Board Curriculum Teacher survey Begun in Teacher PD Plan and Committee based of PD needs Summer surveys implement on input from all 2016 and Committee Research on a Teacher PD professional departments and annually meeting variety of PD sign in teachers adjusted notes programs for to help based on CCSS reading teachers teacher input and writing to the promote across the Governing close curriculum Board reading of text and quality writing for a variety of purposes Task 6: Create intervention programs to target students performing below level 3, especially those “on the cusp” of the next level. In particular, consider technology-based intervention tools and how those might be incorporated into academic support, Saturday School, Summer programming, and entrance camp programming. (See Goal #4 Task 1, which aligns with this task) Improve the Curriculum Intervention and Curriculum Tracking Data academic Committee Remediation Committee Dashboard students’ support Program Plan to to have passing grades programs be developed. initial and benchmark currently discussion scores as well provided. Spring 2016; as SBAS committee of scores faculty to revamp plan during summer 2016; annual re-evaluation thereafter
Board Plan and implement professional to help teachers promote close reading of text and quality writing for a variety of purposes Curriculum Committee based on input from all departments and teachers Teacher survey of PD needs Research on a variety of PD programs for CCSS reading and writing across the curriculum Begun in Summer 2016 and annually adjusted based on teacher input Teacher PD surveys Teacher PD sign in Committee meeting notes to the Governing Board Task 6: Create intervention programs to target students performing below level 3, especially those “on the cusp” of the next level. In particular, consider technology-based intervention tools and how those might be incorporated into academic support, Saturday School, Summer programming, and entrance camp programming. (See Goal #4 Task 1, which aligns with this task) Improve the academic support programs currently provided. Curriculum Committee Intervention and Remediation Program Plan to be developed. Curriculum Committee to have initial discussion Spring 2016; committee of faculty to revamp plan during summer 2016; annual re-evaluation thereafter Tracking students’ passing grades and benchmark scores as well as SBAS scores Data Dashboard
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