star meetings/actions
Community Consolidated School District 62
Decisions Together—”Tight”• Title I Goals• Budget allowances and
spending guidelines• Instructional Associates• Summer School• Professional Development• Parent Engagement
Community Consolidated School District 62
Building Flexibility—”Loose”• Additional Staff• Before/After School• Saturday School• Transportation• Supplemental Resources• Materials/Supplies• Unique Needs
Community Consolidated School District 62
Accountability:Checks and Balances
• Monthly meetings• Common forms for budget,
transportation• All spending through Director• Admin Assistant keeps record of
accounting to back up Business Office
Community Consolidated School District 62
A Little More About….Budgeting/Spending• Spending at District level,
collaboratively determined, ie. Summer school
• Spending at buildings determined by building leadership team
• Common budget planning doc used, submitted to Director for content and Admin Asst for accounting
• Aligned to goals
Community Consolidated School District 62
A Little More About….Parent Engagement
• Use common Compact documents
• Co-plan Parent Engagement evenings
• Survey parents for topics• This year—speaker on 21st
century skills development—including SIS parent portal and tech support—all info translated
Community Consolidated School District 62
A Little More About….Professional Development• Group planning for large events,
ie. Book study on Freedom Writers, Rick Stiggins for standards based grading
• Building flexibility for specific needs, ie. Specific sub-groups, unique situations
• Requests run by Director and must be aligned to goals
“If everyone is moving forward together,
then success takes care of itself.” – Henry Ford
Thank you!