Operational Review Week 7 Check-In

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Boston Public Schools Operational Review – Review  – Week  Week 7 check-in Feb 19, 2015

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Next week is our “final” week

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Because of lost working days due to snow, we will extend one more week, to March 6

We will still finish Phase III by the end of next week, with next step recommendations for current and future BPS leadership

Our last week will be used to do one on one conversations with SteerCo. members to make sure all perspectives and reactions across the full document can be captured

 Additionally,, we are assembling assembling a summary summary documen documentt for the mayor mayor  Additionally and will want to incorporate feedback on that document

Contents

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Week 8 schedule of activities

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Further Phase II reflections

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Phase III workshop

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Questions?

Week 8 schedule of activities

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Week 8 activities

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Refine Phase III next steps and identify any additional data and interviews needed

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Syndicate findings with SteerCo. In advance of workshop

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Notable meetings: 10am  –  – Friday, February 27, 10am – 12pm: Steering Committee Phase III workshop

For discussion: ▪ Folks feel rushed, can we syndicate findings earlier by: one-hour session on Thursday  –  A one-hour  – “Reading room” option

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Location for final SteerCo. next Friday  – Field trip to new BPS HQ?

Contents

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Week 8 schedule of activities

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Further Phase II reflections

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Phase III workshop

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Questions?

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Further Phase II reflections

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week’s SteerCo., did you have additional reflections or  After last week’s thoughts?

into Phase III, additional additional areas areas that need need a little more more  As we shift into focus?

 Other concerns or suggestions?

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Contents

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Week 8 schedule of activities

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Further Phase II reflections

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Phase III workshop

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Questions?

Phase III priorities, given perspectives and feedback from last week Phase III deliverable

Description

▪ Continue to flesh out proof of concept

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District 1 overextension

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through a few more data cuts (incorporating A/B A/B classrooms, looking at physical size of school limitations) Identify questions that need to be answered around pacing, departmental alignment, framing, etc. Capture universe of data necessary to build towards a new BPS

▪ Completion of survey work ▪ Perspective on "What does the next 2 Organization

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superintendent superintendent need to know on his/her first day in the job?" Planning first steps on KPI creation and management process process for the organization

▪ Deeper data work to identify schools for Special 3 education

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further analyses Inclusion analysis 3-6 month plan on capturing SPED opportunities, should the district choose to proceed

PRELIMINARY

Fully supported “high -level” perspective on opportunities that exists in right-sizing district strategically

▪ Initial pacing guide of work required to ▪

guide new superintendent in beginning work, should s/he choose to proceed Identification of questions, data, stakeholders that should be considered and incorporated as part of a process

▪ Complete organizational picture through ▪ ▪

final survey and org chart submissions Frame insights and perspectives for Day 1 of new superintendent  A KPI creation and performance performance management process process for BPS to integrate into current structures

▪ List of schools who are driving ▪

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classification and next steps to investigation opportunities Develop an initial inclusion costing analysis for the 5 year roll-out  A timeline of how and where where to capture capture identified SPED opportunities

Contents

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Week 8 schedule of activities

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Further Phase II reflections

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Phase III workshop

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Questions?