Using Schoolwide Practices

See creative ideas on how to USE SCHOOLWIDE PRACTICES. Post comments, questions, and/or suggestions about how you and other educational leaders at your school are using schoolwide practices.



Using Schoolwide Practices: Jacob Hiatt Magnet School in Worcester, MA has developed schoolwide best practices. Their agreed practices are posted and implemented in every classroom every day.



Using Schoolwide Practices: Roosevelt School in Worcester, MA has a data room where they track and post student scores using their agreed upon internal measures in Reading and Math. Posting current scores and their goals is deliberate, intentional and it keeps everyone FOCUSED on the Work.





Using Schoolwide Practices: Woodland Academy in Worcester, MA has tied its FOCUS to its core values and then posted throughout so all students and teachers connect the FOCUS to existing schoolwide practices.



Using Schoolwide Practices: Chapin Street School in Ludlow, MA has worked to keep its PD connected and supportive to each school’s instructional focus. The entire year of PD is focused around the common practice they are working on and the ILT uses sticky notes to post professional development activities in the available time slots. All professional development must connect to their annual goal.



Using Schoolwide Practices: Satoo School in Edmonton, Alberta used the acronym B.U.R.P. to help students LIVE the best practices they use in the classroom with every teacher, every day.