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Action Item
DATE: Tuesday, March 19, 2013
TO: School Board Members
FROM: MaryEllen Elia, Superintendent
SUBJECT / RECOMMENDATIONS
Approve the Agreement for Technical Services with National SAM Innovation Project (NSIP) (Division of Administration)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The national School Administration Manager (SAM) Project helps give principals the time and skills to focus on instruction by helping them delegate time-consuming activities involved with being a building manager to other staff members.  This contract is for professional technical services and is exempt from the bid process.

The SAM Project is currently being developed and implemented by educators in nine states, including California, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, New York, and Texas.  The project brings together efficient and cost-effective tools, training and strategies to help principals focus more time on instructional leadership.  The project's goal is to direct a greater percentage of the principal's time to teaching practice, student learning, school improvement, and school culture.  Principals who have been involved in the SAM Project have demonstrated consistent growth in student achievement in their schools.

We plan to implement SAM with thirty principals in thirty schools as part of a phase-in model, as we train all principals over the next three years.  This is the third group of thirty schools to be trained.  The first group began their training this past summer and are now in full implementation mode.  The second group has been trained and just began implementation. To sustain the project over time, the training and support will become part of our Principal Induction Program.  We will also take over the training and coaching so that our future expenses will be only to maintain the time track software.

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
• Demonstrate consistent and effective teaching methods • Challenge and support all students with an appropriate curriculum • Recruit, develop, and retain a highly effective, diverse workforce
FINANCIAL IMPACT (Budgeted:  Yes)
Funds in the amount of $387,000 will be available from the Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF) Grant.
EVALUATION
In order to evaluate the impact of the SAM Project, we will track principal time spent on instructional leadership activities in their schools compared with teacher performance data and student achievement data.  We will track this data over time.
SUBMITTED BY:  Tricia McManus
Director, Leadership Development
Lewis Brinson   Gretchen Saunders
Assistant Superintendent , Administration
(813) 272-4071
  Chief Business Officer
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    A 5.09R
Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida) * Mtg.#20130319_557 (Board Meeting) * Section A Item# 5.09R