How+will+we+effectively+teach+to+ensure+ALL+students+learn?

=How will we effectively teach to ensure ALL students learn?= ((Does this include the current Thompson language-kb))

A Curricula (aligned with standards and benchmarks) are consistently and equitably taught to proficiency. ​ Guiding Question #1. What policies and acountability sytems are in place to ensure all students are provided acces to a guaranteed and vaible curriculum through appropriate, research-based instruction? The school district has established an Administrator and Teacher evaluation process that sets an expectation that a variety of instructional strategies are used to meet the identified needs of each and every student regardless of race, ethnicity, socio-economic status or level of academic mastery. ​Guiding Question #2. How does the district communicate and moitor the expectation that all teachers teach the adopted standards and benchmarks identified in curricular documents? ​Guiding Question #3. What strategies are used by district and building leaders to monitor the implementation of district curricula?

B Research-based instructional methods are implemented to engage students in learning by providing them with strategies to learn benchmark information, concepts and skills, receive timely feedback about their performance and have adequate opportunities to learn and perform at proficient levels.

C Teachers engage in ongoing, intense collaborative work to develop units, lessons and in- structional strategies focused on the district’s essential benchmarks.

D Lessons and units are developed using a backwards design process, i.e., beginning with the end (learning objective or target) in mind along with a defined method or assessment for students to demonstrate what they have learned.

E Instruction is continually informed by assessment of student learning through the use of multiple formative assessments (assessments for learning).

F Instruction supports equity with multiple opportunities to learn through individualization and differentiation.

G Ongoing training, coaching, monitoring and feedback regarding instructional practices are provided to teachers to ensure effectiveness in teaching standards and benchmarks.