New Leaders for New Schools

Memphis

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Program Details Janice Crawford, Executive Director Key Contact: Delores Brown Email: delores.brown@nlns.org	Contact Information New Leaders for New Schools Memphis 2701 Union Avenue Extended, Suite 300 Memphis, TN 38112 901-881-5122

Our Schools

Students

Approximately 116,000 students in K-12
Student demographics: 86 percent African-American, 8 percent white and 6 percent other races/nationalities
The number of students served by ESL/ELL (English as a Second Language/English Language Learners) has more than doubled since the 2000-2001 school year, going from 2,096 to 4,728 in 2006-2007. Forty-two different languages are represented.
Average class size is 20 in grades K-3, 25 in grades 4-6, in middle schools and in grades 7-12.
The 2006 senior class received more than $95.6 million in scholarship offers.

Schools

Elementary Schools – 112
Middle/Junior High Schools – 36
Senior High Schools – 35
Career & Technology Centers – 6
Charter Schools – 9
Alternative Programs – 8
Special Education Centers – 3
Total 209 schools
32 schools are Optional Schools or offer Optional Programs that offer parents choices in selecting a public education that can best fit their children’s talents and abilities.
For two consecutive years, a Memphis City School was selected as a National No Child Left Behind – Blue Ribbon School. Delano Elementary received the honor for 2005-2006, and Keystone Elementary received that designation in 2004-2005.
All Memphis City Schools classrooms are Internet-wired to handle at least six computers.
All Memphis City Schools (except for Charter Schools) are accredited through the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
There are more than 100 Pre-Kindergarten classes offered through the Memphis City Schools to give four-year-olds strong educational and social foundations for success in school and in life.

Teachers

Memphis City Schools employs more than 6,000 full-time teachers in grades K-12.
Memphis City Schools has more National Board Certified Teachers than any other school district in the State of Tennessee. These are teachers who have earned the highest certification standard a teacher can attain.
Memphis City Schools has a number of teachers who have been recognized nationally for their effective teaching, including Rhonda Borden of A.B. Hill Elementary who received a 2006 National Educator Award from the Milken Family Foundation; Angel Perkins, a Science teacher at White Station High School who was selected to be a member of the U.S. Department of Education’s Teacher Training Corps out of more than 1800 applicants based on a submission of a classroom teaching strategy and the data proving its results, and Snowden teacher Myra Govea de Arce, who was chosen by a U.S Department of Education panel as an American Star of Teaching in 2006. She was one of only 51 recipients of the prestigious honor and was chosen from more than 4,000 nominees across the nation for their success in improving academic performance and making a difference in students' lives using the principles of No Child Left Behind.
Teachers in the Memphis City Schools are given many opportunities for professional development designed to improve and enhance their teaching skills. In addition to professional development through the school district’s state-of-the-art Teaching and Learning Academy, teachers avail themselves to outstanding fellowship programs at the University of Memphis and other institutions that partner with Memphis City Schools to better prepare teachers for success in the urban classroom.

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Impact & Results

Memphis Program Satisfaction Data

Among Memphis New Leaders principals, 100% report that the program is high quality and 95% believe that it prepared them to lead urban K-12 public schools.
Among Memphis New Leaders Residents, 100% report that they feel part of a national movement to transform urban education by demonstrating that all students can achieve at high levels.
100% of Memphis New Leaders Residents agree that the Residency is a high-quality learning experience, and 100% feel they prepared to lead an urban K-12 public school.

Preliminary Memphis Achievement Results¹
One indicator of New Leaders' effectiveness is comparing our schools' results to other schools in their systems. New Leaders principals are relatively new in their tenure in Memphis, with the first group being placed in the fall of 2005. While conclusions cannot be drawn from such a small group of novice principals, they have posted positive results.

Since the beginning of the program in Memphis, New Leaders-led schools have outgained other district schools.
Overall, in 2007-2008, 22% of New Leaders-led schools made gains of 20+ points combined across ELA and math, compared to 7% of district schools.
While there is only one year of graduation data, which cannot solely be attributed to the New Leader, initial graduation data for New Leaders-led schools are positive: In the Two New Leaders-led Memphis high schools with graduation data, students are increasing their graduation rates at a faster pace than other schools in the district, and students are graduating in higher proportions.

Highlights from Memphis 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:

At Ida B. Wells Academy the proportion of students reaching standards increased by nearly 20 points in both ELA and math in 2008.
Dunbar Elementary school's first-year principal led a 24-point gain across ELA and math in 2008.
Five New Leader-led schools, Dunbar Elementary, Getwell Elementary, Hamilton Elementary, Ida B. Wells Academy, and Lanier Middle School received an Effective Practice Incentive Community (EPIC) award for the added learning that occurred in their schools compared to Memphis City Schools with one being a two year recipient in 2008 and 2009.²

¹ Note that occasionally districts make slight adjustments to data to reflect improved precision and accuracy.
² This includes one Assistant Principal who served as interim principal for a portion of the year at Getwell Elementary.

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Recruitment & Admissions

Requirements:

A master's degree in any academic subject completed by May 2011
3 Years K – 12 teaching experience
MUST have a current or expired teaching certificate

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 Memphis. If you have further questions about the program, please contact Nick Patterson, Manager, Recruitment and Admissions at 901-881-5122 | fax 901-881-7066 , or npatterson@nlns.org.

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Supporters

Community Foundation of Greater Memphis
FedEx
The Hyde Family Foundation
Lyndhurst Foundation

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