STLE Grant UpdateStrengthening Teacher and Leader Capacity

West Hempstead UFSD

Board of Education Presentation

June 17, 2014

$271,000 Over Two Years

• Teacher Coaches

• Model Teachers

• Principal Coaches

• Professional Development

• District-wide Shared Texts

Coaches and Models

Position 2013-14 2014-15

Teacher Coach 15 20

Model Teachers

4 10

Principal Coaches

2 2

District-wide Shared Texts

• 2013-14: Mindsets by Carol Dweck

• 2014-15: It’s Being Done: Academic Success in Unexpected Schools

by Karin Chenoweth

Professional Development

• Network Team Institute, Albany, Common Core Implementation

• ASCD National Conference on Teaching Excellence in Dallas, Texas—two teacher coaches and a principal coach

• Webinar on Great Book Implementation

Elements of Success

• STLE Advisory Team—teachers and administrators collaboratively monitoring the grant

•Building internal capacity of teacher and administrator leaders

• Embedding professional development within the school day

•Colleagues learning together

•Recognizing and growing leaders in our midst

Future Goals

• Support the launch of Parent University through the STLE grant for 2014-15

• Provide learning opportunities for leaders

• Leaders continue to share their learning with colleagues

• Investigate an extension of the STLE grant during Stage 4 of the funding

STLE: Improving Instruction by Strengthening Leadership