How We Do It

The final period of the year involves reflection, self-assessment, and planning for all stakeholders. Teachers and administrators must assess this year’s successes, identify areas of growth, and begin strategic planning for next year. For teachers and administrators, it is important to bring closure to their work and to begin the new work cycle for next year. A key to success in this effort will be collection and organization of data on leadership, on teachers, and on students.
For students, the last period of the year is usually a fadeout into the summer. But educators have the opportunity to do some things with students that are beneficial to building their capacity as a self-initiated learner, preparing them to take ownership over their own performance and make a successful transition into their next year.
If teachers aren’t prepared to design and monitor effective EOY work, ad hoc professional development may need to be offered and coaching support provided.
The End of Year (EOY) Period moves the students from the state test window through the last day of school. In best practice, it is a time to achieve closure and to begin transition and best practice work for all stakeholders. We sometimes think of this as the beginning of the next school year.
The EOY begins with the close of the Testing Period and lasts until the last day of school.
This book is the aggregation of the research and fieldwork that has gone into our approach to working with struggling schools as well as adding value to blue ribbon schools. We tried to write it in a step-by-step, show your math, chunked out format so that if the leadership team were never able to attend an Ed Directions PD, they could still plan and monitor their school year with the student-focused understanding of the Rhythm of the Learner Year in mind.
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