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Implementing New Program (Scenario Steps)
1. Evaluate the Date
2. Identify Standards and Goal Alignment
3. Monitor Student Performance
Everything begins with...
Data-Driven Decision Making
Qualitative Data
Surveys, Observations, Conferences, Case Studies (cannot be quantified)
Quantitative Data
State test scores, reading scores, grades (can be quantified)
Data Collection (connected terms)
needs assessments
looking over test scores
administering surveys
walk-through notes
observations
Goal alignment
Schools goals, district goals, state and national goals
Vertical Alignment
Up & down between grade levels
Horizontal Alignment
Between and among subject areas
How do leaders measure state standards alignment?
lesson plans
lesson objectives
communication between teachers,
instruction
textbooks and curriculum
Critical Thinking in the Classroom
Create, Apply, Evaluate, Analyze
Questioning Techniques to Increase Critical Thinking
Wait time
Specific feedback
Redirection