What are our priorities?

Who is going to be our LFS coordinator?

What are our non-negotiable issues?

What are our 2 to 3 focused goals?

Has a plan for implementation been developed? Has it been shared?

Do we have a schedule that supports our priorities?

Do we provide a structure for collaborative planning?

Is there a plan for monitoring and feedback for teachers?

Does the school structure support previewing and acceleration? Safety nets?

Do we have a budget to support goals?

Has a plan for professional learning been developed?

Has a Design Team been created?

Does the Design Team take an active role in providing school leadership in the school improvement process?

Does the Design Team conduct on-going data analysis? Assist with the implementation of the action plan?

To what extent is our curriculum organized?

Are curriculum priorities established?

Does each academic course have designated units (topics)? Are those units (topics) mapped and paced for the year?

Are curriculum maps for each unit created?

Are curriculum maps used for previewing, pacing, prioritization?

Is previewing used for key vocabulary and key concepts?

Are units written for all topics?

Is there clear understanding of what students should Know, Understand, and Be Able To Do?

Are benchmarks for academic goals used?

Is data from benchmarks used to create safety nets?

Is assessment used for both formative and summative learning?

Is data used in setting priorities and goals?

Essential Questions used?

• Focuses lesson
• Answered at the end of the lesson

Activating Strategies used?

• Utilized to assess prior knowledge
• Motivates learner

Graphic Organizers used?

• Developed to store and organize information in acquisition lessons
• Organizers for critical thinking

Are effective Teaching Strategies used?

• Collaborative Pairs
• Lecture Strategies
• Mnemonic Devices
• Distributive Practice
• Distributive Summarizing
• Graphic Organizers

Are Summarizing Strategies used?

• Students do the summarizing
• Answer essential question at end of the lesson

Are Critical Thinking strategies used for Extending Thinking?

Is Writing to Inform a priority of the school?

Is Reading to Learn a priority of the school?

Is Vocabulary previewed and instructed in context using research-based strategies?

Is the principal the instructional leader?

Has principal received Learning-Focused training at least two times?

Is the principal conducting full school-wide Walkthroughs 3-5 times per year and 5x5s on a daily basis? How is the information used? Shared?

Does the principal attend all professional training?

What is the principal’s vision? How has this been communicated? Is planning monitored by the principal?

Does the principal receive support through coaching?

Does the principal consistently lead reflection meetings?

Does the instructional coordinator/coach:

• Provide model lessons for teachers?
• Redeliver workshop information to teachers?
• Assist teachers with enhancing lessons?
• Assist teachers with developing curriculum?
• Instruction?
• Benchmarks?
• Assessments?
• Analyzing test data?
• Spend 80% of the instructional day working directly with teachers?

Does the school structure and climate support collaboration?

Do teachers work collaboratively together to develop curriculum? Units?

Do teachers work collaboratively together to look at student work and assignments?

Do regular ed. and special education teachers work together to improve learning for all students?