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Standards & Indicators for School Improvement Toolkit

 

Standard 3 - Instruction

 

Standard 3: The school’s instructional program actively engages all students by using effective, varied, and research-based practices to improve student academic performance.

 

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     Documents

 

           Attributes of Standards Based Unit of Study Screening Tool

 

           How to Develop a Standards Based Unit of Study

 

           Blank SBU template

 

Completed SBU template

 

Sample Approaches to Essential Questions

 

Sample Essential Question Development Form

 

Physical Activity SBU

 

Statistics Grade 4

 

Life Long Wellness Habits SBU

 

6th Grade Unit on China for Differentiated Instruction Workshop

 

Middle Ages Feudal Society

 

Jessamine County SBUS Science

 

Knott Co SBUS Math & Statistics

 

SBUS Watersheds

 

Rights and Responsibilities SBU

 

Jobs & Careers

 

Introduction to Geometry

 

Similar Triangles and Intro to Trigonometry

 

Word Processing Unit

 

Presentation Software Unit

 

Spreadsheet Unit

 

Database Unit

 

Multicultural Lesson Plans

 

Essential Questions Regarding Lesson Plans

 

Effective Lessons

 

Characteristic Of a Good Lesson

 

Unit Design – Lesson Design

 

Lesson plan check list

 

Lesson plan format

 

Lesson Plan Review Sheet

 

Lesson Plan Review Sheet (#3)

 

Lesson Plan Review Sheet #4

 

Lesson Planner/Template 1

 

Lesson Planner/Template 2

 

Lesson Planner/Template 3

 

Lesson Planner/Template 4

 

2002 Lesson Plan Format Region 8

 

KELP Standards

 

Memory Pathways – Elementary

 

Memory Pathways – Group Activity

 

Memory Pathways – High School

 

Memory Pathways – Middle School

 

Multiple Memory and Retrieval Pathways

 

Setting Objective Plans For Students

 

How To Kill A Student’s Brain

 

Brain Compatible Learning

 

          Brain Compatible Tips On Boosting Student Achievement

 

          Aim’s, Goal’s and Objective’s – Student Sheet

 

          Aim’s, Goal’s and Objective’s

 

          Agree/Disagree

 

          Agree/Disagree – Student Sheet

 

          Baggage Claim

 

          Baggage Claim – Student Sheet

 

          Bio Poem

 

          Bio Poem – Student Sheet

 

          Conduct An Interview

 

          Conduct An Interview – Student Sheet

 

          Consequence and Sequel

 

          Consequence and Sequel – Student Sheet

 

          Consider All Factors

 

          Consider All Factors – Student Sheet

 

          Five WHYS

 

          Five WHYS – Student Sheet

 

          Force Field Analysis

 

          Force Field Analysis – Student Sheet

 

          Four Corners

 

          Four Corners – Student Sheet

 

          Fussing With Definition

 

          Fussing With Definition – Student Sheet

 

          Gallery Walk

 

          Gallery Walk – Student Sheet

 

          How Do I Learn To Do It

 

          Jigsaw II

 

          Jigsaw II – Student Sheet

 

         Plus Minus Interesting Strategy

 

         Plus Minus Interesting Student Sheet

 

         Prepare, Present, Process Strategy

 

         Prepare, Present, Process Student Sheet

 

         Raft Strategy

 

         Raft Strategy Student Sheet

 

          Reaching Consensus

 

          Ready, Set and Recall

 

          Ready, Set and Recall – Student Sheet

 

          Scored Discussion

 

          Scored Discussion – Student Sheet

 

          Six Hat Thinking

 

          Six Hat Thinking - Student

 

          SQRRR

 

          SQRRR – Student Sheet

 

          SWOT Analysis

 

          SWOT Analysis – Student Sheet

 

          The Mind Map Student Sheet

 

          Think Ink Pair Share

 

          Think Ink Pair Share – Student Sheet

 

          Think Pair Share

 

          Think Pair Share – Student Sheet

          Venn Diagram

 

          Venn Diagram – Student Sheet

 

          Multicultural Lesson Plans

 

          Danielson Instruction Rubric

 

          Bloom’s – Student Copy

 

          Abstracting and extending process

 

          Teacher assessment abstracting and extending

 

          Teacher observation questions abstracting and extending

 

          Student handout abstracting and extending

 

          Student self-assessment abstracting and extending

 

          Student self-assessment abstracting and extending K-2

 

          Analyzing Perspectives Process

 

          Teacher assessment analyzing perspectives 9-12

 

          Teacher observation questions analyzing perspectives

 

          Student handout analyzing perspectives

 

          Student self-assessment analyzing perspectives 6-8

 

          Student self-assessment analyzing perspectives K-2

 

          Comparing process

 

          Comparing assessment questions

 

        Classifying process

 

          Classifying handout

 

          Classifying self-assessment K-2

 

 

          Classifying self-assessment 3-12

 

          Constructing support process

 

          Teacher assessment constructing support 9-12

 

          Teacher observation questions constructing support

 

          Student handout constructing support

 

          Self-assessment constructing support 6-8

 

          Student self-assessment constructing support K-2

 

          Decision Making Process

 

          Teacher Assessment Decision Making

 

          Teacher observation questions decision making

 

          Student handout decision making

 

