Practices of Excellence for High Student Performance
We will teach the Alabama College and Career Ready Standards (CCRS) with fidelity by...
- ensuring teachers have a deep understanding of the content and language of the standards.
- providing lessons that are purposely aligned and designed to effectively connect instruction to the standards.
- using essential questions to link instructional practices to the standards.
- having students explain the standards in their own words through oral and written communication.
We will collaboratively monitor the progress of our students by.....
- using formative and summative assessments aligned to the standards.
- frequently assessing and monitoring student work.
- using a variety of assessment data to analyze student work.
- identifying and providing support for students with learning needs.
- using a variety of instructional strategies to address the learning needs of students.
- providing a Response to Intervention (RTI) Process focused on the use of assessment, instruction, screening, and progress monitoring.
All teaching and learning activities will be composed of a common instructional framework consisting of the following components:
- Bell Ringer:
- An activity reviewing previously taught standards.
- Opening/Mini-Lesson:
- Activating strategies centered on the standard, element, and essential questions
- Modeling best instructional practices while referencing standards and key vocabulary
- Using examples of student work meeting or exceeding standards
- Work Session:
- Engaging students by using performance tasks
- Using higher-order questions to probe for student understanding
- Closing:
- Implementing summarizing strategies to assess student learning of the lesson
Administrative staff will ensure fidelity of the framework for instruction through classroom observations and Instructional Rounds.
Our classroom environments will be built on.....
- an orderly and purposeful atmosphere where students feel safe.
- being conducive to support learning for all students.
- mutual respect between teachers and students.
- evidence of research-based best instructional practices.
- a climate of high expectations for student and teacher performance.
- instruction designed to actively engage students in the learning process.
Our communication with parents and community members will be.....
- focused on building partnerships to support our efforts focused on continuous improvement.
- clear, consistent, and intentional for the purpose of supporting the success of students.
- through a variety of resources including phone calls, conferences, emails, newsletters, etc..
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Mission: Educate, develop, and empower every student to reach their unique potential and become citizens that enrich their communities.
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Vision: Excellence in all we do!
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