This document provides guidance for teachers to improve student achievement. It recommends that teachers develop lesson plans 5 days in advance, maintain data notebooks with student assessment information, use pacing guides and curriculum maps, incorporate formative assessments and writing in all subjects, collaborate with other teachers, establish classroom norms and consequences, build in remediation time, and utilize technology effectively. The overall goal is to increase student achievement through strategic planning and data-driven instruction.

1. Moving Towards Excellence

2. Our GOAL is to
increase student
achievement.

3. So what do we need
to do…

4. Lesson Plan Notebook
• 5 days in advance
• Create a routine for writing your
plans
• Get resources ahead of time
• Keep copies of test with
standards written on them

5. Data Notebook
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EVAAS data
EOC
Benchmark
Classroom Test

6. Student Data Sheets
• For students to keep track of their grades

7. Student Work
• Post quality student work in the classroom
and hallways
• Keep student work in folders or portfolios to
share with parents

8. Use your Pacing
Guide and
Curriculum Maps

9. Benchmark Schedule
• March 13-21, 2014
• May 19-23, 2014

10. Use Schoolnet

11. Use Pre-Tests and
Formative
Assessments to
help guide your
instruction

12. Use the released test
to assist you in your
instruction

13. Review CIF Strategies
• Collaborative Group Work
• Writing to Learn
• Literacy Groups
• Questioning
• Scaffolding
• Classroom Talk

14. Incorporate writing
in all content areas

15. Collaborate…
• Plan with others

16. Parent Contact
• Keep a parent contact log
• Make positive phone calls early
• Contact parents if a child is failing or on the
verge of failing

17. Remediation
• Build remediation time into your class time
• Use your data to help identify students in
need of remediation

18. Review BHS School Norms
• Take time to go back over the school norms

19. Teach

20. Consequences/Rewards
• Establish a set of consequences and rewards

21. Work on building
positive
relationships with
students

22. Use Rubrics
http://rubistar.4teachers.org/
http://www.rcampus.com/indexrubric.cfm
http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/rubrics/

23. Remember nothing
replaces Direct
Teaching

24. Use Technology Effectively
7 Habits Of Highly-Effective Teachers Who
Effectively Use Technology
1. They always start with the why
2. They are malleable and can easily adapt
3. They embrace change
4. They share
5. They think win-win
6. They are thorough and think ahead
7. They actively care

25. Question Stems
• Use bloom’s question stems to develop
meaningful questions

26. Use your Resources

27. 3 Before Me
• Try 3 strategies before writing an office
referral

29. Moving Towards Excellence