After months of parents, students, staff and faculty participating in the school self-study as outlined in the WASC process, several categories emerged for us to continue to work on as a school. Below is a general overview of the areas and action items to put into motion:
- Examine department/school-wide grading practices to ensure equity and accurate measures of student knowledge.
- Provide additional staffing to help properly place students in academic interventions.
- Tweak bell schedule to include academic support time within the school day.
- Expand freshman teams and pilot 10th grade team.
- Train co-teachers to assist special education students in mainstream classes.
- Continue to backwards map to the IB curriculum and assessments.
- Infuse academic literacy strategies across the curriculum.
- Identify common practices as a school.
- Continue outreach efforts to families.
- Continue to examine data related to college eligibility and retention rates.
The months of January and February will be used to finalize the WASC document in preparation for the committee visit March 5-7.
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