11. Focus on Administrative Professional Development
 The role of the administrator in education reform is critical. Our experience, in this project, mirrors the research which indicates that systemic change is almost impossible without an administrator who views him/herself as an instructional leader and fulfills the responsibilities of an instructional leader: ".  .  .  the less than successful outcomes of many reform programs can be attributed (at least in part) to a lack of appropriate leadership focused on student achievement," (Neuman and Simons, "Educational  Leadership," September, 2000). We have already had a full day session with administrators from participating schools(August, 2000) and will meet three more   times during the school year. On October 20, the building principals from PGP and pilot   schools will be challenged to design their own descriptors (rubric) for a learner centered school which enables teachers to address the descriptors of a LC classroom.

12. Video Taping the Process
 Through a partnership with Mountain Lake Public Television, a tape will be produced and televised by Mountain Lake (channel 57 in Plattsburgh) which has the potential for statewide (and possibly national) exposure. The tape will focus on the PGP teams in this project and will be targeted for parents, business, and community people as well as professional educators. The goal is to inform people of the purpose and value of the New York State standards, and to describe a process for raising student achievement through learner centered/standards focused strategies. Mountain View TV will tape our PGP teams and our progress for a full year (having begun in May, 2000) and the tape will be  ready for distribution by Fall, 2001.

13.   Clifton-Fine teachers who have created learner centered classrooms and piloted project based learning activities through our River Projects (under the auspices of the Targeted grants) will use a greenhouse as a vehicle for demonstrating to all PGP and pilot teachers how to address required curriculum through learner centered activities  (see letter of support from superintendent Gail Gotham, appendix H.)

Planning Committee - it is our intent to continue overseeing the commitments in this application through a planning committee which includes leaders from the major partners in this grant and is representative of all stakeholder groups (appendix E).

Project Evaluation - The focus of project evaluations (by Dr. Timothy Schwob of SUNY, Potsdam, Assistant Director of Administrative Education for St. Lawrence University (James Waterson), Pat Baldauf of the Glasser Institute and St. Rose College, and Dan White of Syracuse University will be student achievement. Mr. Waterson proposes a three year model for following Lisbon students (a PGP school in this proposal); Dr. Schwob will provide an overall assessment of the entire project, and Ms. Baldauf will continue to work with Black River Elementary School, Carthage, and focus on the impact on students with disabilities. Mr. White will represent Syracuse University in supporting and assessing progress at the Beard School.
The official project evaluators are Dr. Schwob, Ms. Baldauf and Mr. Waterson and their proposals for addressing the criteria on page 4 of the RFP are in appendix C, pages 17-24).

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