making a difference jasper city schools 2014-2015
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Making a Difference Jasper City Schools 2014-2015. MAKING A DIFFERENCE. Dr. Jean Lollar Assistant Superintendent. Overview Curriculum and Instruction. Academic Philosophy Continuous Improvement Plans (ACIP) COS/CCRS Curriculum Integration & Mapping, Alignment Textbook Program - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Overview Curriculum and Instruction
• Academic Philosophy• Continuous Improvement
Plans (ACIP)• COS/CCRS• Curriculum Integration &
Mapping, Alignment• Textbook Program• Professional
Development• Best Practices• Compliance Monitoring
Standards-Based Instruction
• Courses of Study• College and Career Ready Standards
– Educational standards help teachers ensure their students have the skills and knowledge they need to be successful by providing clear goals for student learning.
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Standards-Based Instruction
• Standards do not tell teachers how to teach, but they do help teachers figure out the knowledge and skills their students should have so that teachers can build the best lessons and environments for their classrooms.
Continuous Improvement Plans (ACIP)
• Data-Driven School Improvement Plans– Development Process
• Leadership Teams• ASSIST
– Analyze Data– Determine Strengths– Determine Limitations– Develop Goals– Develop Measurable Objectives – Monitor Progress
Curriculum Integration and Mapping
• Curriculum and Instruction Link
• One of the most important power tools for writing and implementing content is a curriculum map
• The map is the big picture that provides a clear guide for important concepts and assessments that need to be taught throughout the year.
Other Resources: Viewing and Reading
• Harry Wong Videos and Publications
• The MASTER Teacher Videos
• Other Central Office Resources
• School Resources – Elementary and Secondary
Suggested Resource List
Professional Development Program
• National, State and Local Emphasis
• Local Expectations and Requirements
• STI/PD• Teacher Support
and Resources• JCS Professional
Development: 25 Hours Required
Do you realize how important YOU are to the success of your students?• Student scores are affected, either positively or
negatively, by the influence of a single teacher.
• Average gains of students taught by the most effective and most ineffective teachers are substantially different.
• Students assigned three ineffective teachers in a row never recover.
Students Assigned to Effective Teachers Dramatically Outperformed Students Assigned to Ineffective Teachers
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Teachers
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Source: William L. Sanders and June C. Rivers, Cumulative and Residual Effects of Teachers on Future Students Academic Achievement, University of Tennessee Value-Added Research and Assessment Center, 1996.
Importance of Quality PD
The realization that students learn more when their teachers know more is supported by hundreds of studies complied by the National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future (1996).
Importance of Quality PD
If all students are to learn and perform at high levels, teachers must continually engage in the rigorous study of what they teach and how they teach it.
(Sparks, 1997 p.3).
FINAL THOUGHT
“The difference between the
impossible and the possible lies in a
person’s determination.”
Somerset Maughn