Advisory Team Meeting Highlights and Agenda

Principal Project Advisory Team March 22, 2017

Welcome and Introductions Welcome Tracey Johnson NYSED Liaison (Commissioner appointee) Summit Coordinator, K16 Initiatives and Access Replaces Cheryl Atkinson (moved from NYSED)

Agenda Item #1: Greetings/Introductions Meeting objectives Reach consensus on whether to expand collection of belief statements Recognize efforts of NYCDOE schools to prepare school building leaders Identify merits of a competency-based approach; weigh if can be unifying principle Give feedback on recommendations emerging from each of the 5 breakout groups Review and either accept as is or agree on any needed changes to Jan 25 minutes Those participating via WebEx are in a group titled Professional Learning and Support What has happened since we last met 14 of 22 focus groups completed (Mar. 3 22); all 22 will be completed by Apr. 10 Ed School deans invited to offer feedback on Prof l Standards for Educ l Leaders NYS Regents will meet Mar. 27 to consider ESSA Think Tank High-Concept Papers MCEAP plans to meet Apr. 7, 2017 to offer feedback on emerging recommendations Congress rolls back all ESSA rules except state assessment & innovative assessment Prez skinny budget cuts 14% of USDOE; adds $250M choice) & $168M (charters)

Housekeeping Accept as is or suggest needed changes to: - Minutes from third Advisory Team meeting (Jan. 25) - Agreements reached & Transcription of Notes (Jan. 25)

Setting the table for our discussion How do we move from me to we Opening Remarks from Co-Chairs All of us bring our best ideas Add dash of input from others (focus groups, Ed School deans, etc.) Weigh options as a group Act corporately; ideas enjoying our consensus support move forward Goal: identify what we can live with, not what we may call ideal Quick flyover on the preliminary focus group results (Facilitator) Review 2 graphs showing reactions to proposed Belief Statements

Agenda Item 2: Graphs Showing Belief Statements Six beliefs have been approved by consensus - Purpose - Instruction - Shared Decision-Making and Shared Leadership - Continuous Improvement and Change Management - Equity - Value Diversity Six beliefs are still under consideration - Collaborative Partnership - Innovation - Reflective Practice - Shared Responsibility for Feedback - Skillful Practice Under Authentic Conditions - Program Admission

Review our process to reach consensus Fist to Five The goal is to something that every member can live with and support. When co-chairs call a question, members show hands to show support. Those who hold up 3, 4, or 5 fingers support the option 2 fingers means I cannot live with it as is 1 finger means A larger reservation prevents me from supporting it Showing a fist means I cannot support it, as a matter of conscience. Note: Options that are forwarded enjoy consensus support. For these, every Team member shows 3, 4, or 5 fingers. Those who show a fist, 1, or 2 fingers will be asked, What would it take to make this something you can live with and support?

For Consideration Given focus group feedback, we propose a process to reach closure: - At the end of our meeting today, any beliefs still awaiting approval will be taken up by a small working group (that includes one member from each breakout group). - Between now and our next meeting on May 1, this gang of 5 agrees to produce language that all 5 can support. - In turn, the rest of us give our colleague from our breakout group our proxy . In advance of seeing what the gang of 5 produces, we agree to lend our support to what is produced (in advance of seeing it).

Agenda Item 3 Flyover on Efforts in NYC to Prepare School Building Leaders - Presentation by Larry Woodbridge Executive Director Leaders in Education Apprentice Programs in NYC

Agenda Item 4: Competency-Based Approaches Setting the Tone for our Conversation - Opening Remarks - Opening Remarks from Co-Chairs that creates context for conversation - History and legislation related to competency-based in NYS - Review focus group feedback graphs ( straw man recommendations) - Warm-up activity using Post-It notes - Take 5 post-its and number them from 1 to 5 - On post-it #1, write SD, D, A, or SA in response to the first prompt - On post-it #2, write SD, D, A, or SA in response to the second prompt - Etc - Breakout groups compare results from Post-It activity - Whole group discussion led by Co-Chairs and Facilitator

Agenda Item 5: Breakout Group Meetings Warmup using Post-it Activity Each group records consensus recommendations on chart paper

Agenda Item 6 The following process will be used for all 5 breakout groups - The breakout group leader has 5-minutes to present (hard stop) - The breakout group leader fields 3-minutes of Q&A - Then each Advisory Team member takes 4 Post-Its - Each member numbers the Post-Its 1, 2 , 3, and 4 - On Post-It 1 signal importance (1 = unimportant to 4 = vitally imp) - On Post-it 2, signal support (1 = not supportive to 4 = strongly) - On Post-It 3 show if compatible with competency based (SD, D, A, SA) - On Post-It 4, tell what would need to change to have your support

Next Meeting Reminder & Adjourn Schedule for future meetings (11:30 am - 2:30 pm) Feb. 22, 2017 (each breakout group presents draft recommendations to whole group for feedback) Mar. 22, 2017 (finalize draft recommendations) May 1, 2017 (lock in consensus language) May 31, 2017 (approve entire set of recommendations) ADJOURN