Private Sector Initiatives

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Private Sector Initiatives for Improving Education
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Cornerstone Initiative
A five year initiative to improve
education Cost 3,000,000 Funded entirely by
private donations
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Cornerstone Program Components

• Recruiting and retaining the best educators
• Signing bonuses
• Pay for performance
• Teacher training and professional development
  program
• Data warehousing system
• Provide immediate feedback on established
  benchmarks
• In-depth analysis
• Student progress
• Teacher improvement
• School performance
• Funding for Summer School
• Director of Student Achievement
• AVID Program
• ACCOUNTABILITY!

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Cornerstone Table of Organization
Steering Committee Volunteer Board
Chamber of Commerce ( Foundation) Wes Stucky,
CEO Mita Bates, Vice-President
Responsibilities
Responsibilities
Program Oversight Establish Goals Monitor
Progress
Management Steering Committee Support Executing
Policies
Director of Student Achievement
Superintendent Ardmore City Schools
Superintendent Plainview Schools
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Testing and Accountability
Oklahomas Program End of year
testing, Results in July Reports -
Class - School - Subject Ardmores
Program Testing every six or nine
weeks Results in 24 hours Detailed
Reports - Class - Teacher -
Subjects - Components on each
subject Continuous tracking and
benchmarking
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Teacher Names Blocked Out
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Lincoln Elementary
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Lincoln Elementary
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English II 2006 2007 EOI Data With 9
Week Benchmarks
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Plainview 3rd Grade English Performance
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PLAINVIEW 3RD GRADE MATH PERFORMANCE
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Cornerstone is a Chamber of Commerce initiative,
funded with private dollars, that mobilizes the
energies in the Ardmore community in a focused
effort to support education improvement. Our
Vision To narrow the academic chasm and create
schools that meet higher standards in order to be
globally competitive.
Wes Stucky, President CEO wstucky_at_ardmore.org
www.ardmore.org
StandardsWork is a Washington D.C. based
consultancy dedicated to improving the education
standards in the United States Our Vision To
create communities across the country in which
educators, parents, business and civic leaders
collaborate to achieve systemic lasting change,
higher standards and improved results in
education. Wes Stucky,
Board of Directors
www.standardswork.org
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