Katherine Brennan/Rogers School - Connecticut State Department ...

Hill Central School
School Improvement Grant – Section B: Descriptive Information
There will be increased efforts to increase parental engagement at Brennan. A Parent Liaison will be
hired to work with the Hill Central Redesign Team to develop plans for improving service to parents
(workshops, seminars, parent magazines, opportunities). There will be a focus on providing parents with
the skills they need to be educational partners on the home front as they work with staff to extend student
learning.
The ACES leadership team and CAL consultants will work collaboratively with the Hill Central Redesign
Team to ensure systematic, transition into the new professional learning communities school model, as
well as assist in building the foundation for sustainability. The consultants will provide targeted,
individualized professional development and on-site coaching in effective teaching, learning and use of
student performance data to inform and improve instruction.
Hill Central will receive ongoing, intensive technical assistance from the new Director of Instruction for
Turnaround / Transformational Schools, the ELS Support Team, Cambridge, and the CSDE as we
transform Brennan into an Expeditionary Learning School.
B3b. Recruit, screen and select external providers.
Not applicable for Hill Central School
B3c Align other federal, state and local resources with the interventions.
The Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction, Imma Canelli, and the new Director of
Instruction for Turnaround / Transformational Schools will collaborate with the NHPS finance
departments to create a matrix of funding resources and current allocations of such funds. A plan will
then be developed, with input from the Brennan principal and Redesign Team, to streamline and
consolidate the budgets so as to improve services and resources for Hill Central.
All district funding (general and special) 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, Hill Central will most likely adopt a version of new
work rules that will be modeled after the Brennan Turnaround School Work Rules.
*Appendix 1: Teacher Evaluation Document
*Appendix 2: Principal Evaluation Document
*Appendix 6 Brennan’s Turnaround School Work Rules