1. Port Chester Middle School New York Systemic Change through Community Education

2. Great Expectations Board of Education and Superintendent Support  Yearly Performance Targets  Promotion Standards  Staff Development  Curriculum Alignment

3. Middle School Improvement Primary Strategy: Staff Development ELA: The Curricula Keystone  Looping Grades 7 & 8  Alignment of 6, 7, 8 th Grade Curriculum  Authentic Literature and Blended Test Prep Skills  English Seminar Program  Team Planning  Interdisciplinary Teaching

4. Middle School Improvement Primary Strategy: Staff Development ELA: The Curricula Keystone  All Faculty Are Teachers of Reading and Writing  Using Data for Improvement  Investing in Staff Developers (Consultant Ellin Rossberg)  Curriculum Enhancement and Parallel Tasks  Teaming and Looping

5. Middle School Improvement Primary Strategy: Staff Development ELA: The Curricula Keystone Teachers Are Instructional Leaders  Core Academic Subject Coordinators  Team Leaders  Team Planning ELA Workshops  Summer ELA Institutes

6. Middle School Improvement Primary Strategy: Staff Development ELA: The Curricula Keystone Instructional Support for Promotion Regulation  Prep for Success  Academic Intervention Services  Extended Day  After-School Homework Program  Summer School

7. Port Chester Middle School “A PLACE WHERE STUDENTS LEARN EXCELLENCE”