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PORTLAND CORRE TIMELINE
Introduction
Preparing for the Review
Developing Shared Understanding of the District and a Plan for Inquiry
Deepening Understanding of the Priority Issue
Compiling and Analyzing Data on the Priority Issue
Developing Action Steps
PORTLAND CORRE TIMELINE
Introduction
May 8-9, 2003
Staff from the Annenberg Institute met with Portland Public Schools leaders, Portland
Association of Teachers, members of the Board of Education, representatives
from the Portland Schools Foundation, and city and
county leadership to introduce and explain the CORRE process.
Preparing for the Review
July 28, 2003
Arrangements for conducting the process and a framework for naming
members of the CORRE Team were agreed upon.
Twenty-four people were subsequently named to the CORRE Team, including three facilitators from the Annenberg Institute.
Twenty-four people were subsequently named to the CORRE Team, including three facilitators from the Annenberg Institute.
November 13, 2003
Orientation meeting for the CORRE Team members, facilitated by
Annenberg Institute staff.
Developing Shared Understanding of the District and a Plan for Inquiry
January 15-16, 2004
The CORRE Team visited schools to get a shared “feel” for the
district.
Following the visits, the team examined and discussed data about performance, demographics, and context. From their discussion, the team identified several priorities and chose a focus for their collective inquiry during the CORRE process: accelerated academic, linguistic, and cultural supports.
Following the visits, the team examined and discussed data about performance, demographics, and context. From their discussion, the team identified several priorities and chose a focus for their collective inquiry during the CORRE process: accelerated academic, linguistic, and cultural supports.
Deepening Understanding of the Priority Issue
April 28-30, 2004
Members of the CORRE Team conducted a total of 42 focus groups
and interviews.
Focus groups involved teachers, principals, teacher leaders, parents, students, and community members.
Interviews included PPS senior leadership, managers and office heads, and staff providing supports to schools and students.
Focus groups involved teachers, principals, teacher leaders, parents, students, and community members.
Interviews included PPS senior leadership, managers and office heads, and staff providing supports to schools and students.
Compiling and Analyzing Data on the Priority Issue
May-June 2004
Annenberg Institute CORRE members, with support from additional
Institute staff, compiled and categorized the data from the
interviews and focus groups, reviewed key PPS documents and
plans, and requested additional data (mostly quantitative) needed to
complete a preliminary analysis of the CORRE Team’s findings.
July 23, 2004
Institute staff presented the preliminary analysis. The CORRE Team
collectively agreed upon the key findings of the review and discussed
their implications for central office policy and practice.
Developing Action Steps
October 6, 2004
Annenberg Institute staff presented the CORRE Team’s findings
and the Institute’s recommendations for next steps to the superintendent.
December 10, 2004
CORRE Team members met to plan action steps and consider their
integration with efforts already under way or under consideration by
the superintendent.
January 10, 2005
The final report "Portland Public Schools Findings and Recommendations from the Central Office Review for Results and Equity" is released to the public. [PDF: 18 pages, 263 KB]
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