It was a beautiful weekend with glimmers of summer days ahead. Congratulations on completing MCAS administration!
I spoke with Rubens Dort to extend your OEL Monitoring Checklist due date to June 21, 2019. Please let me know if there have been other requests that can be extended to after the last day of school, but before you leave for summer vacation. Speaking of summer vacation, school secretaries are to report to work through June 26th and principals should report through June 28th.
Transitions
Alighieri Principal Glenda Colon has accepted a principalship outside of Boston. She has communicated the news with the Alighieri community, and she and I have met with the School Site Council to begin the process of finding a new leader. Here is Glenda's announcement.
As many of you know, Baldwin Principal Tavia Mead will be retiring this summer. I am happy to announce that governing board has selected Min-Jen Taylor as her successor. Min-Jen met with Mary Driscoll, Laura Perille, and me last week and was officially appointed the new leader of the Baldwin. This coming week, Min-Jen will meet with the staff and families during field day. Here is the announcement that will go out to the community this week. Tavia will be recognized at lunchtime on June 6th, the day of All Principals PD, to congratulate her for her retirement and for 14 years of service to the children and families of Boston Public Schools.
June Leadership Institute (JLI)
The district will be offering professional development for principals during the last week in June (a.k.a JLI). Please review this list of offerings and put an X next to a session you would be interested in attending. If there is something you would like to see offered that is not on the list, add it to the final page.
2019 Accountability Highlights
- 2019 Criteria for Awarding Points for Targets
- Must use caution when comparing 2018 to 2019 percentiles because 2018 only includes one year of data and 2019 will include two years of data.
- Your cumulative target percentage will = 40% of 2018 and 60% of 2019.
- Change in categorization of schools to include "not meeting targets (0-49), "improving towards targets" (50-74), and "meeting targets (75-100).
- Chronic Absenteeism: In addition to the +.5 improvement, schools can earn 4 points for meeting criteria for top 90th percentile statewide, 3 points for meeting criteria for top 80th percentile statewide. This gives schools with low chronic absenteeism an opportunity to earn points even with a rise/fall from an already low rate.
Important dates:
Thursday, May 30 - Final PLC
Thursday, June 6 - ALL PD @ Bolling
BPS 2019-2020 Calendar
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