Description
– Use Data-Driven Instruction and Collaborative Teaching Strategies to Boost Academic Achievement – Foreword by Jeffrey C. Jones
How do educators build High Reliability Schools™ (HRS) and boost academic achievement? By implementing interdependent systems of operation and performance assessment for student-centered learning. A critical commitment to becoming an HRS is the PLC at Work® process of collaborative learning and teaching. This user-friendly teaching resource focuses on:
(1) a safe and collaborative culture
(2) effective teaching in every classroom
(3) a guaranteed and viable curriculum
(4) standards-referenced reporting of student progress (standards-based grading)
(5) a competency-based system
Marzano, Warrick, Rains and DuFour will help you:
- Increase school effectiveness through a focus on student-centred learning and the implementation of research-based leading indicators of operation
- Monitor effective practices through the use of lagging indicators and quick data sources
- Explore the three big ideas associated with the PLC at Work® process to implement student-centred learning, collaborative teaching strategies and data-driven instruction
- Engage in periodic reflection on effective school leadership and instructional coaching practices
- Understand how to balance and achieve school and district goals using data to improve students’ academic achievement and college- and career-readiness skills