The Initiative:

Partnership for Leaders in Education - The District is participating in a joint project with University of Virginia (UVA), Darden School of Business and Curry School of Education to analyze our instructional infrastructure and determine specific areas of focus.

      

A Three-year district & school leadership development program, CMSI will be approached in 2 phases:
     Phase 1: 2017-2018 District level implementation
     Phase 2: 2018-2020 Implementation at the district and school levels

In it's first year, the initiative will be implemented at the district administration level, and will involve comprehensive training with focus on four areas:

Leadership
Support and Accountability
Talent Management
Instructional Infrastructure

Beginning with the 2018-2019 school year, the project will expand to the district's three middle schools with the purpose of school improvement.

90 Day Plans - Each school has created a 90 Day Plan with specific focus areas and action steps.  Each 90 Day Plan must address changes in adult behavior to impact gaps in learning identified in their data analysis.  A district representative serves on each school’s team, and each plan requires 30 and 60 day monitoring. CMS has two PPE certified mentors to support the development and monitoring of plans.

Istation Trainings - Targeted PD for elementary and middle school to assist teachers in maximizing resources within the program and to provide interventions by student by standard.

Math Consultant - 8 contracted days to help Middle School Math teachers with content specific strategies and challenges. 

Results Driven Accountability (RDA)  - RDA Program through the NMPED for three low performing elementary schools.  Funding supports over $35,000 this year in Professional Development, on-site coaching, Technical Assistance and parent involvement activities. This initiative will last for the next 5 years.

CMS Instructional Coaches (ICs) - ICs provide intensive professional development based on PARCC data (e.g., Unpacking Standards, PARCC writing, math fluency).

Bimonthly Meetings  - Middle School Principals meet with Executive Director of Instruction to focus on common specific areas of need (e.g., writing, math, accountability). 

Quarterly Nine Week Planning Sessions - Sessions for all core content areas (grades 6-12) to outline scope and sequence of standards for the nine weeks, develop common nine week assessments, review student work to identify exemplars, and analyze data.

Revised Discipline Matrices K-12 - New matrices support less time out of the classroom for level I and II offenses.