• Establish a menu of “best practice” characteristics for “success for all” schools
• Review each school’s climate and culture from a central office perspective
• A preliminary set of district guidelines for developing optimum cultures and climates
• Establish a menu of “best practice” characteristics for school cultures and climates
• Review the school’s climate and culture and identify potential issue areas
• Create an action plan for building an optimum school climate and culture
• Establish a menu of “best practice” characteristics for an optimum classroom culture/climate
• A self-assessment of each individual teacher’s culture/climate
• A personal action plan for establishing an optimum culture/climate in the first three weeks of school
Each session ends with a personalized action plan based on that day’s learning. Also, each session will review the user experience and query suggestions from participants via an anonymous e-mail survey. Optionally, a check-for-understanding assessment can be included.
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Building Student Support Systems This session will focus on identifying and categorizing “frequent flyers” that have a history of disrupting classrooms or take excessive attention
Building Monitoring and Response to Intervention Systems This session provides participants with strategies for linking at-risk students with intentional (in terms of risk-factor) and appropriate
Building Optimum Cultures and Climates This session develops the idea of intentionally developing an optimum culture and climate for learners. Participants will learn about the
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From kindergarten to high school, we are dedicated to boosting student performance, closing achievement gaps, and focusing education on the students’ needs, first and foremost.
