Relational Trust iss built through day-to-day social exchanges in a school community. …
Relational Trust iss built through day-to-day social exchanges in a school community. It Supports a moral imperative to take on the difficult work of school improvement. It facilitates accountability for shared standards, while also allowing people to experience autonomy and mutual support for individual efforts. It reduces the vulnerability that teachers feel when asked to take on tasks connected to reform. Finally, it facilitates the safety needed to experiment with new practices.
This two page document provides a high level summary of the research …
This two page document provides a high level summary of the research that informed the Language Arts curriculum design (e.g., content-based literacy, phonics, supports for ELLs) and our professional development (e.g., focus on leadership, coaching, common implementation challenges).
Sixth grade students from Rochester, NY transformed their own community by leading …
Sixth grade students from Rochester, NY transformed their own community by leading a successful campaign to revitalize the downtown of Rochester through re-watering closed sections of the Erie Canal. Students did original research in other cities, interviewing city leaders, engineers and business leaders who had successfully renewed their downtowns around a waterway. They created a report that helped convince the city to invest in this urban renewal project. This film features news footage of the students and an interview with the mayor.
The following text is a synthesis of some ideas contained in David …
The following text is a synthesis of some ideas contained in David Rock’s Quiet Leadership: Six Steps for Transforming Performance at Work with examples pulled from the work of instructional leaders and coaches.
Principal Stephen Mahoney at the Springfield Renaissance School in Springfield, MA describes …
Principal Stephen Mahoney at the Springfield Renaissance School in Springfield, MA describes the integrated approach that he and staff use to support checking for understanding practices in every classroom.
The crosswalks for the 3-5 Language Arts curriculum outline the general enhancements …
The crosswalks for the 3-5 Language Arts curriculum outline the general enhancements in our second edition curriculum (across all modules), plus the specific changes to each particular module (shown as a "cross-walk" of the first vs. second edition performance task and six on-demand assessments).
All instructional coaching involves setting goals. In fact, the very definition of …
All instructional coaching involves setting goals. In fact, the very definition of coaching is built on the presence of clear, focused goals related to teacher practice and student achievement. While not necessarily the first step in every coaching relationship, formal coaching cycles should be guided by goals articulated by the teacher and informed by larger school improvement priorities.
According to education researcher, Camille Farrington (2013), a strong correlation exists between …
According to education researcher, Camille Farrington (2013), a strong correlation exists between success in school and students having these four academic mindsets: 1) I belong in this academic community; 2) I can succeed at this; 3) My ability and competence grow with my effort; and 4) This work has value for me.
Seventh grade students in Portland, ME researched Civil Rights events, interviewed unsung …
Seventh grade students in Portland, ME researched Civil Rights events, interviewed unsung local heroes of the Civil Rights movement, and celebrated their interviewees’ stories of courage in a book of first-person memoirs and photographs. This film features interviews with the ELA and SS teachers, and with former students. It raises important questions about what we mean by “evidence-based” writing and speaking: is all evidence equal, or are some types of evidence more valuable and generative?
This video is a long version of a small group Language Dive …
This video is a long version of a small group Language Dive with Stephanie Clayton and 3rd graders at Lead Academy in Greenville, South Carolina. This small group consists of six English language learners whose native language is Spanish, and two language minority students, all on various academic levels. A Language Dive empowers students to analyze, understand, and use the language of academic sentences by slowing down to have a conversation about the meaning, purpose, and structure of a compelling sentence from a complex text or tool. Following the engaging deconstruct-reconstruct-practice routine of the Language Dive, students play with the smallest “chunks” of the sentence, paying close attention to how language works, acquiring the necessary facility with academic English, and fostering overall language ability.
Second grade students in Boston, MA created a professional-quality music video as …
Second grade students in Boston, MA created a professional-quality music video as a culmination of an interdisciplinary study of snakes. Their song, based on Lady Gaga’s hit “Born This Way,” was written by students, and the video became a viral phenomenon. This film features the video and gives the backstory of the video through an interview with the teacher. It focuses on two themes: how students overcome their fears, and how standards can be joined to discovery, joy, and beautiful work. Illuminates CCSS ELA standards W.2.7, W.2.1, W.2.2, W.2.3, W.2.5, W.2.8, W.2.6, (All of CCSS for Writing for second grade).
Vanessa Cramer, ninth-grade science teacher at the Springfield Renaissance School in Springfield, …
Vanessa Cramer, ninth-grade science teacher at the Springfield Renaissance School in Springfield, MA employs a variety of techniques to help students monitor their own progress—with support from the teacher—toward specific learning targets.
Data inquiry teams are teams of teachers that meet regularly to analyze …
Data inquiry teams are teams of teachers that meet regularly to analyze student data, to reflect on student progress, and to create action plans that will improve instructional effectiveness. Data inquiry teams focus exclusively on analyzing data for the students they teach and developing plans for responding to the needs and strengths of individual students, groups of students, and particular areas of curriculum. However, data inquiry teams are part of a larger system for using data to raise student achievement and close achievement gaps. In EL Education schools, data is defined as information that has been systematically collected and organized to support analysis, inquiry, and decision-making.
Seventh- and eighth-grade students in Jeanne Boland's class at the Odyssey School …
Seventh- and eighth-grade students in Jeanne Boland's class at the Odyssey School in Denver, CO, discuss the power of “unpacking” learning targets so that they can articulate a clear vision of the intended learning and criteria for success.
Sixth-grade students at Genesee Community Charter School in Rochester, NY, track their …
Sixth-grade students at Genesee Community Charter School in Rochester, NY, track their strengths and challenges through analysis of their own homework and test data. Students articulate how they use this data to focus their studies and improve their skills.
Sixth-grade students in Jon Exall's class at the Odyssey School in Denver, …
Sixth-grade students in Jon Exall's class at the Odyssey School in Denver, CO, actively engage in “unpacking” learning targets—including embedded academic vocabulary—in preparation for developing research question for an immigration case study. Learning targets articulate a clear vision of the intended learning as a first step toward achieving success.
The Supporting English Language Learners guidance document provides a high level overview …
The Supporting English Language Learners guidance document provides a high level overview of our system for supports for English language learners, including cultural and linguistic supports. Includes details on our use of the California English Language Development standards (ELD), and details about "language dives" and "conversation cues."
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