appropriately for specialized teams in literacy, math, and/or science 6. Conduct workshops for Lacey Increased support from No funding Literacy and October, parents/community on balanced Reagan, parents with a common needed math 2017-May, literacy; provide updates and literacy understanding that curriculum 2018 suggestions for home support of facilitator; reading committees; reading through weekly classroom Gina Flowers, Increased support from PTA; SLT teacher emails, the weekly math facilitator parents with a common “Bear Blast” published by the PTA, through understanding that the school’s website, and through reading is fundamental for Connect Ed messages school success and being college 7. Continue to implement the school School design Using this school design No funding School October, transformation plan as one of the team model will allow all needed design 2017-May, schools in the first cohort of the students to have access to team; K-2 2018 Student Success by Design excellent teachers; all teachers Collaborative, adding second grade teachers have career Interim to the plan, implementing opportunities dependent specialization in literacy and math; upon their excellence, whereby teachers will be paired, leadership, and student 2017; having one teacher teach impact; this model will also February, literacy/social studies and the other increase collaboration 2018; April, teach math/science. This time and make 2018 specialization will help teachers development toward focus on their content so that they excellence more can appropriate and effectively attainable for staff working differentiate instruction for students in PLCs
appropriately for specialized teams in literacy, math, and/or science 6. Conduct workshops for parents/community on balanced literacy; provide updates and suggestions for home support of reading through weekly classroom teacher emails, the weekly “Bear Blast” published by the PTA, through the school’s website, and through Connect Ed messages Lacey Reagan, literacy facilitator; Gina Flowers, math facilitator Increased support from parents with a common understanding that reading Increased support from parents with a common understanding that reading is fundamental for school success and being college No funding needed Literacy and math curriculum committees; PTA; SLT October, 2017-May, 2018 7. Continue to implement the school transformation plan as one of the schools in the first cohort of the Student Success by Design Collaborative, adding second grade to the plan, implementing specialization in literacy and math; whereby teachers will be paired, having one teacher teach literacy/social studies and the other teach math/science. This specialization will help teachers focus on their content so that they can appropriate and effectively differentiate instruction for students School design team Using this school design model will allow all students to have access to excellent teachers; all teachers have career opportunities dependent upon their excellence, leadership, and student impact; this model will also increase collaboration time and make development toward excellence more attainable for staff working in PLCs No funding needed School design team; K-2 teachers October, 2017-May, 2018 Interim 2017; February, 2018; April, 2018
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