CIP EXAMPLES CIP TRAINING 2008 ACADEMICS PART II

Academic Weakness / Strategies / Collaboration
Vocabulary / Interactive Word Walls in classrooms & common areas
“Word Rich” environment
Words of the Day
Pre-teach vocabulary
Sample: All teachers will develop interactive word walls which change with instruction. Lesson Plans will reflect how word walls are being used to enhance instruction. / All faculty develop grade specific word walls
Word wall faculty committee develop school environment
Principal selects “word of the day”
All faculty pre-teach vocabulary
Faculty discuss various uses of work walls and share successes
Reading Comprehension / Small group instruction
Cooperative learning
Higher order questioning
Teacher modeling of reading strategies
Provide intervention programs
Graphic organizers
Sample: All teachers will provide explicit reading instruction through modeling reading strategies (e.g. sticky notes, highlighting text, activating prior knowledge) / Faculty members will share different reading strategies to model in the classroom
Faculty members will keep a copy of Bloom’s to help guide questioning.
Flexible student grouping based on assessment results
Math / Hands on activities and manipulatives
Small group instruction
Cooperative learning
Higher order thinking
Pre-teach skills
Math Journals
Peer tutoring
Intervention programs
Graphic organizers
Sample: Use formative assessments to establish flexible small groupings within the classroom. / End of month tests used to determine instruction
Faculty members develop instructional groups based on results of formative assessments
Pacing guides developed and followed
Academic Weakness / Strategies / Collaboration
General / Differentiated Instructional strategies are used for all good instruction.
TWIRL student engagement strategies
Sample: All teachers utilize the TWIRL model of instruction. / Faculty members meet and discuss student progress and teaching strategies.
Faculty members meet and use data to make decisions about curriculum and instruction.
AHSGE / ALL teachers are held accountability for lessons plans which reflect Course of Study Standards and teaching to mastery.
Sample: All core teachers’ (grades9-12) lesson plans reflect the use of AHSGE non-mastery report to establish instructional priorities. / Faculty members meet to analyze AHSGE non-mastery test results and adjust instruction accordingly.