          Student self-assessment decision making 9-12

 

          Student self-assessment decision making K-2

 

          Teacher assessment deductive reasoning

 

          Teacher observation questions deductive reasoning

 

          Student handout deductive reasoning

 

          Student self-assessment deductive reasoning 6-8

 

          Student self-assessment deductive reasoning K-2

 

          Error analysis process

 

          Teacher assessment error analysis 9-12

 

          Teacher observation questions error analysis

 

          Student handout error analysis

 

          Student self-assessment error analysis 6-8

 

          Student self-assessment error analysis K-2

 

          Experimental inquiry process

 

          Teacher observation questions experimental inquiry

 

          Student handout experimental inquiry

 

          Student self-assessment experimental inquiry

 

          Student self-assessment experimental inquiry K-2

 

          Teacher assessment inductive reasoning

 

          Teacher assessment inductive reasoning

 

          Student handout inductive reasoning

 

          Student self-assessment inductive reasoning

 

          Student self-assessment inductive reasoning K-2

 

          Invention process

 

          Teacher assessment invention 9-12

 

          Teacher observation questions invention

 

          Student handout invention

 

          Student self-assessment invention 6-8

 

          Student self-assessment invention K-2

 

          Investigation process

 

          Teacher assessment investigation

 

          Teacher observation questions investigation

 

          Student handout investigation

 

          Student self-assessment investigation

 

          Student self-assessment investigation K-2

 

          Problem Solving Process

 

          Teacher assessment problem solving 9-12

 

          Teacher observation questions problem solving

 

          Student handout problem solving

 

          Student self-assessment problem solving 6-8

 

          Self-assessment problem solving K-2

 

           Stone Fox mini-lessons

 

Stone Fox Reading Circles

 

Stone Fox On Demand

 

Stone Fox with pre-reading activities

 

Differentiated Instruction

 

Key Points in Differentiation

 

Differentiated Instructional Strategies

 

Differentiated Instruction Glossary

 

The Planning of Differentiated Instruction

 

         Instructional Strategies Grid

 

Instructional Strategies for Differentiated Presentation

 

           Problems Solutions in Differentiated Classrooms

 

           Resources for Facilitating Differentiated Instructional Planning

 

 Notes on Differentiation

 

           Primary Classroom Look 21st century

 

What You DON'T Want to See in a Primary Program

 

Hamman Walkthrough 2004

 

Gary Perkins Electronic Walkthrough(10)03 Shortened

 

           Walkthrough Instruction

 

         Quick Views-walk throughs

 

           Talking Points Lesson Planning Training

 

           Teacher Role in Discourse Task

 

           Ten strategies used by teachers that have totally eliminated the achievement gap

 

Where the Boys Are

 

           Helping Boys and Girls Learn

 

           What every NEP and LEP student should know and be able to do

 

2002 Lesson Plan Format Region 8

 

Early Childhood Framework

 

          Classroom Practices

 

Frequently Asked Questions About Principles and Standards for School Mathematics in Grades 3-5

 

Frequently Asked Questions About Principles and Standards for School Mathematics In Grades K-2

 

         How to Learn

 

         Opportunities to Learn

 

Planning Meeting to Analyze Student Work

 

Public Displays

 

Math Content Look Fors

 

Design Your Own Learning Styles Graphic Organizer

 

Determining Expected Years in ESL

 

ESL Students in Mainstream Classes

 

Student Bloom's

 

Teacher - Student Feedback Survey

 

Grade Level  Planning Meeting

 

Interdisciplinary Team Planning Guide

 

Interdisciplinary Team Planning Guide Sample

 

Celebrations

 

More celebrations

 

No Excuses

 

Ongoing Assessment handout

 

Best Practices - Tools for Teachers

 

Unpacked Standard blank template

 

Unpacked Standard example

 

Unpacked Std MA M 1 1 1

 

 

 

     PowerPoints

 

          Breaking Down the Standards

 

          Classroom Instruction

 

          Classroom Strategies Increase Student Achievement

 

          Content Focused Instruction

 

          Criteria For Design – Hooking The Student

 

          Curriculum Maps and Standards-Based Unit of Study

 

          Differentiation Revealed

 

          Differentiated Instruction

 

          Differentiated Instruction #2

 

          Differentiated Instruction #3

 

          Differentiation – Primary Focus

 

          Differentiation Revealed

 

          Effective Questioning

 

          Gender Equity and Educational Practice

 

          Homework – What Works

 

          Learning The Brain

 

          Literacy Strategies

 

          Multiple Intelligences

 

          Multiple Intelligences #2

 

          Primary Talent Pool and Differentiation

 

          Principles and Standards – Grades 3-5

 

          Principles and Standards – Grades K-2

 

          Proficiency Tools

 

          Reading Strategies

 

          Math Standards Based Instruction

 

          Standards-Based Unit of Instruction Presentation

 

          Teacher Level Factors

 

          Teacher Questions

 

          The Road To Proficiency I

 

          The Road To Proficiency II

 

          The Road To Proficiency III

 

          Unit Organizer – Guidance Template

 

          Unit Organizer Blank Template

 

          Unit Organizer Completed Template

 

     Web Pages

 

Standard 3 - Academic Performance - Instruction

 

Second Language Learner Instructional Considerations

 

Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children