5. Our 4 Big Rocks
OClimate and Culture
OTeaching Effectiveness and
Coaching based on the
Observation/Feedback Loop
ORTI/Intervention
OData Driven Instruction
7. Climate and Culture
O Ron Clark Academy PD
O Campus Beautification
O 4 Week Induction Plans
O Essential 55 Expectations, role play, modeling,
reinforcement
O Houses
O Amazing Shake
O Recognizing and rewarding the good
O Community Service
11. Teaching Effectiveness
O Observation Feedback Loop used
for coaching and support
O Focus Quizzes Every 3 Weeks
O TILT Training
O Weekly PLC meetings focused on
data and best practices
O Classroom walks, feedback,
and support
14. Response to Intervention
OEveryone gets what they need
OIntervention time is built into
the K-8 schedules
OReduce pullouts from core
instruction
OData based interventions
OData tracking
16. Data Driven Instruction
OData is used to guide instruction
and intervention.
OWeekly PD and follow up allows
teachers time for weekly planning
and professional learning
centered around data based
instruction, as well as follow up
coaching.
17. Our Work is Hard! We must use data and give teachers time to
grow.
20. Highlights
OEOC Scores went up in every
subject except one at both high
schools. Graduation rates are
set to increase dramatically.
21. Highlights
O Attendance is up at every school in the zone,
as high as 96-99% in the elementary schools.
O Discipline referrals and out of school
suspensions are down.
O Last year there had been 2800 Out of school
suspension days assigned at our two high
schools. This year 554.
“These campuses are schools again.”
Clay Walker, Juveline Justice
32. Community Involvement
and Service
O Every school participates in community
service and involvement activities.
O Lakeshore made and delivered scarves.
O Westwood is a Live United schools with
United Way and partnered with the Simple
Church to Provide Christmas
O The Entire Zone got together to provide a
Christmas Do-Over to a family from
Werner Park that lost everything in a
Christmas morning fire
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35. How is Our Work Spilling
Over into the District?
O Teacher Instructional Leadership Training
(TILT) is being expanded to more schools.
O Ron Clark Trip and its effects are expanding
to other schools in district.
O RTI/Intervention is a district wide effort.
O UVA processes for Campus 90 Day Plans has
expanded to other schools as “semester
plans”
O PARCC professional development provided to
Zone included other directors and schools.
O Transformation Officer leads PD in district with
other directors and schools.
36. Our Challenges…
O Uncertainty with state testing
O The majority of our students have come in
behind, having spent the majority of their
lives in struggling schools
O The number of overage and 9T students
O The number of special education students
is high in the Zone
O Difficulty in attracting and retaining
certified teachers, especially in critical
areas
