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Join Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence in enhancing your school with shared best practices, active learning, and strong leadership. Complete the easy online assessment to identify areas for improvement. Be part of a successful educational community!
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Blueprint for Excellence Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence, Inc.
“Children First and Always.” Our Children are our Greatest Natural Resource
Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence • Looking at all that the school does to make it a better place for students • Designed for all schools • Everybody works together to make the school better
Blue Ribbon Lighthouse Schools Results • Action Plan: Blueprint for school improvement • Success for teachers, schools, and districts • Shared Best Practices
Blueprint for Excellence ESSENTIAL COMPONENTS OF SCHOOLS
Student Focus and Support School Organization and Culture Active Teaching and Learning Challenging Standards and Curriculum Professional Community Technology Integration School, Family, and Community Partnerships Leadership and Educational Vitality Indicators of Success
SAMPLE QUESTION 1. STUDENT FOCUS AND SUPPORT 1.A.1. There is a comprehensive system of needs analysis based on the school’s vision/mission statement. In other words: The school knows the needs of its students. • Exemplary (A) • Strong (B) • C. Needs Improvement (C) • D. We Are Not Doing This • E. I Do Not Know
Rating Key A. Exemplary Our school does this extremely well throughout the entire school. B. StrongOur school does a good job on this throughout most of the school. C. Needs Improvement Our school needs to improve substantially in this area. D. We Are Not Doing This Our school does not do this. E. I Do Not Know I don’t know whether or not our school does this.
Easy Online Assessment • Assessment completed individually • Answers are personal perceptions • Completely confidential • Individual responses revealed to no one • Responses compiled by category • To maintain integrity and confidentiality, do not share your login or password
Easy Online Assessment • Go to http://www.assessment.blueribbonschools.com/ • Click on “Participant” (in the side menu ).
Easy Online Assessment • Enter your unique Participant Login and click “Continue”
Easy Online Assessment • Begin the assessment. After reading one, select your best answer from the list provided then click “Submit Answer.” You will have an opportunity to provide comments and suggestions at the end of the assessment.You may also “Skip” a question or check the “Mark for Review” box and come back to it later. To go back to any items you have skipped, click on “Review.” Click on the “Save Answer” button to continue on to the next item. NOTE For Internet Explorer users: Press the “F11” key at the top of your keyboard to change the view to full screen (or in the menu bar click “View” and select “Full Screen”). This tip helps to eliminate scrolling the page to see the buttons at the bottom. For Firefox, go to view and decrease the text size for the same result.
Easy Online Assessment • You may stop at any time and start again at the place where you quit. Any responses that were submitted are saved. If the system logs you out for any reason, you may log back in to finish. • Your responses may not be submitted until you have answered all the questions.
Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence Thank you for your participation and involvement in this school improvement initiative!