Recommendations
The following recommendations are offered for your consideration.
1. Develop an advocacy committee to plan activities to monitor student success and foster relationships between teachers and students.
Monthly activities should be implemented to give the teachers structured time to learn about the students, more about their backgrounds, and foster stronger relationships. The CMS Student Information Sheet can be used to help teachers and students learn more about each other. After gathering this information, teachers can use it to inform school-wide systems. See Appendix - Section Two: Developing Highly Effective Teachers Document: A for supporting documents.
2. Implement PLCs that focus on student achievement.
PLCs are strengthened by ensuring that all practitioners, including teachers and administrators, meet regularly to discuss pedagogy, content area strategies, review lesson planning, and track student data. PLCs may use the meeting PLC Agenda Template, Campus Data Dialogue Protocols 1 & 2, or other protocols to guide weekly meetings. See Appendix - Section Two: Developing Highly Effective Teachers Documents: B & C for supporting documents.
3. Strengthen the C.A.R.E. model by scheduling regular opportunities for feedback and adding a peer-to-peer coaching component.
Develop a system for teacher/administrator face to face feedback following C.A.R.E. walkthroughs and utilize peer to peer coaching that is independent of the formal review process. Provide time and focused protocols for teachers to observe one another and debrief their observations.
1. Develop an advocacy committee to plan activities to monitor student success and foster relationships between teachers and students.
Monthly activities should be implemented to give the teachers structured time to learn about the students, more about their backgrounds, and foster stronger relationships. The CMS Student Information Sheet can be used to help teachers and students learn more about each other. After gathering this information, teachers can use it to inform school-wide systems. See Appendix - Section Two: Developing Highly Effective Teachers Document: A for supporting documents.
2. Implement PLCs that focus on student achievement.
PLCs are strengthened by ensuring that all practitioners, including teachers and administrators, meet regularly to discuss pedagogy, content area strategies, review lesson planning, and track student data. PLCs may use the meeting PLC Agenda Template, Campus Data Dialogue Protocols 1 & 2, or other protocols to guide weekly meetings. See Appendix - Section Two: Developing Highly Effective Teachers Documents: B & C for supporting documents.
3. Strengthen the C.A.R.E. model by scheduling regular opportunities for feedback and adding a peer-to-peer coaching component.
Develop a system for teacher/administrator face to face feedback following C.A.R.E. walkthroughs and utilize peer to peer coaching that is independent of the formal review process. Provide time and focused protocols for teachers to observe one another and debrief their observations.