1. No Excuses The 5 Effective Practices for High Performing, High Poverty Schools

3. Parental Accountability Constant feedback to parents through weekly updates. Principals teach parents to read to their children and check homework. Often provide or recommend a literacy program for parents.

4. You tube – School of Rock http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGg7KFcZp30KF

5. Teachers What to look for: Specific skill set and fitting in with the current staff. How to Hire: Pick teachers that are committed, have the right attitude, include the rest of the faculty in the interview process. How to fire: Don’t be afraid to get rid of the underperforming teachers.

6. 8 th Grade Exam in 1895! Write a composition of about 150 words and show therein that you understand the practical use of the rules of grammar. District No. 33 has a valuation of $35,000. What is the necessary levy to carry on a school seven months at $50 per month, and have $104 for incidentals? Name events connected with the following dates: 1607, 1620, 1800, 1849, and 1865? Write 10 words frequently mispronounced and indicate pronunciation by use of diacritical marks and by syllabication. Name and describe the following: Monrovia, Odessa, Denver, Manitoba, Hecla, Yukon, St. Helena, Juan Fermandez, Aspinwall and Orinoco.

7. Testing The point is what you do with the results… Don’t make excuses for them! There has to be a consistent assessment in place that demonstrates real mastery of what you are teaching. Use a data driven approach to school management.

8. WHOA!!! “Typically in America, the longer a child is in the public school system the worse he performs. As is well known in education circles, American 12 th graders now rank dead last among industrial nations in math and science. Regardless of race, class or family background, we are losing too many children to school failure and low achievement.”

9. Basic Skills How Progressive Education Has Hurt Low Income Children Most of All “Every child reading at grade level by the end of 1 st or 2 nd grade would do more than any other single reform to improve the quality and equity of American schooling,” E.D. Hirsch Jr. "The Teacher Movie" - by Mary Robinson Reynolds | The MasterMinding Maven®"The Teacher Movie" - by Mary Robinson Reynolds | The MasterMinding Maven®

10. Dollars and Sense

11. Spent money on: – HIGHLY qualified teachers –HIGH quality reading materials –Instructional support materials –Specialists to work with ALL teacher Eliminated non-teaching staff Longer school days “Creative” budgeting

12. Percentile Entering Percentile Leaving Average School/ Average Teacher 50 th Highly Ineffective School/Highly Ineffective Teacher 50 th 3 rd Highly Effective School/ Highly Ineffective Teacher 50 th 37 th Highly Ineffective School/ Highly Effective Teacher 50 th 63 rd Highly Effective School/ Average Teacher 50 th 78 th Highly Effective School/ Highly Effective Teacher 50 th 96 th http://www.marzanoandassociates.com/html/resources.htm#powerpoint