Efficient Organizations

CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG SCHOOLS PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT
www.cms.k12.nc.us
Charlotte-Mecklenberg Schools (CMS) receives support from The Broad Foundation to establish performance management tools and processes at the teacher, school, learning community and district-wide levels. CMS will develop defined core metrics for the district as a whole, as well as for each school and individual at the school site. These metrics will be tracked using a “balanced score card,” which will pull data from a centralized data warehouse, and a clear system of rewards and consequences will be defined and implemented. Data on student, employee and school performance will be accurate and easily accessible, and schools and teachers will receive training on how to use these tools to improve their performance and, ultimately, student achievement. 

CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
http://www.hci.cps.k12.il.us/
The Broad Foundation supports Chicago Public Schools’ implementation of a human capital management system that will help the district support, attract and retain high-quality teachers, principals and other employees. The integrated, state-of-the-art software system will help the human resources department leverage quality data to drive decision-making, devote less time to non-value-added manual transactions and dedicate more time to strategic thinking, problem-solving and better service. In addition, the foundation has partnered with the district in launching a project focused on the district’s talent management systems, allowing for more timely and accurate predictions of principal vacancies, increase in the rigor of central office evaluations, and proactively identifying high-performers.

CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT
www.cps.k12.il.us
Chicago Public Schools (CPS) receives support from The Broad Foundation for the creation of performance data dashboards—information-rich data portals that will provide school leaders, regional superintendents and central office administrators with the critical data they need to evaluate performance and make informed decisions. CPS dashboards are interactive data reports that provide critical performance information in a public and accessible manner to all levels of the organization. The creation of the dashboards will push the culture of data-driven decision making to all levels of the organization. These dashboards are part of CPS’s overall efforts to create a top-quality performance management system that will affect all aspects of the district—including schools and central office.

COUNCIL OF GREAT CITY SCHOOLS - STRATEGIC PLANNING SUPPORT
www.cgcs.org
The Broad Foundation supports efforts by superintendents and districts to evaluate their current operational or instructional processes and capacities for change. In conjunction with the Council of Great City Schools, The Broad Foundation provides strategic planning support to districts by bringing together practitioner-expert teams to intensively review one or more of the district’s operational or instructional areas. The practitioner-expert teams interview key district leaders, gather and analyze historical information and make strategic, research-based recommendations to the superintendent on how to best improve the district.    

DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT
www.dpsk12.org
Denver Public Schools (DPS) receives support from The Broad Foundation for the development of a comprehensive performance management system for schools and the central office. This system will provide actionable data that will help DPS managers improve the quality of instruction and the allocation of resources throughout the district. The system also seeks to transform the district’s culture of entitlement to one of performance by setting targets for all employees and holding them accountable for their performance. 

NEW YORK CITY FUND FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS “KEEP IT GOING” CAMPAIGN
http://keepitgoingnyc.org/
The Fund for Public Schools launched a public awareness initiative called “Keep It Going NYC,” which informs New Yorkers about the progress of New York City Department of Education schools and encourages everyone to join together to keep the progress going. Collaborating with leading education advocates and community organizations across the city, Keep It Going NYC provides families with tools and resources that support their children’s education and gives New Yorkers information about how they can get involved. The Broad Foundation joins with other local funders to support this important work.

OAKLAND UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT TRANSFORMATION
http://webportal.ousd.k12.ca.us/index.aspx
Oakland Unified School District is undergoing significant organizational transformation to further improve student achievement. The transformation includes two key elements: (1) moving to create a set of new, smaller, more autonomous schools and (2) developing a new district operating model that complements this strategy. The district, with support from The Broad Foundation, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, The Michael and Susan Dell Foundation and several local funders, has developed a much leaner and customer-service focused central office that devolves responsibility and greater budget authority to schools and uses a fee-for-service model to provide services to schools. The project is funding dramatic changes in district and school leadership, school creation and closure, technology systems, organizational redesign, and outreach and communications—all to drive improvements in student achievement.

PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT
www.pgcps.org
Prince George’s County Public Schools (PGCPS) receives support from The Broad Foundation to develop a performance management system. PGCPS, with the Parthenon Group, conducted a diagnostic of where the district stood in terms of performance management and where it should focus next. The Broad Foundation supports PGCPS in the establishment of a data warehouse; monitoring a clear set of district metrics; monitoring the efficacy of initiatives; and creating rewards and consequences for performance and communications initiatives. 

WASHINGTON, D.C. PUBLIC SCHOOLS DISTRICT TRANSFORMATION
www.k12.dc.us
The Broad Foundation supported two projects in the District of Columbia Public Schools to provide the foundation for the transformation of the district into a high-performing organization. The first was a fiscal audit to help balance the budget and identify opportunities to increase school-level funding. The second was a strategic planning effort to help the district successfully start the school year and build a foundation for a performance-oriented culture.

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