Plan of Action
Our plan of action is based in part on a model for Improving Student Success from the Network and a computer simulation that puts student achievement in the center of the teacher, school, and parent relationship.
- Engage principals and administration in our program development
(Linking to the Schools Environment)
Encourage the norm of collegiality
(Creating Conditions that facilitate Effective Teaching)
- Articulate T/LQP organizational goals
(Attending to Goals of the school and classroom)
- Confer with teachers on professional goals
(Motivating Teacher Performance)
- Facilitate teacher interaction
(Creating Conditions that facilitate Effective Teaching)
- Develop norms that emphasize learning
(Motivating Teacher Performance)
- Promote student opportunities to learn
(Improving the Curriculum)
- Provide teachers opportunities for development
(Motivating Teacher Performance)
- Teacher competence through staff development
(Ensuring the Competence of Teachers and staff)
- Provide teachers feedback on performance
(Motivating Teacher Performance)
- Teacher-directed interactive instruction
(Developing Instructional Strategies)
- Leverage district support for improvement
(Linking to the Schools Environment)
- Cooperative learning
(Developing Instructional Strategies)
- Within-Class peer tutoring
(Developing Instructional Strategies)
Teacher participation in instructional decision making
(Attending to Goals of the school and classroom)
- Assist teachers in Involving parents in their children’s education
(Seeking Parental Involvement and Assistance)
- Academic press (Mailings)
(Attending to Goals of the school and classroom)
- Disaggregating test results
(Assessing Student Performance)
- Align the curriculum and test
(Improving the Curriculum)
- Develop a coherent curriculum
(Improving the Curriculum)
- Increase the rigor of the curriculum
(Improving the Curriculum)
- Recruitment and selection of teachers
(Ensuring the Competence of Teachers and staff)
