Service learning will be an integral part of McAuliffe International School’s educational and student-development plans. All students will be expected to participate in community service projects that follow the service learning model of: Building community. Students will do team-building activities with members of their work groups. Conducting a needs assessment. Students will assess the needs in their community and surrounding environment. Selecting a problem. Students will select a community problem that they want to help solve. Researching the problem. Students will do research to learn as much as they can about their particular issue. Designing a solution/project. Students will design a plan to solve the problem. Completing the project. Students will carry out their plan and act to solve the problem in their community. Unveiling the final product. Students will share their service learning projects with the public. Celebrating and reflecting. Students will celebrate their success and reflect on their learning. Explain how the school will use innovation status to improve the education program to produce gains in academic achievement. McAuliffe International School will use its innovation status to improve its education program and produce in academic achievement by: Increasing the amount of time that students spend in the classroom to 8 hours a day and 195 days a year. Improving the quality of instruction in the classroom by recruiting and retaining excellent teachers on an at-will basis. Providing a rigorous culture of high expectations for all students and staff. If you are requesting waivers to DPS core curriculum materials please complete Appendix A. Describe the school’s assessment plan and how it is critical for the school to produce in academic achievement. Provide an overview of the school’s proposed assessment plan. Describe any assessments that will supplement assessments required by DPS and the McAuliffe International School’s school-based assessment plan will monitor student growth through continuous formative assessment and cumulative growth through final summative assessments.
Service learning will be an integral part of McAuliffe International School’s educational and student-development plans. All students will be expected to participate in community service projects that follow the service learning model of: Building community. Students will do team-building activities with members of their work groups. Conducting a needs assessment. Students will assess the needs in their community and surrounding environment. Selecting a problem. Students will select a community problem that they want to help solve. Researching the problem. Students will do research to learn as much as they can about their particular issue. Designing a solution/project. Students will design a plan to solve the problem. Completing the project. Students will carry out their plan and act to solve the problem in their community. Unveiling the final product. Students will share their service learning projects with the public. Celebrating and reflecting. Students will celebrate their success and reflect on their learning. Explain how the school will use innovation status to improve the education program to produce gains in academic achievement. McAuliffe International School will use its innovation status to improve its education program and produce in academic achievement by: Increasing the amount of time that students spend in the classroom to 8 hours a day and 195 days a year. Improving the quality of instruction in the classroom by recruiting and retaining excellent teachers on an at-will basis. Providing a rigorous culture of high expectations for all students and staff. If you are requesting waivers to DPS core curriculum materials please complete Appendix A. Describe the school’s assessment plan and how it is critical for the school to produce in academic achievement. Provide an overview of the school’s proposed assessment plan. Describe any assessments that will supplement assessments required by DPS and the McAuliffe International School’s school-based assessment plan will monitor student growth through continuous formative assessment and cumulative growth through final summative assessments.