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Leadership Performance Standards Matrix
School Turnaround > Leadership > See How It Works
This matrix is used to assess the readiness of aspiring principals. Candidates are ranked as meeting, progressing toward, or not meeting standards across a range of 12 dimensions, from personal...
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Moving Turnaround Efforts Forward
School Turnaround > Leadership > See How It Works
Two new elementary school principals discuss continuing and improving upon programs already in place in their schools. They describe their decision-making processes about curriculum, communication,...
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Assessments
Adolescent Literacy > Intensive Intervention > See How It Works
This table lists assessments used by Dr. Don Deshler and his colleagues to evaluate the progress of students in their programs for reading interventions for older adolescents. The assessments are...
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Planning for Student Success
Adolescent Literacy > Intensive Intervention > See How It Works
Pocomoke Middle School uses a collaborative assessment approach to ensure high-quality, schoolwide literacy instruction, team monitoring of student progress, and ongoing data sharing among teaching...
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ACCESS Class Weekly Record and Program Overview
Adolescent Literacy > Intensive Intervention > See How It Works
A school teacher uses this template designed by Jim Burke to help students who struggle with reading get organized, motivated, and set weekly academic goals. Learn more about her approach in the...
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Analyzing Speeches: Homework Assignments and Note-Taking Templates
Adolescent Literacy > Text Discussion > See How It Works
These materials assignments from teacher Jim Burke's high school English class include assignments using Obama's keynote address assignment, a speech assignment on Cesar Chavez's speech,...
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"Four R" Note-Taking Template
Adolescent Literacy > Text Discussion > See How It Works
English teacher Jim Burke created this template to help students take notes as they read a text. Related Media and Files: Building Academic Literacy Through Text Discussion (Audio) Burlingame...
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Social Studies Pair-Sharing and Discussion Guidelines
Adolescent Literacy > Text Discussion > See How It Works
This PowerPoint outlines a seventh-grade social studies lesson that scaffolds text discussion strategies to help students develop an understanding of the experiences of Chernobyl survivors. The...
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Reflective Science Reading Logs and Evaluation Rubric
Adolescent Literacy > Text Discussion > See How It Works
Science teacher Heather Howlett uses reading logs to support student questioning and text discussion. The evaluation rubric is used to assist students with self-evaluation of their progress and...
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Mark It Up! Questioning and Making Connections
Adolescent Literacy > Text Discussion > See How It Works
The Mark It Up! strategy is used by eighth-grade language arts teacher Kelly O'Brian to scaffold small group text discussions. The teacher's lesson plan, text discussion, Mark It Up! guidelines,...
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Literature Circles Lesson Plan and Materials
Adolescent Literacy > Text Discussion > See How It Works
This set of materials, provided by Rebecca Wieder, includes a lesson plan for literature circles as well as the following materials for students: a description of student roles in literature...
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Understanding Stories: Questions, Connections, and Visualizations
Adolescent Literacy > Comprehension Strategies > See How It Works
High school English teacher Lori Manning uses these instructional materials to scaffold student text comprehension. Materials include a list of text comprehension questions; graphic organizers used...
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