The document outlines plans for the upcoming school year, including revisiting the student and faculty handbooks, focusing on effective teaching practices through peer observations, updating report card comments, having conversations around classroom management and grading, increasing emphasis on character education, and further implementing work with social-emotional learning. These initiatives will take place throughout the year starting soon, with check-ins planned for October/November. Staff are encouraged to contact Shawn or Katelyn with any questions.

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