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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815555003321

Autore

Jones B. R (Educator)

Titolo

The Focus Model : systematic school improvement for all schools / / B.R. Jones

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin, , [2014]

�2014

ISBN

1-4833-5366-4

1-4833-4428-2

1-4833-4426-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 165 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Gale eBooks

Disciplina

372.2993764

Soggetti

School improvement programs - United States

Professional learning communities - United States

Effective teaching - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""THE FOCUS MODEL-FRONT COVER""; ""THE FOCUS MODEL""; ""COPYRIGHT""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""ABOUT THE AUTHOR""; ""CHAPTER 1: THE HARD WORK OF SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT""; ""CHAPTER 2: THE KEYS: FOCUS, MONITORING, EFFICACY, AND CONTINUOUS LEARNING""; ""CHAPTER 3: FROM STANDARDS TO LEARNING INTENTIONS""; ""CHAPTER 4: CRITERIA FOR SUCCESS""; ""CHAPTER 5: FORMATIVE ANALYSIS""; ""CHAPTER 6: COLLABORATION""; ""CHAPTER 7: IMPACT: PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES""; ""CHAPTER 8: A CALL TO ACTION""; ""APPENDIX A: THE FOCUS MODEL CURRICULUM MAP""

""APPENDIX B: LEARNING INTENTION PROGRESSION MAP""""APPENDIX C: I-PLC TEMPLATE""; ""REFERENCES""; ""INDEX""

Sommario/riassunto

With school improvement initiatives, quality trumps quantity every time.   This book solves the growing problem of schools implementing too many improvement strategies at once instead of deep focus on the most critical few. B.R. Jones's method details:     Selecting critical standards-Defining the skills your students most need now.    Uncovering the essentials-Choosing your initiatives based on a



deconstruction of the standards and targeted definitions of how they will enrich students.     Critical formative analysis of students-Analyzing student work to measure the strategy's effectiveness.