To Ensure Quality Learning Experiences For All Students, A Quality School...
...Provides Students with Curriculum that is meaningful and challenging to them (Standard 1.1)
These practices focus on engaging curriculum and tactics that are useful for principals, teachers, and students. Schools exhibiting effective practices in this area: Chabot Elementary, Acorn Woodland Elementary, Think College Now Academy |
Examples of Meaningful Curriculum Practices:
Activities help access curriculum Academic Language Visual Meters Examples of Challenging Curriculum Practices: Academic Language Visual Meters |
...Provides Safe & Nurturing Learning Environments (Standard 1.2)
This standard examines and looks for evidence of a school providing safe & nurturing learning environments. It incorporates practices received from school leaders, teachers, and reflections from students and parents. Schools exhibiting effective practices in this area: Chabot Elementary, EnCompass, Sankofa Academy, Acorn Woodland, Learning Without Limits, Global Family School, Think College Now, Thornhill, Madison MS, Urban Promise Academy, MetWest |
Examples of Routines and Structures:
Welcome Students At-the-door Feeling Connected After School Program is culturally responsive & supports behavior Intentional Student-Teacher Connections Build Safe Classrooms Routines and Systems in Place Examples of Social Emotional Practices: Anti-bullying/Inclusion Social Emotional Learning Rubric |
...Uses Instructional Strategies that make learning active for students and provide them with different ways to learn (Standard 1.4)
These practices analyze active learning instructional strategies and ways to engage students in different ways in order to increase student performance. Schools exhibiting effective practices in this area: Chabot Elementary, Acorn Woodland Elementary, Think College Now Academy |
Examples of Active Learning Practices:
Active Learning Strategies Active Learning Students Engaged in Active Learning Examples of Pacing Practices: Using Every Minute Well Examples of Scaffolding Practices: Good Teaching Strategies Supportive Learning Examples of Students Work Together in the Discipline Practices Visual Meters |
...Ensures that students know what they're Learning, why they're learning it and how it can be applied (Standard 1.7)
These practices are important for measuring student understanding and progress. Schools exhibiting effective practices in this area: Burckhalter, Acorn Woodland Elementary, Think College Now Academy |
Examples of Learning and Language Objectives:
Board Configurations Content and Language Objectives Common Blackboard Configurations Checking for Understanding & Tracking Progress |
...Provides academic intervention and broader enrichment supports before, during, and after school (Standard 1.8)
These practices are designed to intervene and provide academic learning to all students of different levels. Schools exhibiting effective practices in this area: Chabot, Burckhalter, Encompass, Markham, Sankofa Academy, Acorn Woodland, Learning Without Limits, Elmhurst Community Prep, Coliseum College Prep, MetWest, Oakland International |
Examples of Identification of Students that need Intervention Practices
Interventions and Supports Advanced Placement, Concurrent Enrollment, and Intervention Options Use of data to identify students’ needs is embedded in the school culture Examples of Academic Intervention Practices Tier 3 (RTI model) Interventions Continuation High Interventions Tiered School-Wide System to Interventions Examples of Enriching Activities After School Variety Succeeding in Reading Classroom Aides Peer Mediation |
...Provides and ensures equitable access to curriculum and courses that prepare all students for college (Standard 1.10)
Equitable learning practices increase access, knowledge and opportunities for all students Schools exhibiting effective practices in this area: Burckhalter, Encompass, Acorn Woodland, Learning Without Limits, Laurel Elementary, Think College Now, Thornhill, Frick MS, Madison MS, Coliseum College Prep |
...Has a college-going culture with staff and teachers who provide college preparedness resources (Standard 1.11)
College going cultures promote learning and goal achievement in the classroom Schools exhibiting effective practices in this area: Chabot Elementary, Think College Now, Coliseum College Prep, MetWest |