School Turnaround OfficeTargeting and Implementation Strategies

Thursday 16 September 2010Presentation #2 of 2

Teacher Quality/Teacher Recruitment Initiatives

• Louisiana Statewide Staffing Initiative (LSSI)

• Educator Pipeline

• Teacher Preparation Program Accountability

Andrew VaughanDirector, Division of Certification, Preparation & Recruitment

Office of Human CapitalLouisiana Department of Education

Teacher Quality/Teacher Recruitment Initiatives

Louisiana Statewide Staffing Initiative (LSSI)– Louisiana’s State Reform Plan (RTT) calls for the adoption of a

Model Staffing Initiative to provide technical assistance to LEAS in effective staffing and hiring techniques

– LSSI is a Gates Foundation funded partnership with The New Teacher Project currently being implemented in 4 geographically dispersed school districts (Monroe City Schools, EBR, Terrebonne, DeSoto).

– Key strategies: Direct priority applicants to target schools, Train principals in effective hiring, Provide personalized staffing assistance, minimize staffing barriers, Increase the rigor of retention decisions

Teacher Quality/Teacher Recruitment Initiatives

1. Drive reform in human capital practices at the district level - prioritizing improvements to the staffing timeline and setting aggressive but achievable goals

2. Training principals in effective staffing and hiring techniques – Four workshops:– Marketing Your School– Building a competency-based selection process– Effective interviewing– induction

Teacher Quality/Teacher Recruitment Initiatives

Educator Pipeline– Reorganization of LDOE in August 2010 – from an

agency of compliance to an agency of support– Division of Certification, Preparation & Leadership

became Division of Certification, preparation & Recruitment

– Three full time staff providing specific staffing services to districts across the state including:• Verification of certification and HQ• Competency-based pre-screening interviews• Referral of top ranked candidates

Teacher Quality/Teacher Recruitment Initiatives

– Redevelopment of the Teach Louisiana website to track pipeline activities e.g. vacancies, pipeline candidates, number of referrals, hires etc.

– Preliminary goals: • At least 95% of the positions districts request help filling will

have at least one qualified candidate referred to them by Pipeline team.

• At least 33% of the open positions will result in hiring a referral from the pipelines staff.

• Results so far (since Aug. 2010): – Pipelines team referred qualified/pre-screened candidates

to 146 of 156 vacancies posted statewide (93.6%)– 60 vacancies filled by Pipeline referred candidates (38.4%)

Teacher Quality/Teacher Recruitment Initiatives

Teacher Preparation Program Accountability – Policy passed in March 2010 requires teacher

prep. programs to score at Level 3 (program completers performing similarly to new average teachers) on the Value Added Teacher Preparation Program Assessment to maintain state approval

– Programs scoring lower that Level 3 are assigned Programmatic Intervention status

Teacher Quality/Teacher Recruitment Initiatives

• Programs in Programmatic Intervention must submit corrective action plan to State Board and timeline for anticipated approval

• Results: programs must improve quality in order to maintain state approval

• Quality programs expand, recruitment efforts driven by Value Added results