Elementary Best Practices Framework-NY |
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Theme
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Staff Selection, Leadership, & Capacity Building
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School Level
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Encourage, plan for, and schedule for collaboration and communication
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In high performing schools teachers are encouraged to meet at grade levels and across grade levels regularly. School administrators block times in the school day so that grade levels have the opportunity to meet.
These meetings focus on how to improve student learning. The school climate is one that encourages teachers to work together to develop plans and solutions to problems.
On Target
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Missing the Mark
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Teachers actively participate in identifying problems and generating solutions in regularly held meetings.
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Teachers are told what to do, how to do it, and in what timeframe.
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Gotham Avenue, Elmont Union Free School District, blocks time for grade-level meetings in the master schedule.
Traphagen School, Mount Vernon City School District, provides time for grade level collaboration bi-monthly. The principal and reading specialist organize the schedule to facilitate teacher team meetings.
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