Elementary Best Practices Framework-NY |
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Theme
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Staff Selection, Leadership, & Capacity Building
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Classroom Level
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Collaborate regularly within grade levels and across grade levels
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In high performing schools, teachers' collaboration is not limited to catching another teachers' ear in the hallway. Rather, teachers participate in regularly scheduled meetings not only at their grade level but across grade levels. Discussions in these meetings center around improving student learning.
On Target
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Missing the Mark
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Teachers consistently communicate across grades and within grades.
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Collaboration occurs "catch as catch can" across grade levels.
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Smallwood Drive, Amherst Central School District, structures monthly staff meetings to foster reflection on instruction.
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