1	System Performance Review (SPR) General Administrators’ Meeting November 27, 2007
2	System Performance Review (SPR) LEA and Needs Improvement Year 8 Schools GAPSS for Schools SPR for District GaDOE SPR Team Visit December 17 – 19 Recommendations to State Board of Education Interventions Needed
3	Preparation for SPR Team’s Visit Written Responses to List of Questions Key Personnel Identified Documentation for SPR Team’s Visit Documentation Identified Documentation Organized
4	System Support & Collaboration Questions (Keith) Explain how the implementation of the System Improvement Plan in the areas of Did Not Meet for the NI-8 Schools has or has not been successful in raising system-wide student achievement. What support has the system provided to the NI-8 schools in the areas of need? How has the system provided support in the implementation of the GAPSS Analysis Target Areas from the NI-6 GAPSS? How will the system support the NI-8 schools in the implementation of the NI-8 GAPSS Analysis Target areas? What expectations does the system have for communication and collaboration between regular school and alternative or SES programs?
5	Allocation of Resources Questions (Harriet) Explain how the system ensures equity among schools in the allocation of all resources. How does the system ensure that schools maximize the use of resources? Explain how the system allocates Title I funds and Title I School Improvement Grant funds. Explain system procedures for ensuring that the schools coordinate and appropriately expend the allocated funds to support school improvement initiatives. Does the system provide any guidelines for the use of time for learning? Scheduling guidelines?
6	Personnel and Teacher Qualifications Questions (Don) Explain the system process for ensuring equity in system-wide allocation and school assignments of HQ and high performing teachers. Include system definitions of high performing teachers and how the system determines if teachers are high performing. Describe system plans/initiatives to attract and retain HQ and high performing professional staff. How does the system define HQ and high performance of teachers? Describe the system’s procedures for assessing the performance of teachers.
7	Leadership and Monitoring Questions (Peggy & Audrey) Explain the process, tools, instruments used to monitor and evaluate system and school level leadership effectiveness. Explain how the current principals demonstrate qualities of “turnaround” leaders. Describe programs/initiatives for the development of aspiring leaders and continued professional growth for all leaders. How does the system know that the principal is an instructional leader? How does the system know whether or not improvement interventions are being implemented as planned (system and school)? How does the system know whether the interventions are positively impacting student learning? What expectations does the system have for monitoring of instruction (school and system level leaders)? How does the system support this? What tools are available for monitoring?
8	Data Utilization Questions (Karon) How does the system ensure that schools have the necessary access to student performance data? How do schools access this data? How is student performance data utilized at the system level to improve student achievement? What are the system’s expectations for data utilization at the school level? What process is used to ensure that school and system improvement interventions are based on data? How does the system facilitate the use of benchmark assessments?
9	Policies and Procedures Questions (Shelia) Explain the system policies and procedures that serve as potential barriers to improving student achievement. What system process is in place to ensure there are not school procedures and practices that serve as barriers to improving student achievement? What procedures are in place to evaluate the effectiveness of professional learning within the system and, specifically, within the NI-8 schools?
10	SPR Team Seven Members Team Leader, Roberta Wetherington Co-Leader, Bill Matthews Division of Exceptional Children Representative Division of Standards, Assessment and Instruction Representative Three System Leaders
11	SPR Schedule Day 1 Data Review Data from System Performance Review Analysis Data from Interviews Data from GAPSS Analysis Day 2 Interviews Superintendent, Key Central Office Staff Sampling of Principals/Teachers Eddy and Baker Leadership Teams Day 3 Integration of Data and Development of Recommendations Summary Report for System and State Board Incorporation of Recommendations into Management Contract (NI-9 Status)
12	Timeline November 13 Progress Check on Data Collection/Summaries November 28 Preliminary Review of Summaries/Data Collection December 5 Final Review of Summaries/Data Collection December 10 Electronic Copy of Summaries to SPR Team/MCSD December 17 SPR Visit Begins SPR Team Reviews Data December 18 SPR Team Conducts Interviews December 19 SPR Team Develops Recommendations
13	Reward Schools close for holidays at the end of the day on Friday, December 21