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QUALITY ASSURANCE • STANDARDS BASED • CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
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MISSION CURRICULUM INSTRUCTION ASSESSMENT
ST.1 ST.2 ST.3 ST.4
PRIORITY Does the school's Does the curriculum serve INSTRUCTIONAL
CONCERNS Is the instruction Are assessment ALIGNMENT AND
mission reflect the as the school's formal plan aligned to standards,
essence of what the to fulfill its mission and practices used to adjust IMPROVED
supported by research instruction to respond STUDENT
school as a community expectations for student in best practice and
of learners is seeking learning? effectively to the PERFORMANCE
based on identified
to achieve.? learning needs of
student needs?
students?
RESEARCH-BASED SOLUTIONS ALIGNED TO PRIORITY CONCEERNS
[Examples using selected indicators from NAAS Standards – see complete standards for additional best practices]
Ensure that the school’s Ensure that the curriculum Ensure that teachers use a Ensure that the school
mission and expectations is aligned with the school- variety of instructional has a process to assess
for student learning are wide academic expectations strategies to personalize both school-wide and
shared and supported by all and that all students have instruction, apply individual student
stakeholders. All are sufficient opportunity to knowledge, and engage progress in achieving
engaged in the school achieve each of those students in higher-order academic expectations.
improvement process. [1.1] expectations. [2.2] thinking. [3.2] [4.1]
Ensure that the school uses Ensure that curriculum Ensure that regular Ensure that teachers meet
indicators to assess the engages all students in analysis of instructional collaboratively to discuss
school’s progress in inquiry, application, strategies is a part of the the results of student
achieving school-wide problem solving, and higher professional culture. [3.5] assessments for
academic, civic, and social order thinking. [2.4] improving instruction.
expectations. [1.5] [4.6]
MONITORING
Establish school-wide Evaluate lesson plans and Establish supervision Schedule regular
processes to measure the unit plans regularly to processes to include meetings with teachers to
success of school’s efforts verify alignment to state pre/post observation discuss student
in achieving mission – ie standards. conferences, regular performance. Provide
climate survey, etc. observations, and aligned structures for teachers
directions. review assessment data.
