As the principal of Crestview Elementary, I am proud to acknowledge the growth our school has shown in my three years as principal. We have implemented several strategies that have led to an increase in our scores on state standardized assessments. As the instructional leader, I am continually assessing the school processes and searching for possible ways to improve. After examining the school academic, discipline, and walk-through data, I have concluded that one area that needs to be improved upon is student engagement. The school’s academic data shows certain subgroups of students that continue to fall behind academically; the discipline data shows that our low performing students have a high number of discipline referrals, and our walk-through
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• Academic Choice: An approach to giving children choices in their learning that helps them become invested, self-motivated learners.
• Classroom Organization: This involves strategies for arranging materials, furniture, and displays to encourage independence, promote caring, and maximize learning.
• Family Communication Strategies: Ideas for engaging families as real partners in their children 's education (Delisio, 2011).
All teacher will be expected to implement Responsive Classroom in its entirety and with fidelity. Teachers will have to submit a classroom management plan that describes all the elements of the responsive classroom and how they plan on implementing this approach in their classroom. The leadership team will review the plan and provide feedback to teachers. Within the first nine-weeks, the leadership teacher will conduct walk-throughs to look for evidence of Responsive Classroom approach. Teachers will receive feedback on their implementation, and given access to individuals with expertise in Responsive Classroom …show more content…
Kagan Cooperative Learning Structures have been shown to increase academic achievement, improve ethnic relations, enhance self-esteem, create a more harmonious classroom climate, reduce discipline problems, and develop students ' social skills and character virtues (Kagan, n.d.). Kagan has numerous strategies and can be intimidating for any teacher to implement especially newer teachers. In the first year of implementation teachers will be even the autonomy to implement the strategies. However, there will be a schoolwide Kagan structure of the month that teachers will be encouraged to integrate into their lessons.
Connective Instruction
In Connective Instruction, the teacher helps students make personal connections to the class, content, and learning. The power of connective instruction comes from the instructor helping students see the curriculum as critical to their current lives, their future, and their culture. There are six instructor behaviors that can help students internalize the beliefs valued.
• Promoting relevance: relating content to students '
• Academic Choice: An approach to giving children choices in their learning that helps them become invested, self-motivated learners.
• Classroom Organization: This involves strategies for arranging materials, furniture, and displays to encourage independence, promote caring, and maximize learning.
• Family Communication Strategies: Ideas for engaging families as real partners in their children 's education (Delisio, 2011).
All teacher will be expected to implement Responsive Classroom in its entirety and with fidelity. Teachers will have to submit a classroom management plan that describes all the elements of the responsive classroom and how they plan on implementing this approach in their classroom. The leadership team will review the plan and provide feedback to teachers. Within the first nine-weeks, the leadership teacher will conduct walk-throughs to look for evidence of Responsive Classroom approach. Teachers will receive feedback on their implementation, and given access to individuals with expertise in Responsive Classroom …show more content…
Kagan Cooperative Learning Structures have been shown to increase academic achievement, improve ethnic relations, enhance self-esteem, create a more harmonious classroom climate, reduce discipline problems, and develop students ' social skills and character virtues (Kagan, n.d.). Kagan has numerous strategies and can be intimidating for any teacher to implement especially newer teachers. In the first year of implementation teachers will be even the autonomy to implement the strategies. However, there will be a schoolwide Kagan structure of the month that teachers will be encouraged to integrate into their lessons.
Connective Instruction
In Connective Instruction, the teacher helps students make personal connections to the class, content, and learning. The power of connective instruction comes from the instructor helping students see the curriculum as critical to their current lives, their future, and their culture. There are six instructor behaviors that can help students internalize the beliefs valued.
• Promoting relevance: relating content to students '