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Tips to Go Easily implemented or replicated school and district tips to assist in school improvement efforts. Audio Tip to Go—Everyone is Involved in Assessment As the year begins, everyone at San Diego’s Los Penasquitos Elementary School knows what’s expected of them, because the assessment plan is developed collaboratively by the school staff. Audio Tip to Go—No Excuses University: All Students Can Go to College Los Penasquitos Elementary believes there are no limits to the academic success every student can achieve, and believes all students can go to college. Fully acting on these beliefs means overcoming some traditional barriers. Audio Tip to Go—Endorsing the Endorsement Document Los Penasquitos Elementary School, part of the Poway Unified School District in San Diego, is clear about one thing: everyone is held accountable for student learning — teachers, students, administrators, and parents. Shadow Classes Middle and high schoolers performing far below proficiency get extra help from one district’s shadow class program. A District Focuses on Customer Service A district-wide professional learning community works together to improve student performance and close the achievement gap. Preview and Review Gives Students a Leg Up on New Standards Schools in Napa Valley Unified School District have found a fun, fast-paced way to help elementary students better grasp standards they need to master in math and language arts. Full Inclusion Helps All Students Special education teachers team with general education teachers to raise achievement for all students at a California high school. Bell to Bell Learning Focus, preparation, and engagement at an Arizona elementary school lead to big gains. Parent Liaison Outperforms New Parent Liaison position at Sanger High leads to many initiatives that dramatically increase parent involvement. Districtwide Self-review for New Teachers Self-review process helps new teachers monitor their progress. Principal Visibility Being highly visible with students, teachers, parents, and the community helps a new principal turn around a low-performing school. Intensive Care Kids One California high school makes sure those students most in need get very close monitoring. Increasing English Learner Parent Involvement A California high school finds that food, personal attention, and valuable information help parents of English Learners feel more comfortable at school. Professional Library Aids Reform Effort Professional library helps give teachers tools to change instructional practice. Principal's Paw Wall School finds that positive behavior reinforcement makes a big difference in school culture. Focus on Freshmen A high school dedicates one floor of their building to ninth grade students and sees results. Parent Volunteer Room Providing a space for parents at school helps them help teachers. Coaching—Not Just for Teachers A new principal finds great value in coaching, and models for his teachers this important professional development strategy. District Focuses on Supplemental Services Toledo teachers and parents team up to get the word out about supplemental services. Walking Students Home Administrators find that walking students home decreases discipline problems and improves rapport with students and parents. Literacy Bags Learn how one rural school helps migrant students keep up with their English while visiting their home countries. Principal-Teacher Observation Journals Observation journals provide a written history of the year for both teachers and principal. First Camp Helps Kindergarten Students Succeed To help at risk kindergarten students make a successful transition into first grade, California's San Juan Unified School District developed First Camp, a highly successful summer early intervention program. Handheld Computers: Useful Tools for Classroom Observations Learn how one principal uses his PalmPilot to provide quick and detailed classroom feedback to teachers. The Gift of Reading Garden Gate Elementary School found that some of their parents did not have the time or the skill to read with their children. The Gift of Reading helped overcome that obstacle. Start Smart Gets Students to School on Time Pounding the pavement to help children Principal Transitions Staff turnover is often challenging and jarring to an improvement effort. Prairie Vista found a way to facilitate continuity from one principal to the next. Strong Leadership Helps Teachers At Vanguard Learning Center, 70% of the teachers are on emergency credentials, which makes strong support and guidance critical to achieving student success. Monitoring the Needs of All Students At Reese Elementary, each teacher meets with an administrative team every trimester to discuss individual student data. These "Co-op Meetings" are tremendously effective in helping meet the needs of all students. |
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