the journey : an urban school’s road to distinction
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The Journey : An Urban School’s Road to Distinction. Washington Elementary School Title I Distinguished School Fort Wayne, Indiana. Washington Elementary. Achievement Data . Washington’s Goal. K.I.S.S. Essential Elements. CULTURE. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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The Journey: An Urban School’s Road to
Distinction
Washington Elementary SchoolTitle I Distinguished School
Fort Wayne, Indiana
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Washington Elementary
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Achievement Data ISTEP+ LA Math Both
2011 71% 67% 57%
2012 79% 81% 70%
2013 88% 87% 82%
Gain 17% 20% 25%
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Washington’s Goal
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K.I.S.S.
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Essential Elements
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CULTUREResearch found that both high and low performing schools focused on many of the same strategies for improvement. The culture in which this work takes place is what separates the high from the low-performing schools. ~ Cathy Lassiter
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• Trust & Empowerment• Enthusiasm, Positive, FUN• High Expectations – “All Means All”
CULTURE
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VISION/FOCUS• SIP Alignment • Buy-in• Goals and Vision
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DATA• Data Meetings• Public Data
–Student Recognition• Formal & Informal• Celebrations
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DATA
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PROFESSIONAL LEARNING
• Aligned to SIP• Embedded/Common Plan• Teacher Ownership/Data
Driven
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Essential Elements
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What is the most important factor in
student achievement?
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“I’ve come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element in the classroom. It is my daily mood that sets the weather. As a teacher, I possess a tremendous power to make a child’s life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture, or an instrument of inspiration. I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal. In all situations it is my response that decides whether a crisis will be escalated or de-escalated and a child humanized or de-humanized.”
~Haim Ginnot, Teacher and Child