New Leaders for New Schools

Maryland - Baltimore and Prince George's County

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Program Details Key Contact: Jeffrey Zwillenberg Director of Operations Email: jzwillenberg@nlns.org Cherise Rollins Manager of Recruitment and Admissions Email: crollins@nlns.org	Contact Information New Leaders for New Schools Maryland 1 E. Mount Royal Ave., 2nd Floor Baltimore, MD 21202 443-524-5951

Our Schools

To move Maryland's most challenged schools to the highest levels of academic achievement, New Leaders for New Schools Maryland has formed innovative partnerships with the Baltimore City ,the Prince George's County Public School Systems and the Maryland State Department of Education to recruit, train, and support exemplary instructional leaders, a key component in transforming schools.

There is a urgent need for great leaders in these districts to join in the effort to give every child a high quality education:

Only 60% of students in Baltimore City graduated from High School in 2007.
36% of students in Prince George’s County scored as Not Proficient in Reading on the 2007 Maryland HSA.
30 schools in Baltimore City and 16 in Prince George’s County were in corrective action during the 2007-2008 school year.

The New Leaders for New Schools Maryland Program began in Baltimore City in 2005 and expanded into Prince George's County in 2007. As a part of their ongoing efforts to address the needs of all children, these districts have engaged New Leaders for New Schools to train leaders to turn underperforming schools into high-achieving institutions.

To learn more about our district partners, please visit:
www.bcps.k12.md.us
www.pgcps.org

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Impact & Results

We currently have results for our Baltimore site and are awaiting our first set of results from our Prince George's County New Leaders-led Schools at the conclusion of the 2008-2009 academic year.

Baltimore Program Satisfaction Data

Among Baltimore New Leaders principals, 94% feel that the New Leaders program is high quality.
Among Baltimore New Leaders Residents, 93% Residents report that their experience with New Leaders was positive, and 93% feel their Residency was a high quality learning experience.
93% of Baltimore New Leaders Residents report that they feel part of a national movement to transform urban education by demonstrating that all students can achieve at high levels.

Preliminary Baltimore Achievement Results¹
One indicator of New Leaders' effectiveness is comparing our schools' results to other schools in the same system. Because New Leaders placed its first group of principals in Baltimore in the fall of 2006, the total number of schools is still small. Early results show that New Leaders perform at the top levels of the district's strong achievement gains.

Across New Leaders-led K-8 schools in Baltimore in 2008, the combined ELA and math gains in 2007-2008 were higher than other district schools' gains.
In 2007-08, 47% of New Leaders-led K-8 Baltimore schools made 20+ combined ELA and math gains, compared to 24% of district schools posting those gains.
New Leaders-led high schools had an average graduation rate of 85.9% compared to 62.5% in other district schools.

Highlights from Baltimore New Leaders-led Dramatically Gaining Schools
Many New Leaders-led schools are demonstrating how to create the kinds of dramatic gains needed to prepare all students for graduation and college, achieving yearly growth of 20+ combined points in the percent of students reaching standards in Math and English Language Arts. Here are a few examples:

Fort Worthington Elementary School has moved from less than half its student meeting standards to nearly 90% reaching proficiency in just two years. From 2006 to 2008, gains in the proportion of students scoring proficient or advanced moved from 45% to 88% in math and from 47% to 89% in ELA.
Hilton Elementary School posted a one-year gain of 38 percentage points in proficiency scores in 2008.
Morrell Park Elementary/Middle School posted a one-year gain of 51.5 percentage points in the proportion of students meeting standards in 2008.

¹ Note that districts occasionally make slight adjustments to data to reflect improved precision and accuracy.

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Recruitment & Admissions

New Leaders for New Schools Maryland aggressively recruits extremely talented people to become urban school principals. Through a combination of rigorous coursework delivered by nationally recognized experts, a full-time year-long residency with a strong Mentor Principal, and intensive work with a dedicated Coaching Specialist, New Leaders offers unique preparation to enter the urban principalship.

The core requirements for admission into the Maryland Program are:

A minimum of 3 years of full-time teaching experience in a K-12 classroom setting
A Master’s Degree or an Equivalency as determined by MSDE

Information Sessions
We encourage you to sign up for an information session to learn more about our program. CLICK HERE to view a schedule of sessions in Baltimore City and Prince George's County. If you have further questions about the program, please contact Hailey Bowley at 443-524-5951 or hbowley@nlns.org.

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Supporters

Our work to recruit, select and prepare outstanding leaders for Baltimore City and Prince George's County public schools would not be possible without the generous support of our national and local donors.

New Leaders Maryland wishes to thank our district partners and funders for their support:

Maryland State Department of Education
Baltimore City Public Schools
Prince George's County Public Schools

Abell Foundation
Clayton Baker Trust
Baltimore Community Foundation
Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Foundation
Bank of America
Annie E. Casey Foundation
Citi Financial
Jack Kent Cooke Foundation
Goldsmith Family Foundation
IBM
Zanvyl and Isabelle Krieger Fund
Reginald F. Lewis Foundation
Lois and Philip Macht Family Philanthropic Fund
T. Rowe Price Associates Foundation
Aaron Straus and Lillie Straus Foundation
Sylvan/Laureate Foundation
Alvin and Fanny B. Thalheimer Foundation
Lockhart Vaughan Foundation
Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation
Wright Family Foundation

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New Leader Profiles (pdf)
A snapshot of local New Leaders with summary bios and "in their own words" program impressions.

Additional Resources

www.bcps.k12.md.us
Baltimore City Public Schools

www.pgcps.org
Prince George's County Public Schools

Articles

City schools post big gains: Test scores improve in reading, math,...
By Sara Neufeld | Baltimore Sun reporter, July 15, 2008