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Teaching and Learning at SLLIS 2017-2018

Meghan Hill and Rob Biesendorfer

Teaching and Learning: Where We Are

Areas of strength

• Instructional Leadership Team
• New common planning time structure

allows for increased collaboration

• Dedicated staff
• Increased focus on data-driven

instruction

• Personalized counseling for eighth

graders enrolling in high school Areas for growth

• Implementing immersion and IB
• Delivering articulated curriculum with

aligned assessments

• Using data-driven instruction and

research-based best practices

• Implementing quality English instruction
• Addressing the achievement gap

Implementing Immersion and IB

• Mentorship program for new staff
• IB curriculum guides
• Online programs for L2

○ French: TBD ○ Spanish: ENIL ○ Chinese: iChinese Reader

• Intern program

Delivering Articulated Curriculum with Aligned Assessments

• Ready Math program (K-8)
• iReady personalized learning and aligned assessments in English and

Math (K-8)

○ Diagnostic assessments ○ Progress monitoring

• Continued use of curriculum map for IB

units of inquiry and for summative assessments in all six units (K-6)

Using Data-driven Instruction and Best Practices

• Data-driven Instruction

○ Athena software with a variety of school and student level MAP reports ○ iReady data used for differentiated instruction ○ Data discussions on professional development days

• Research-based best practices

○ Instructional staff receiving regular feedback ○ Professional development embedded in regular staff meetings and professional development days

Implementing Quality English Instruction

• iReady program

○ Allows for continued progress monitoring ○ Tailored to student needs

• English instruction with teacher

○ Trimester 2 will begin with a new ELA structure for grades K-3 ○ All students will have access to ELA instruction from a teacher ○ ELA minutes per week will be comparable to years prior

Addressing the Achievement Gap

• Progress monitoring for all students

○ NWEA ○ iReady

• Student goal-setting in math and reading
• Social emotional and academic intervention and

support for high-need students

• Focus on attendance and chronic truancy
• Shoring up universal PBIS system

Conclusions

• SLLIS’ new structure and improved scheduling allow for increased

collaboration and a unified approach to teaching and learning.

• Teachers are implementing several new curriculum items successfully.
• Students will be setting goals and thinking about their growth.
• The staff is becoming more mindful about having a sense of urgency

surrounding the achievement gap and using data and best practices to address it.