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(4) Preparing the Workforce –Role for K-12
(9) The Economics of Education – Breaking the Poverty Cycle
(1) The Shifting Federal Landscape and State Policy – What’s Ahead?
(2) Teacher Recruitment and Retention –Keeping Teachers Teaching
(3) Leadership – New Challenges, New Opportunities
(5) Higher Education – Barriers to Completion
(6) Funding – Equity for All
(7) Early Learning – Increasing Quality and Access for All Children
(8) Student Mental Health –Time to Take Center Stage
(10) No Opportunity School District – What Now?
• HB338– TheFirstPriorityAct
• AChiefTurnaroundOfficer(CTO)wouldbeappointedbytheStateBoardandreportdirectlytothem.• TurnaroundCoacheswillbeassignedtooneormoreschoolsandshallassistincreatinglocalcollaborations
toaddresspersonalandcommunityconditionsimpactingstudentachievement.• Localboardscanamendtheirflexibilitycontractstoagreetoreceiveassistancefromthestate.• Within90daysofenteringintothecontract,aturnaroundcoach,RESApersonnel,andpossiblyathirdparty
providershallconductacomprehensiveevaluation,makerecommendations,andhelpdevelopanintensiveschoolimprovementplan.Senateamendment– thirdpartyonlyselectedinconsultationwithlocalboard
• After2years,iftheschoolisnotimproving,therearetenpossibleinterventionsincludingcontinuingtheimplementationoftheplan.Senateamendment– raisedto3years
• AnEducationTurnaroundAdvisoryCouncilwouldreporttotheStateBoardtheirrecommendationsonthequalificationsandmethodofidentifyingandselectingtheCTO.
• AJointStudyCommitteeontheEstablishmentofaStateAccreditationProcessisalsocreatedinthebill. TheCommitteeshallalsoconsiderthepossibilityofestablishingaschoolboardreviewcommission.
• Afterfiveormoreconsecutiveyearsofone-halformoreofadistrict'sschoolsreceivinganunacceptablerating,theschoolboardcanberemovedusingthesameproceduresasarecurrentlyinplaceusingtheaccreditationstatusasthetrigger. Ifthelocalboardisunderacontractamendmentorinterventioncontractandisinsubstantialcompliancewiththecontract,thisisstayed.
• Funding –• HB237– PublicEducationInnovationFundsetupatGOSA,reducedfrom$7millionto$5millionin
Senate• Thelocalboardofeducationshallnotbeeligibleforsupplementalfundingtosupportthe
implementationofthe[intensiveschoolimprovement]planunlesssuchlocalboarddemonstratesfinancialneedbasedonitsmostcurrentannualbudgetandtheresultsofthemostrecentaudit
• 2018budgetincluded$1milliontobeginimplementationofHB338
• 2018Budget• 5.8%increaseovercurrentfunding(ofthat,76%coversstudent
growth).Increasefundsfor:• PBIS,schoolcounselorsandnurses,CIS,MOWR• Reducedfundsfordifferentiatedpayfornewlycertifiedmath
andscienceteachers• 2%salaryincreaseforteachers• UniversitySystemtoreceive$2.7millionfortheCenterforEarly
LanguageandLiteracy• HB217– increasescaptotaxcreditforprivatescholarships
• Goingtoconferencecommittee,movescapto$65million• SB211– Assessments
• RequireformativeassessmentsinK-3reading• Lookingforflexibilityindistricttotryoutaformativeassessment
thataveragestoasummativescore• SB30– SustainableCommunitySchoolOperationalGrants
• EstablishCommunitySchoolOperationalGrants
(1) The Shifting Federal Landscape and State Policy – What’s Ahead?
(2) Teacher Recruitment and Retention –Keeping Teachers Teaching
(5) Higher Education – Barriers to Completion
(6) Funding – Equity for All
(10) No Opportunity School District – What Now?
(3) Leadership – New Challenges, New Opportunities
(4) Preparing the Workforce –Role for K-12
(9) The Economics of Education – Breaking the Poverty Cycle
(7) Early Learning – Increasing Quality and Access for All Children
(8) Student Mental Health –Time to Take Center Stage
ShiftingFederalLandscape
§ ESSA§ Accountability§ Assessments§ EducationoftheWholeChild§ FederalPrograms§ TeacherandLeaderDevelopment
§ NewPresidentandSecretaryofEducation
TeacherRecruitmentandRetention
TeacherRecruitmentandRetention
§ Compensation
§ RecruitmentandTraining§ Year-longstudentinternships§ Grantstodistrictsforinductionprograms
§ SupportforCurrentTeachers§ Protectplanningtime§ Intensementoring
Leadership– NewChallengesandNewOpportunities
PreparingtheWorkforce–RoleforK-12
§ CTAEProgram– 94.9%graduationrate§ 130careerpathways§ 17careerclusters
§ School,CommunityandBusinessPartnerships§ Southwire(CarrollCounty)§ Gulfstream(ChathamCounty)§ Siemens(ForsythCounty)
§ CollegeandCareerAcademies
HigherEducation–BarrierstoCompletion
RisingCostofPost-Secondary• Access– Tuitionincreases– Aiddecreases– Studentloandebt
ActionStepsforGeorgiaØ CompleteCollegeGeorgia– GeorgiaStateUniversity
Ø StatewideNeedBasedAid
EarlyLearning– IncreasingQualityforAllChildren
§ At-riskchildrennotparticipating:§ 50%morelikelytobeinspecialeducation§ 25%morelikelytodropout§ 60%morelikelytoneverattendcollege§ 70%morelikelytobearrestedforviolentcrime§ 40%morelikelytobeateenparent
StudentMentalHealth–TimetoTakeCenterStage
§ 1in10childrenhavementalheathissues§ 80%don’treceiveanyservices§ Ofthosewhodo,70-80%receivethematschool§ 70%ofyouthinstateandlocaljuvenilejusticesystemshaveamentalhealthissue
§ Suicideisthe3rd leadingcauseofdeathinyouthages10-24
MentalHeathWorkforceCrisis
Source:VoicesforGeorgia’sChildren– Georgia’sCrisisinChild&AdolescentBehavioralHealthhttp://georgiavoices.org/child-health-georgia/
ActionStepsforGeorgia
§ EarlyChildhood§ School-BasedAccess§ TelehealthandTelemedicine§ OutofSchoolTime
§ Stateplan§ Service§ Workforce
Impoverished Communities
Low birth weight
High School Drop Out
TheEconomicsofEducation–BreakingthePovertyLifecycle
STEMParticipationGapsRaceandIncome
ActionStepsforGeorgia
ØEconomicimprovementstiedtoeducationaloutcomes
ØHigh-qualityearlylearningoptions
ØAdultliteracyØ20%ofadultpopulationinGeorgialacksbasicliteracyskillsØ32counties(20%),morethan40%oftheadultpopulationlackbasicliteracyskillsØLowliteracycostsU.S.$225billionayearinproductivity
NoOpportunitySchoolDistrictWhatNow?
§ Definetheproblem§ Impactofpoverty§ Mentalhealth/stressandtrauma
§ Addressingtheproblem§ Schoolclimate§ Social-emotionallearning§ Neighborhoodcontext/supports
§ TurningAroundSchools§ Resources§ Will§ Capacity
