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Action Step
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Responsible Person(s)
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Resources Needed
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Timeline
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Status
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- Create Building Leadership Team (BLT) with representatives from each grade level/dept. to meet monthly.
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- Principal
- Asst. Principal
- BLT reps.
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- Time and space to meet
- Agenda
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- Strengthen instructional practice by focusing on the Instructional Core and the quality of student tasks to advance thinking, engagement, and deeper learning.
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- Principal
- Asst. Principal
- Coordinators
- BLT reps.
- Teachers
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- Staff meeting time
- Instructional core materials
- Time for planning
- Task analysis protocol
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- Strengthen instructional routines around vocabulary and writing instruction.
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- Principal
- Reading coordinator
- Teachers
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- HMH Into Reading resources
- Copies of Bringing Words to Life by Isabel Beck, Margaret McKeown, and Linda Kucan for book study
- thinksrsd.com resources
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- Celebrate literacy and math learning through reading and math challenges and events (1000 Book Club, math challenge, Literacy/Math Night), author visits, and book swaps.
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- Reading Coordinator
- Math Coordinator
- Teachers
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- Identified authors and visit times
- PTO funds
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- Increase outdoor learning opportunities throughout the year using available outdoor space.
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- Teachers
- Special education teachers
- School counselor
- PE teacher
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- Outdoor space
- Materials for outdoor learning (clipboards, etc)
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- Embed and increase activity breaks throughout the school day based on research suggesting 10 minutes of activity for every 60 minutes of learning.
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- Teachers
- Special education teachers
- Aides
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- Hallway activities
- Class scavenger hunts
- GoNoodle
- Movement based academic games (vocabulary hopscotch)
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- Reduce technology/iPad use by promoting active learning strategies and limiting screen time during the school day.
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- Teachers
- Technology teacher
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- Non-digital learning materials
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- Identify collaboration time for teachers to plan and to share best practices and strategies for student engagement and Tier 2 support at weekly Grade Level Meetings (GLM), monthly Curriculum Meetings, and Elementary Early Release Days.
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- Principal
- Asst. Principal
- Teachers
- Special Educators
- Coordinators
- Therapists
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- Master schedule
- Yearlong meeting schedule
- Meeting norms
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- Provide professional development on Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and integrate strategies into lesson planning and instructional practice.
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- Director of Teaching and Learning
- PD Committee
- Principal
- Teachers
- Aides
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- Schedule for professional development
- Lesson Cast presenters
- Space for training
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- Increase opportunities for learning walks and peer observations to foster a culture of continuous improvement.
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- Principal
- Asst. Principal
- Teachers
- Mentors/Mentees
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- Framework for learning walks
- Observation protocol/focused questions
- Reflection journals
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