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MetLife Foundation-NASSP Breakthrough Schools. Breakthrough Schools: Best Practices and Strategies to Improve Student Achievement . BTS Selection Criteria. Breaking Ranks Framework. Poverty > 40%. Breakthrough Schools. > 3 years improvement. BTS Selection Process. Aligned with BR.
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MetLife Foundation-NASSPBreakthrough Schools Breakthrough Schools: Best Practices and Strategies to Improve Student Achievement
BTS Selection Criteria Breaking Ranks Framework Poverty > 40% Breakthrough Schools > 3 years improvement
BTS Selection Process Aligned with BR Paper screening Breakthrough Schools School visits
Park View High School In The Space Between……. Where we were, Where we are, and Where we are going
How do we build relationships? • Common planning time built into the Master Schedule • Parents as Educational Partners for parents who are not English speakers • 9th Grade transition program with our feeder middle school • We get to know each other as individuals and professionals
How do we support student learning and achievement? • PRIDE Block: Patriots Receiving Instruction, Direction & Encouragement • Special PRIDE Blocks support our 9th graders, English Language Learners, Special Education Students, and students enrolled in Advanced Placement Courses for the first time
Supporting Student learning and achievement • Schedule senior sections of Geometry and Algebra II • Schedule literacy and transition sections of English 9-12 to address language and literacy • AVID • CAMPUS
How do we facilitate equitable practices and access? • Teacher lead Equity Facilitation Team • Student Equity Team know as the New Wilderness Project • Staff Development for teachers with a focus on Culturally Responsive Teaching and Courageous conversation and practices • Develop an understanding of the experience of the student
How do School Administrators work with Central Office? • It is within our relationships that change and learning take place • It is within our own courageous conversations that we grow • It is within our ability to see a big picture and beyond ourselves that equitable practices happen • It is within our dedication to students that we move forward
Where are we going? Life is about dreams and we are the manager of many dreams. What we say and do can create a dream or cause it to die. Leadership is about building dreams. Where we will go next….an idea or a dream may be what leads us. Inspired by The Dream Manager by Matthew Kelly.