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Katherine Brennan/Rogers School
School Improvement Grant – Section B: Descriptive Information
All district funding (general and specific) that is designated to this school will be placed on a matrix. All
funding requests will need to be in alignment to the overall goals and individual components of SIG.
B3d Modify its teacher or administrator contracts, practices or policies to enable its schools to
implement the interventions fully and effectively.
As previously indicated the NHPS has modified both the teachers and administrators contracts to enable
its schools to provide the best instruction through improved teacher and principal effectiveness. With
respect to the successful implementation of SIG, Brennan School will implement the new Turnaround
School Work Rules for the 2010 - 2011 school year. E
*Appendix 1: Teacher Evaluation Document
*Appendix 2: Principal Evaluation Document
*Appendix 6 Brennan’s Turnaround School Work Rules
B3e Sustain the reforms after the funding period ends
The superintendent, the Executive Leadership Team, the principal, and the Redesign Team at Brennan
will develop plans that will sustain the reforms past the funding period. We believe that once the
Expeditionary Learning model is successfully established, it will be sustained.
The Superintendent and the New Haven Board of Education are committed to the reform agenda. Teams
will provide information to the Superintendent and will present the progress of their initiatives to the
Board of Education.
B4 Establish a timeline delineating the steps the district will take to implement the selected
intervention in each Tier I and Tier II school the district commits to serve.
By the end of June, a new Director of Instruction for Turnaround / Transformational Schools.
The ELS plan for establishing the Expeditionary Learning Platform at Brennan will commence over the
coming summer and continues throughout the school year. The plan also provides for a timeline of
professional development activities for both the academic school year and throughout each summer for
the next three years through a gradual release model. The professional development outline is sequential
and extremely well-planned.
*See document (7) EL Turnaround Leadership Services at end of Section B
During the summer, the principal will collaborate with the school’s assistant principal and key staff
members to identify Teacher Leaders, who will become members of the Brennan Redesign Team. The
ELS Support Team will also participate as members of the Redesign Team. This Team will be
responsible for developing a systematic process for strategic implementation of the SIG Turnaround
School Model.