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The Journey : An Urban School’s Road to Distinction. Washington Elementary School Title I Distinguished School Fort Wayne, Indiana. Washington Elementary. Achievement Data . Washington’s Goal. K.I.S.S. Essential Elements. CULTURE.
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The Journey: An Urban School’s Road to Distinction Washington Elementary School Title I Distinguished School Fort Wayne, Indiana
CULTURE Research found that both high and low performing schools focused on many of the same strategies for improvement. The culture in which this work takes place is what separates the high from the low-performing schools. ~ Cathy Lassiter
CULTURE • Trust & Empowerment • Enthusiasm, Positive, FUN • High Expectations – “All Means All”
VISION/FOCUS • SIP Alignment • Buy-in • Goals and Vision
DATA • Data Meetings • Public Data • Student Recognition • Formal & Informal • Celebrations
PROFESSIONAL LEARNING • Aligned to SIP • Embedded/Common Plan • Teacher Ownership/Data Driven
“I’ve come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element in the classroom. It is my daily mood that sets the weather. As a teacher, I possess a tremendous power to make a child’s life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture, or an instrument of inspiration. I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal. In all situations it is my response that decides whether a crisis will be escalated or de-escalated and a child humanized or de-humanized.” • ~Haim Ginnot, Teacher and Child