However, in the third year of implementation, only
new grade level teams and a select number of replacement teachers are required.
Not exact matches
Franklin School Rahway,
New Jersey
Grades K - 5 Margaret Morales, principal In our school,
teams are formed across
grade levels and subject areas.
Who will do this (district
new teacher training, campus
new teacher training,
grade level or department
teams, etc.?)
Prior to using a
new core math program, it is helpful if a local
team develops a «pacing guide» which outlines the required lessons and content to be used at each
grade level.
In this
new school, I plan on working with the school improvement leadership
team in designing staff development programs that will equip the instructional staff with the skills necessary to promote collaboration in identifying
grade level focus on highest student achievement, as identified by the student performance data.
Renard specifically asserts that schools should not pair
new classroom teachers in inclusion
teams, require them to coach or advise extracurricular activities, assign them a school duty period, place them on committees, give them the most challenging
grade levels or students, or require them to switch
grade levels or courses for the first few years.
A study of 4th and 5th
grade students in
New York City found that students performed worse when teacher turnover within their
grade -
level team was higher (Ronfeldt, Lankford, Loeb, & Wyckoff, 2011).
For example, a change of one standard deviation in turnover on a given
grade -
level team is associated with a drop in student math scores of.02 standard deviations, while 100 percent turnover on a given
grade -
level team is associated with a drop in student math scores of between.08 and.10 standard deviations.35 These effects extend beyond students with a
new teacher, indicating that increased turnover causes disruption that can affect other classrooms.