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New Jersey Projects Year 7
2011-2012 |
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Establishing the State Committee |
There are two main goals of MACC’s work with the State Committee (SC): (1) establish and maintain collaboration and shared decision-making across the programs and offices to measure and improve school district performance and other current policies, and (2) build state capacity in the area of resource sharing and comprehensive planning across divisions for the purpose of meeting the technical assistance needs of schools and districts identified for improvement. MACC will strive to offer an effective and collaborative statewide system of support for resource sharing and comprehensive planning across divisions for the purpose of meeting the technical assistance needs of schools and districts identified for improvement. |
| Supporting the Implementation of the School Improvement Grant | In Year 7, MACC will support the implementation of the School Improvement Grant (SIG) program in eligible NJ schools using one of the four SIG models. MACC will assist progress toward the following goals: (1) improvement in school practices in the strategy ideas identified in the SIG model components, (2) improvement in the percentage of students meeting proficiency or making sufficient growth in Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics, (3) preparation of SIG principals as turnaround leader, (4) training and ongoing support for NTOs through monthly meetings and sharing of research on coaching, (5) training and support for SIG principals and district staff through monthly SIG Network Meetings focusing on walkthroughs, use of data, teacher evaluation, and extended learning, and finally (6) development of SIG Quarterly Reports that document the implementation of the SIG model. |
| Refining Teacher Evaluation Policy | MACC will assist NJDOE develop a student growth model and indicators of teacher instructional behaviors as part of the revision of the NJ teacher evaluation policy. MACC will assist NJDOE with the implementation of the NJ Educator Effectiveness pilot in nine districts and the SIG schools and with planning for scaling-up the results of the NJ Educator Effectiveness pilot to districts and schools throughout the state. MACC will provide research and updates of teacher evaluation policy from other states to inform the work in New Jersey. MACC will also assist NJDOE with engaging SIG schools and districts in the teacher and leader evaluation pilot. Additionally, MACC will assist NJDOE with a review of the findings from the pilot for statewide policy development and implementation. |
For more information regarding MACC’s work in New Jersey please contact MACC’s New Jersey State Coordinator Ryan Tyler at rtyler@ceee.gwu.edu
