Title: LEADERSHIP FOR EQUITY: CLOSING THE ACHIEVEMENT GAPS
1LEADERSHIP FOR EQUITY CLOSING THE ACHIEVEMENT
GAPS NJSBA/NJASA 2008 Annual Workshop Atlantic
City, NJ October 29, 2008 Dr. Bob Jarvis,
Penn Center for Educational Leadership at the
University of Pennsylvania Jim Bathurst,
Educational Information and Resource
Center Sandy Loewe, Educational Information and
Resource Center
2THE NEW JERSEY NETWORK TO CLOSE THE ACHIEVEMENT
GAPS
- Building upon the success of the Delaware Valley
Minority Student Achievement Consortium, the New
Jersey Network To Close the Achievement Gaps was
founded in 2007 as a collaborative professional
learning organization that is dedicated to
supporting its current 16 member districts in
significantly closing their achievement gaps ,
and significantly increasing the number of
traditionally underachieving students among their
best and brightest.
32008-09 Member Districts
- Berlin Township
- Black Horse Pike Regional
- Delran Township
- Delsea Regional
- Deptford Township
- Galloway Township
- Gloucester Township
- Greater Egg Harbor Regional
- Lumberton Township
- Monroe Township
- Haddon Heights
- Ocean City
- Pine Hill
- Rancocas Valley Regional
- Woodbury
- Woodstown-Pilesgrove Regional
4Defining the Gaps
- Standardized Assessments (AP, IB, PSAT/SAT
Scores, NJ State Assessments- HEPA, GEPA, NJASK) - Grades/GPA
- Enrollment Patterns in Advanced Placement,
International Baccalaureate, Honors, Gifted - Enrollment Patterns in Title 1-Remedial Programs,
Special Education - Discipline Referral Rates and Consequences
- Extracurricular Involvement
- Attendance Rates and Patterns
- High School Graduation Rates
- College-Going Rates/Attending First College Of
Choice - College Persistence and Success
5What District and School Leaders Must Be Thinking
About
- How Do We Develop The Capacity Of Our Schools To
Get ALL Of Our Students Connected To The Best,
Highest Level And Engaging Educational
Experiences Our District Has To Offer? - What Are Our Assumptions About Why We See
Consistent Gaps In Engagement And Performance
Between Identified Subgroups And Their
Mainstream Peers Relative To Race/Ethnicity,
SES, Gender, Disability? - How Do We Respond When Students Are Not
Successful In Our System? Are Our Responses
Effective?
6What District and School Leaders Must Be Thinking
About
- What Is It We Can Influence And Control Relative
To Student Learning? How Do We Go About
Examining And Changing Our District, School And
Classroom Policies And Practices So As To Better
Address The Learning And Developmental Needs Of
All Students And At The Same Time Close The Gaps? - Do We Have A Sense Of Urgency In Our Schools And
District To Do Whatever It Takes To Truly Leave
None Of Our Children Behind? - Do We As Administrators Truly Believe That All Of
Our Underperforming Students Are Capable Of
Achieving At Significantly Higher Levels? -
7What District and School Leaders Must Be Thinking
About
- How Do We Individually And As A System
Communicate Our Expectations To Students About
Their Capacity or Potential For High Level
Learning And School Success? - How Do We Construct A WellDefined Web Of Support
Around Our Underperforming Students And The
People That Support Them? - How Well Do We Understand Our Diverse Students
And Their Parents Perceptions Of Their
Experience In Our School System?
8What District and School Leaders Must Be Thinking
About
- Are We Having The Courageous Conversations?-
How Are We Engaging All Stakeholders In Dialog
And Learning (Administrators, School Boards,
Teachers, Support Staff, Students, Parents, And
Communities) - How Are We Nurturing Professional Learning and
Support Among One Another (Professional
Development, Networking And Sharing Of
Information And Resources)? - How Might We Better Engage Parents/Caregivers and
Our Communities As Partners in Improving Student
Achievement?
9Contact
- Dr. Bob Jarvis
- Penn Center for Educational Leadership
- Graduate School of Education University of
Pennsylvania - 3440 Market St Room 504
- Philadelphia, PA 19104
- 215-746-7375
- rljarvis_at_gse.upenn.edu
- Jim Bathurst
- Educational Information and Resource Center
- Sewell, NJ 08080
- 856-582-7000
- jim5001_at_verizon.net
- Sandy Loewe
- Educational Information and Resource Center
- Sewell, NJ 08080
- 856-582-7000
- sloewe_at_eirc.org