1. To change the sample image, select the picture and delete it. Now click the Pictures icon in the placeholder to insert your own image. Click Send to Back (Home tab, Arrange, Send to Back) to send the picture behind the animated lines and then reposition the circles and lines to reflect the new travel route. The animation is already done for you; just copy and paste the slide into your existing presentation. CCMS CCHS Winn Cartmell ALC Nine Characteristics of High‐Performing Schools

2. 9 Characteristics  1. A Clear and Shared Focus  2. High Standards and Expectations for All Students  3. Effective School Leadership  4. High Levels of Collaboration and Communication  5. Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessments Aligned with State Standards  6. Frequent Monitoring of Learning and Teaching  7. Focused Professional Development  8. Supportive Learning Environment  9. High Levels of Family and Community Involvement http://www.k12.wa.us/research/pubdocs/pdf/9characteristicsrresourcelist.pdf

3. To change the sample image, select the picture and delete it. Now click the Pictures icon in the placeholder to insert your own image. Click Send to Back (Home tab, Arrange, Send to Back) to send the picture behind the animated lines and then reposition the circles and lines to reflect the new travel route. The animation is already done for you; just copy and paste the slide into your existing presentation. 5. Curriculum, Instruction and Assessments Aligned with State Standards  Curriculum--The planned and actual curricula are aligned with the essential academic learning requirements (EALRs).  Instruction--Research-based teaching strategies and materials are used.  Assessment--Staff understand The role of classroom assessments The role of state assessments What the assessments measure How student work is evaluated

4. Providing students with a “guaranteed and viable curriculum…” that is well-aligned to academic standards has the greatest impact on student achievement. Robert Marzano, What Works in Schools (Marzano, 2003) Alignment =

5. http://www.k12.wa.us/CurriculumInstruct/pubdocs/PublishersNotices/GuidanceonSelectingMaterials-FINAL2009.pdf Alignment Leads to Student Achievement

6. “How will we know we have arrived at our destination?” What CIA should look like….. “What is the best way to reach our destination?” CurriculumInstructionAssessment “Our destination is to achieve state standards.”

7. What are the Essential Academic Learning Requirements (EALRs)? Common Core State Standards (CCSS) Curriculum is the Road Map/GPS Kentucky Core Academic Standards (KCAS) Kentucky was first state to adopt CCSS, 2010 46 states + DC have adopted CCSS

8. Instruction is the Vehicle Research-based teaching strategies Research-based materials

9. Research-based Strategies Thinking Strategies Drawing Inferences Determining Importance Creating Sensory Images Synthesizing Information Problem Solving Monitoring for Meaning Activating, Utilizing, and Building Background Information (Schema) Asking Questions

10. Marzano Identifying Similarities and Differences Summarizing and Note Taking Reinforcing Effort and Providing Recognition Homework and Practice Nonlinguistic Representations Cooperative Learning Setting Objectives and Providing Feedback Generating and Testing Hypotheses Cues, Questions, and Advance Organizers Research-based Strategies

11. Hattie Influencers Students Self-report grades1.44 Piagetian Programs1.28 Providing Formative Evaluation0.9 Classroom Behavioral0.8 Teacher Clarity0.75 Feedback0.74 Teacher-Student Relationship0.72 Research-based Strategies

12. Research-Based Materials Carnegie Accelerated Math Compass Read 180 Lindamood Bell Read Naturally Dream Box

13. Assessment tells us how close we are. KPREP, MAP, STAR, Unit Tests, Projects, Exit Slips, Hand Signals