1. Fleming County Schools December 10, 2014

16.  Continue improvements in curriculum and instruction (Rigor)  Continue to implement and use Engage NY as a model  Second Benchmark – Week of Jan 19 (tentative)

17. Fleming County Schools December 10, 2014

18. PLUS  Positive atmosphere  Parent/community support  Students well-behaved and polite  Staff cares about students  Buildings clean, well- maintained DELTA  Systems, processes, procedures (incl. grading/reporting)  High expectations, rigorous instruction  Differentiation, especially high achieving  Student use of technology  Use of exemplars, rubrics

19. Fleming County Schools December 10, 2014

20. The FCS vision for science instruction is to provide a world-class, STEM-focused curriculum that will move Fleming County students to the forefront of 21st Century learners (students of distinction). *STEM – Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics

21.  Foster inquisitiveness (students ask questions and design solutions to problems)  Make real-world connections  Make cross-curricular connections  Foster teacher leadership  Apply system to measure effectiveness  Foster student accountability and responsibility for learning  Foster student independence  K-12 curriculum aligned to NGSS, 3-D  Coherent instruction, building unit to unit, grade to grade, course to course. Successful Implementation: