September 3 f

1. Focus on a few things
and make them great.

4. Behavioral
Expectations
6 Pillars
Effective
Grading
Practices
Accountability
• Part of the culture
• Student of the week
• Awards
• Grades reflect progress toward standards
• HW at 0%
• Traditional and alternative discipline
• Communication with parents
• Report card comments

5. Why?
Massachusetts General Laws Chapter
37H, 37 H ½, and 37 H ¾
(b) Any principal, headmaster, superintendent or
other person acting as a decision-maker at a
student meeting or hearing, when deciding the
consequences for the student, shall exercise
discretion; consider ways to re-engage the student
in the learning process; and avoid using expulsion
as a consequence until other remedies and
consequences have been employed.

6. Why?

10. What to expect this year
• Revisit Student Handbook
• Revisit Faculty Handbook
• Renewed focus on
effective teaching
practices
• Peer-observations
• Update report card
comments
• Conversations about
classroom management
• Conversations about
effective grading
practices
• Increased focus on the
6 Pillars of Character
• More work with the
Zones of Regulation

11. When/How?
• Revisit Student Handbook
• Revisit Faculty Handbook
• Renewed focus on
effective teaching
practices
• Peer-observations
• Update report card
comments
• Conversations about
classroom management
• Conversations about
effective grading
practices
• Increased focus on the
6 Pillars of Character
• More work with the
Zones of Regulation

12. Throughout
• Revisit Student Handbook
• Revisit Faculty Handbook
• Renewed focus on
effective teaching
practices
• Peer-observations
• Update report card
comments
• Conversations about
classroom management
• Conversations about
effective grading
practices
• Increased focus on the
6 Pillars of Character
• More work with the
Zones of Regulation

13. Start soon
• Revisit Student Handbook
• Revisit Faculty Handbook
• Renewed focus on
effective teaching
practices
• Peer-observations
• Update report card
comments
• Conversations about
classroom management
• Conversations about
effective grading
practices
• Increased focus on the
6 Pillars of Character
• More work with the
Zones of Regulation

14. Oct/Nov
• Revisit Student Handbook
• Revisit Faculty Handbook
• Renewed focus on
effective teaching
practices
• Peer-observations
• Update report card
comments
• Conversations about
classroom management
• Conversations about
effective grading
practices
• Increased focus on the
6 Pillars of Character
• More work with the
Zones of Regulation

15. Email Shawn
• Revisit Student Handbook
• Revisit Faculty Handbook
• Renewed focus on
effective teaching
practices
• Peer-observations
• Update report card
comments
• Conversations about
classroom management
• Conversations about
effective grading
practices
• Increased focus on the
6 Pillars of Character
• More work with the
Zones of Regulation

16. Email Katelyn
• Revisit Student Handbook
• Revisit Faculty Handbook
• Renewed focus on
effective teaching
practices
• Peer-observations
• Update report card
comments
• Conversations about
classroom management
• Conversations about
effective grading
practices
• Increased focus on the
6 Pillars of Character
• More work with the
Zones of Regulation

17. Opportunities
• Update report card comments
• Service-Learning
• Modeling authentic learning