Supporting Charter School Transition to
Common Core Standards
Evan Lefsky, Ph.D.
Project Director
Public Consulting Group
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Name
Title or Position (e.g. Teacher , Administrator)
School or Company
Level (e.g. K-5)
District
Email
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Agenda
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Welcome & Introductions
PCG Overview & Experience
Project Overview
Project Activities
Project Schedule
Questions & Answers
Public Consulting Group
provides financial,
operational, technology, and
academic
support services to school
districts,
state departments, and
foundations
around the world.
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PCG Overview & Experience
Interesting Facts
 Public Focus, Proven Results
 Privately-held corporation since
1986
 Financial capacity to take on
complex projects of all sizes
 Commitment to evidencedbased practices
 Partnership approach
 Extensive experience with large
scale engagements at district
and state-levels
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Interesting Facts
 Education Clients: 4,300
 Largest 25 US Districts: 50%
 Largest 100 US Districts: 35%
 Data Warehouse Students: 5M
 Medicaid Reimbursement
Collected: $2.75B
 Special Education Technology:
1.4M students or 20% of US
Market.
 14M IEP’s created by
350,000 users
PCG Florida Experience
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Support clients via local offices since 1996
o Tallahassee
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Ft. Lauderdale
Provide over 25 services across 8 Florida LEAs
o Alachua
o Orange
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Broward
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Osceola
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Escambia
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Palm Beach
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Miami-Dade
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Polk
Serve additional Florida clients
o Department of Education (DOE)
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Florida Rural Turnaround Leadership Project
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Department of Children and Families (DCF)
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Florida Children Services Councils
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Project Overview
• Race to the Top funded-November 2012-June 2014
• All charter schools eligible to participate
• Develop and deliver targeted training and technical assistance
specific to charter schools in two major areas:
• 1) Implementation of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS)
• 2) Access and use of a Local Instructional Improvement System
(LIIS) to analyze student achievement data to drive instruction and
increase student academic achievement.
Project Activities
• Professional development for teachers, administrators, and
governing board members (Delivered regionally)
• Common Core Standards (English Language Arts and Literacy,
Math)
• Data Literacy and Use
• Value-Added Model (VAM)
• Training for charter school teams (Delivered regionally)
• Self-assessment tool
• Creating a CCSS implementation plan
• Progress monitoring templates
Proposed Professional
Development Schedule – Year 1
Nov 2012
Nov 2012
Feb 2013
Teachers’
Training
Regional
Information
Sessions
Project
Information
Session
Module 1Data Use
School
Administrators’
Training
Regional
Information
Sessions
Project
Information
Session
Module 1Data Use
Module 2-Common CoreELA/Math
Board Members’
Training
Regional
Information
Sessions
Project
Information
Session
Module 1
PARCCCCSS
Project Update
Charter School
Team Meetings
Regional
Information
Sessions
Project
Information
Session
Regional
Coaching
Sessions
March 2013
April 2013
Module
2A-CCSSELA
(K-5)
Module
2BCCSSELA
(6-12)
Leadership
Team Training
Session 1
Regional
Monthly
Technical
Assistance
Regional
Monthly
Technical
Assistance
May 2013
June 2013
Module
3A-CCSSMath (K-5)
Module
3B-CCSSMath
(6-12)
Leadership
Team
Training
Session 2
Regional Monthly
Technical Assistance
Regional
Monthly
Technical
Assistance
Regional Monthly Technical
Assistance
Proposed Professional
Development Schedule – Year 2
Proposed Professional Development Delivery Schedule – Year 2*
Aug 2013
Teachers’
Training
Sept 2013
Oct 2013
Module 4Data Use
Nov 2013
Module
5ACCSSELA
School
Admin.
Training
Dec
2013
Module
5B
CCSSELA
Jan 2014
Module
6A
CCSSMath
Feb 2014
Module
6B
CCSSMath
Module
7A
CCSSELA/
Data
Module 3-PARCC
Overview
Board
Members’
Training
Leadership
Team
Training
Session 3
Regional
Coaching
Sessions
Regional
Monthly
Technical
Assistance
Module
7B
CCSSELA/
Data
Regional
Monthly
Tech.
Asst.
May 2014
Module
8A
CCSSMath/
Data
Project Update
Leadership
Team
Training
Session 4
Regional
Monthly
Tech.
Asst.
April
2014
Module
8B
CCSSMath/
Data
Project Update
Leadership
Team
Training
Session 5
Regional Monthly
Tech.
Asst.
June
2014
Module 4-Data
Analysis/ VAM
Module 2Data Use
Charter
School
Team
Meetings
March 2014
Reg.
Month.
Tech.
Asst.
Regional Monthly
Tech.
Asst.
Regional
Monthly
Tech.
Asst.
Leadership
Team
Training
Session 6
Regional Monthly
Tech.
Asst.
Reg.
Month.
Tech.
Asst.
Regional Monthly
Tech.
Asst.
Regional
Monthly
Tech.
Asst.
Additional Project Activities
• Data Support Network
• Technology assessment tool
• Instructional manual to assist charter schools in accessing and
using the LIIS
• Multi-Metric Monitoring System to assess progress
toward transition to the CCSS in all content areas
• Gap analysis to determine current alignment of school’s
curriculum, instructional materials, assessments, and
professional development plan with the CCSS
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Contacts
Evan Lefsky, Ph.D.
Natalie Foster
352-617-6040
elefsky@pcgus.com
954-707-4303
nfoster@pcgus.com
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Public Consulting Group, Inc.
148 State Street, Tenth Floor, Boston, Massachusetts 02109
(617) 426-2026, www.publicconsultinggroup.com
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