TL;DR: Every year, schools work to establish school improvement goals. Schools may fall into one of three categories: improvement, diminishing returns, or flatlining. There are five leverage points schools should look at for improvement. Each year, school improvement teams identify needs, create goals, and determine how to measure each goal. Staff commits to focusing on school priorities and strategies for … Read More
Edujargon
TL;DR: Some examples of edujargon include backwards design, common formative assessment, data walls, essential questions, personalized learning, scaffolding, social emotional learning, whole child, and more. Buzzwords or edujargon can support a school’s continuous improvement plan, but there must be consistent implementation. This post includes six questions to help educators avoid the edujargon trap. Faculty meetings, principal newsletters, conversations with colleagues, … Read More