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Key Actions

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=**DISTRICT ACTION PLAN**= Philosophy and E&R Curriculum Alignment Raise the level of student-teacher engagement (through continuous professional development) Create a college-going and career-ready culture End Social Promotion Engage parents and the community Recruit and retain the best and brightest teachers Implement the E&R plan //The District 11-12 Action Plan requires the staff to do the following. New requirements or actions are in blue .//
 * Provide update and details of the E&R plan
 * Convey understanding through repetition and exercises.
 * Core beliefs and achievement templates
 * Build philosophy into every staff meeting
 * Goal-setting review with staff..conclude conferences by Sept. 30
 * Teachers receive '2' or higher on spots as they relate to aligned objectives and DOL's.
 * DOL training and feedback for teachers.
 * Ongoing PD for purposeful instruction and alignment.
 * Receive a '2' or higher on:
 * student-teacher engagement
 * multiple-response strategies
 * checks for understanding
 * Teachers must understand the differentiated diploma
 * 80% of sophomores plan to attend college and can describe what it means to be college-and-career ready
 * 75% of our students will graduate on time
 * help to enforce entry criteria for New Horizons
 * develop and implement plan to educate students who would have been enrolled in the Opportunity School or the “old” New Horizons
 * enforce grade level entry requirements for 9th through 12th grade for high school students new to the District [if a student is not on track to graduate, they will be enrolled in a lower grade]
 * administer proficiency exams in reading, writing, and math for 8th, 10th, and 12th grades
 * work with the District to separate electives into Tier 1 and Tier 2 electives; allow only students proficient in reading, writing, and math to take Tier 2 electives
 * outline specific volunteer activities or tasks and coordinate with District Volunteer Coordinator to expand volunteer hours
 * keep track of volunteer tasks and effectiveness of volunteers
 * work with District to develop student-parent-school contracts and persuade parents to sign them
 * follow through on a rigorous screening process and conduct rigorous performance interviews to recruit a higher caliber teacher
 * implement a strong mentoring program for all new teachers
 * Administer E&R assessements
 * Score tests
 * Enter data
 * Track data
 * __Key Action One__**
 * describe the key concepts of //Destination 2016//
 * learn and be able to identify the District’s Core Beliefs
 * read and understand the school action plan
 * study and be able to access student achievement data for your class and school
 * read and understand documents provided on the E&R plan
 * obtain and study the achievement template for your subject and grade by 30 August
 * discuss your role in helping the school achieve its vision of success with the building leadership team by 30 September
 * write at least one student achievement goal (W8) and one professional growth goal by 30 September


 * __Key Action Two__**
 * teach the guaranteed and viable curriculum
 * administer District CBMs and other E&R assessments
 * develop,post, and use demonstrations of learning (DOLs) in classroom instruction
 * analyze the alignment of the assessment sets and CBMs with the instructional calendars
 * become aware of the curriculum (what students are supposed to know and do) in the previous and subsequent course or grade levels (vertical articulation)


 * __Key Action Three__**
 * engage students using multiple response strategies, checks for understanding, bell to bell instruction, and other strategies at a proficient level
 * select and use appropriate instructional strategies matched to the demonstration of learning
 * provide individual students with a variety of opportunities to demonstrate learning through a variety of response formats

-- implement beginning in August 2011
 * __Key Action Four__**
 * learn what it means to be “college bound and career ready” and the steps the school must take to establish a college bound culture

-- implement beginning in August 2011
 * secondary teachers:**
 * learn the differentiated diploma concept and the criteria for each type of diploma by 30 August 2011
 * learn the steps the middle schools will need to take to become college bound schools by 1 May 2011


 * __Key Action Five__**


 * teach well
 * administer proficiency exams in reading, writing, and math for 3rd, 5th, 8th, 10th, and 12th grades


 * __Key Action Six__**


 * outline specific volunteer activities or tasks and coordinate with School Volunteer Coordinator to expand volunteer hours
 * keep track of volunteer tasks and effectiveness of volunteers
 * work with Principal to develop student-parent-school contracts and persuade parents to sign them


 * __Key Action Seven__**


 * participate in teacher interview process and mentoring program when selected


 * __Key Action Eight__**


 * administer E&R assessments per assessment schedule
 * score assessments in accordance with the scoring criteria
 * enter data in accordance with the recording schedule
 * keep track of achievement data as outlined by the achievement template