A Resource for Administrators |
Much of the academic success of the students in the School District of Palm Beach County can be attributed to the proactive nature of the school administrations, their leadership teams and the classroom educators. This resource is designed to guide school principals as they strategically develop their instructional plans, formulate their strategies and implement interventions with intentional razor-sharp focus. Stage I (August - October) Stage II (November - January) Stage II is the second installment of suggested strategies designed to provide ideas for the school administration to use in developing an instructional action plan. In “Setting the Stage for Success - Stage II,” you will find information that may be helpful to you in using the Fall diagnostic and other assessment results as tools to review and adjust your instructional plan, check on the progress towards your goals, develop additional and/or new strategies and interventions to address newly uncovered specific weaknesses. It is always important to use multiple data sources in developing your action plan. On-going classroom formative assessments, used in conjunction with the summative reports found in the Educational Data Warehouse will help to direct your actions. There is compelling and conclusive evidence that routine use of formative assessment (Assessment FOR Learning) motivates and accelerates student achievement. (Black and Wiliam, 2001)
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