We want your honest feedback! To build upon the efforts to better collect school leader voice and feedback over the past few months, we'd like school leaders to take 20-30 minutes to answer questions about the central office. Your anonymous feedback will be used to reward, support, and improve our central office offices, and will be shared back with you! By completing the survey, you are entered into a raffle to enjoy a lunch with Laura Perille!
Review before the Day 1 Session "Instructional Coherence & School Support"
Session Description: The Instructional Coherence and School Support session will outline the ways that central office will be organized around the concept that the school is the unit of change. This will touch on how ALI will launch school planning with the QSP, and how planning will continue from there: with central office staff working in partnership with school leaders to base central supports on school priorities and plans.
Review before the Day 1 Session "Next Gen Accountability and the Performance Meter"
Session Description: Build shared understanding of Next-Generation District and School Accountability System. Provide opportunity for school leaders to reflect and craft messaging for their school communities about accountability changes and build shared understanding of the purpose of the BPS Performance Meter and the metrics.
Watch before the Day 2 Session "Navigating School Site Council: The School Leader's Guide" <10 minutes>
Session Description: School Site Council is a BPS requirement for traditional schools K-12. This interactive session will help School Leaders understand BPS’ core value of shared decision making and school based management, be prepared for their role in leading and supporting a high functioning School Site Council, and learn about best practices and potential challenges. Participants will also receive tools and resources needed to ensure their Council’s success.
Review before the Day 2 Session "Language Opportunity for our Kids (LOOK)"
Session Description: This presentation aims to highlight features of the LOOK Act, the law that Governor Baker signed into existence on November 22, 2017. The new law aims to provide districts with more flexibility in implementing language acquisition programs to best meet the linguistic needs of English Learners, while maintaining accountability for timely and effective English language acquisition.
Session Description: This session will focus on the new systems in place for all Student Activity Accounts and how to appropriately manage funds raised for any student activities.
Review before the Day 2 Session "Labor Relations"
Session Description: This session will walk through a complex case study with Labor practice and procedural issues. Participants will leave with highlights and reminders of the critical components of Labor Relations and an opportunity to ask questions about general HR policies.
Review before the Day 2 Session "Online Operations Center"
Session Description: In this session principals will learn about our new operations center, where they can view a calendar of upcoming tasks and deadlines, check progress on those tasks, and submit tickets to operations departments for assistance.
Review before the Day 2 Session "Special Education Updates"
Session Description: Participants will leave with an understanding of the special education priorities for 2018 and highlights of reminders of the importance of meeting state and federal requirements.
In preparation for "Off Track Youth Performance Dialogue" during network based planning time
In order to prepare for the please read selections from: EY-Parthenon: Equity and Excellence for All