Green Bay Public Schools Demographics

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Green Bay Public Schools Demographics

• 20,000 students 229 million budget.
• Urban School District
• Rapidly Changing Demographics 37 percent
  ethnically diverse
• Hispanic Population Growth 15 percent English
  language learners
• SES Percentages 46 percent free or reduced-price
  lunch 543 homeless students at end of 2007
• Part of district growing part in declining
  enrollment
• Surrounded by several suburban school districts

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Green Bay Public Schools Annual Professional
Learning Requirements

• 22.5 paid hours annually for teaching and
  paraprofessional staff.
• Conducted outside normal workday.
• Combination of hours related to building goals,
  district initiatives, and personal choice.
• Professional learning programs for food service
  and facilities personnel, noon hours supervisors,
  and monitors.

• Paraprofessional Certificate Courses
• Behavior Management
• Mathematics Support
• The Writing Process Six Traits
• Balanced Lit/Coaching Readers
• Child Development
• Adapting Curriculum
• Para/Staff Partnerships
• 40 Developmental Assets
• Special Education Students
• Technology/Special Education
• Brain-Based Learning
• First Aid
• Tribes I
• Tribes II
• Classroom Applications Option

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Green Bay Public Schools
Step 1 Collect, analyze, and interpret multiple
student data.
Step 9 Evaluate impact of professional learning
on educational practices and student outcomes.
Step 2 Identify student learning needs.
Step 8 Collect and examine data, and assess and
reflect on teaching and learning in collaborative
teams.
A Standards-Based Focus on Student Learning
Step 3 Set data-driven essential student
learning targets.
Professional Classroom Practice
Step 4 Identify staff learning needs based on
essential student learning targets.
Step 7 Apply knowledge and skills from
professional learning.
Step 6 Engage in professional learning
experiences based on needs and aligned research
and best practices.
Step 5 Plan for professional learning.
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Green Bay School District
My Learning Plan Internet-based system that
incorporates characteristics of high-quality
evidence-based professional development.

• Alignment with broader goals (1)
• Focus on teacher, PSS, administrator standards
  (2)
• Improves teachers content knowledge (3)
• Advances use of effective instructional
  strategies (4)
• Involves active learning by participants (6)

• Working in collaborative groups (7)
• Collaborative effort within school or district
  (8)
• Monitors and evaluates for effectiveness (12)
• Archives in order to guide present and future
  decision-making (13)
• Actively supported by school or district
  leadership (14)

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Moving Forward Needs Assessment

• Using Eclipse software, determined districtwide
  student learning needs. Example 100 percent of
  our schools scored below or well below proficient
  in statistics and probability questions.
• Identified very specific high impact areas on
  WKCE.
• Identified score trends over time, eliminating
  the argument that the results are too dated to
  be helpful.
• Using a survey instrument, matched teacher
  perceptions of professional learning needs with
  documented student learning needs.
• Identified a significant awareness gap (e.g.,
  teachers perceive they are presenting content
  with a high degree of instructional efficacy
  however, results indicate that students may not
  be learning the content).