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     Education Transformation Office
                        Build, Sustain, Accelerate

 

Dr. Nikolai Vitti,

Assistant Superintendent

  Our Mission

“We must resolve to transform education as we know it, to prepare our students for the promises and challenges of a better tomorrow.” – Superintendent Carvalho

Opening of Schools, August 17, 2011

Education Transformation:

*       Builds Instructional Leaders

*       Ensures High Quality, Effective Teaching

*       Uses Data to Make Decisions on Instruction, Interventions, and   

         Enrichment

*       Develops Tomorrow’s Leaders

 

ETO's Strategic Plan (click here to view the plan)

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            "I was also impressed by the Miami-Dade district’s approach to school turnarounds. For the leaders of the ETO, it’s not about 'checking the box' to make sure that the different SIG models are being implemented. Instead, the district and school leaders have created a plan that incorporates the SIG models within broader reform efforts centered on improving teaching and learning. I look forward to keeping in touch with Superintendent Carvalho, Assistant Superintendent Vitti, and the various school leaders to learn more about their schools’ progress and success stories, and sharing them with the wider community of educators around the country." (Read more)

Thelma Meléndez de Santa Ana

Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education, US Department of Education

How is This Different from Past Initiatives?

*       The ETO supports the Rising 26 in all areas, including school improvement, business, operations, personnel, OPS, facilities, maintenance, curriculum, instruction, and professional development.

*   The ETO will ensure sustainability of academic performance by developing future administrators, instructional coaches, and lead teachers beyond the grant period through job-embedded professional development, academies, shadowing periods, and internships.    

       What Can the Rising 26 Expect?

The Rising 26, or those identified as persistently lowest-achieving by the Florida Department of Education, will receive sustained support from the Education Transformation Office (ETO), as well as additional funding through the US Department of Education’s School Improvement Grant Fund (1003(g)) over a three-year period. Specifically, with the ETO, the Rising 26 will:

  •      Be able to provide incentive pay to recruit and retain the most effective administrators and teachers.

  •      Extend the learning day or year, providing customized interventions and enrichment to improve academic support.  

  •      Receive onsite and job-embedded professional development that focuses on the deep teaching of the standards, lesson  planning, data analysis, and student interventions.

  •     Develop or refine positive behavior support systems for students.

Who We Are  
  The Education Transformation Office is made up of practitioners who were teachers, dynamic instructional coaches, and instructional leaders that have successfully worked in high-poverty schools and have a proven record of improving student achievement. We are committed to transforming the Rising 26, leading innovations that can be implemented across the district to build, sustain, and accelerate student achievement.

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Miami-Dade County Public Schools

Education Transformation Office (ETO)   

1450 NE 2nd Ave Suite 925

Miami, FL 33132  

PH: (305) 995 - 3091

FAX: (305) 523-0649

Webmaster: ernestogonzalez@dadeschools.net

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