Writing FELE
Heading -✔✔School Name
123 School Way, City, Florida 33333
850-400-5000; Fax: 850-401-5000
MEMO musts -✔✔TO: Sally Joe, Principal
FROM: Amanda Pike, Assistant Principal
DATE: 10/23/16
SUBJECT: Professional Development Recommendations: Student Achievement Results.
CONTENT (Opening Segment/purpose; Context/data revealed; Task/ Plan; Discussion/
Recommendations; Closing/invitation to collaborate)
Attached: Data Analysis Results, January- May
Executive summary -✔✔October 16, 2016
Name High School - Executive Summary
CONTENT (One-page statement of the problem; The purpose of the communication; Summary of the
results; Conclusions; Recommendations"
Summary prepared by: Amanda Pike, Assistant Principal
Approved by: Janice Nores, Principal
,Letter to Faculty and Staff -✔✔School Name
123 School Way, City, Florida 33333
850-400-5000; Fax: 850-401-5000
Amanda Pike, Principal
Michele Norton, Assistant Principal
September 10, 2011
Dear Faculty and Staff,
Goal character count -✔✔3,500 character goal
Point of view -✔✔Frame all statements according to learning gains (increased, decreased, no change)
Data Presentation -✔✔FIRST Bullet data interpretation, explanation, and application in bullets
SECOND Narrative of data; categorize as appropriate to present clearly
Supplemental Rating Criteria -✔✔1. Stated topic with details and examples
2. Data interpretation, explanation/application
3. Described purpose
4. Reflects understanding of target audience
5. Presented overview for planned change
6. Maintained point of view
7. Logical organization
8. Grammar and syntax
, Initiatives should be 3-fold -✔✔school-wide, in-class, person specific
High Yield Instructional Strategies (HYIS) -✔✔Marzano's (Nine) High-Yield Instructional Strategies
By Robert J. Marzano; Adapted from the book: Classroom Instruction that Works: Research-based
Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement, by Robert Marzano (2001)
Identifying similarities and differences
(Yields a 45 percentile gain) -✔✔Thinking Maps, T-charts, Venn diagrams, classifying, analogies, cause
and effect links, compare and contrast organizers; QAR (Question/Answer/Relationship), sketch to
stretch, affinity diagrams, Frayer model (see below)
Summarizing and note taking (Yields a 34 percentile gain -✔✔Teacher models summarization
techniques, identify key concepts, bullets, outlines, clusters, narrative organizers, journal summaries,
break down assignments, create simple reports, quick writes, graphic organizers, column notes, affinity
diagrams, etc.
Reinforcing effort and providing recognition
(Yields a 29 percentile gain) -✔✔Hold high expectations, display finished products, praise students'
effort, encourage students to share ideas and express their thoughts, honor individual learning styles,
conference individually with students, authentic portfolios, stress-free environment, high- fives, Spelling
Bee, Constitution Day, School Newspaper, etc.
Homework and practice (Yields a 28 percentile gain) -✔✔Retell, recite and review learning for the day
at home, reflective journals, parents are informed of the goals and objectives, grade level teams plan
together for homework distribution; SLCs; teacher email.
Nonlinguistic representations (Yields a 27 percentile gain) -✔✔Visual tools and manipulatives, problem-
solution organizers, spider webs, diagrams, concept maps, drawings, charts, thinking maps, graphic
organizers, sketch to stretch, storyboards, foldables, act out content, make physical models, etc.
Heading -✔✔School Name
123 School Way, City, Florida 33333
850-400-5000; Fax: 850-401-5000
MEMO musts -✔✔TO: Sally Joe, Principal
FROM: Amanda Pike, Assistant Principal
DATE: 10/23/16
SUBJECT: Professional Development Recommendations: Student Achievement Results.
CONTENT (Opening Segment/purpose; Context/data revealed; Task/ Plan; Discussion/
Recommendations; Closing/invitation to collaborate)
Attached: Data Analysis Results, January- May
Executive summary -✔✔October 16, 2016
Name High School - Executive Summary
CONTENT (One-page statement of the problem; The purpose of the communication; Summary of the
results; Conclusions; Recommendations"
Summary prepared by: Amanda Pike, Assistant Principal
Approved by: Janice Nores, Principal
,Letter to Faculty and Staff -✔✔School Name
123 School Way, City, Florida 33333
850-400-5000; Fax: 850-401-5000
Amanda Pike, Principal
Michele Norton, Assistant Principal
September 10, 2011
Dear Faculty and Staff,
Goal character count -✔✔3,500 character goal
Point of view -✔✔Frame all statements according to learning gains (increased, decreased, no change)
Data Presentation -✔✔FIRST Bullet data interpretation, explanation, and application in bullets
SECOND Narrative of data; categorize as appropriate to present clearly
Supplemental Rating Criteria -✔✔1. Stated topic with details and examples
2. Data interpretation, explanation/application
3. Described purpose
4. Reflects understanding of target audience
5. Presented overview for planned change
6. Maintained point of view
7. Logical organization
8. Grammar and syntax
, Initiatives should be 3-fold -✔✔school-wide, in-class, person specific
High Yield Instructional Strategies (HYIS) -✔✔Marzano's (Nine) High-Yield Instructional Strategies
By Robert J. Marzano; Adapted from the book: Classroom Instruction that Works: Research-based
Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement, by Robert Marzano (2001)
Identifying similarities and differences
(Yields a 45 percentile gain) -✔✔Thinking Maps, T-charts, Venn diagrams, classifying, analogies, cause
and effect links, compare and contrast organizers; QAR (Question/Answer/Relationship), sketch to
stretch, affinity diagrams, Frayer model (see below)
Summarizing and note taking (Yields a 34 percentile gain -✔✔Teacher models summarization
techniques, identify key concepts, bullets, outlines, clusters, narrative organizers, journal summaries,
break down assignments, create simple reports, quick writes, graphic organizers, column notes, affinity
diagrams, etc.
Reinforcing effort and providing recognition
(Yields a 29 percentile gain) -✔✔Hold high expectations, display finished products, praise students'
effort, encourage students to share ideas and express their thoughts, honor individual learning styles,
conference individually with students, authentic portfolios, stress-free environment, high- fives, Spelling
Bee, Constitution Day, School Newspaper, etc.
Homework and practice (Yields a 28 percentile gain) -✔✔Retell, recite and review learning for the day
at home, reflective journals, parents are informed of the goals and objectives, grade level teams plan
together for homework distribution; SLCs; teacher email.
Nonlinguistic representations (Yields a 27 percentile gain) -✔✔Visual tools and manipulatives, problem-
solution organizers, spider webs, diagrams, concept maps, drawings, charts, thinking maps, graphic
organizers, sketch to stretch, storyboards, foldables, act out content, make physical models, etc.
