7 for 7! Congratulations to Cleveland Middle School and Cleveland ISD

Pop open the bottles of bubbly! The schools of Cleveland ISD have made tremendous gains, with Cleveland Middle School (CISD) earning all 7 academic distinctions they were eligible for during the 2016/2017 school year!  Below are the highlights from the Houston Chronicle article by Vanesa Brashier (8/21/17).

… Accountability ratings released by the Texas Education Agency show significant gains for Cleveland ISD. All of the district's campuses achieved the highest accountability rating of "Met Standard" with one campus -- Cleveland Middle School -- earning distinctions in all seven areas of testing. The distinctions are for English-Language Arts-Reading, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Top 25 Percent Student Progress, Top 25 Percent Closing Performance Gaps and Postsecondary Readiness.

Eastside Intermediate School earned distinctions for mathematics, Top 25 Percent Student Progress, Top 25 Percent Closing Performance Gaps and Postsecondary Readiness.

Northside Elementary School received distinctions for mathematics and Top 25 Percent Student Progress.

"I am ecstatic about the results. I am proud of our staff and faculty. Cleveland ISD has the hardest-working faculty I've been around and I mean that," said Superintendent Dr. Darrell Myers. "We will continue to get better and better. We are starting to see the results of seeds the faculty planted over the last couple of years."

When asked about the secret to success for Cleveland ISD, Maria Silva, Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction, gave credit to The Fundamental 5 (Cain & Laird), a framework for instructional delivery, introduced by Dr. Myers and implemented by the CISD staff when he became superintendent…

Think. Work. Achieve.

Your turn...

• Call Jo at (832) 477-LEAD to order your campus set of “The Fundamental 5: The Formula for Quality Instruction.” Individual copies available on Amazon.com!  http://tinyurl.com/Fundamental5 
• Upcoming Conference Presentations: The Fundamental 5 National Summit (Keynote) 
• Now at the Apple App Store: Fun 5 Timer (Fundamental 5 Delivery Tool); PowerWalks CLC (Networked Formative Observation Tool) 
• Follow Sean Cain and LYS on www.Twitter.com/LYSNation  and like Lead Your School on Facebook

A Reader Asks... Lesson Frame Depth

A LYS Teacher asks the following question:

SC,

How much detail should my Lesson Frame include?

SC Response

The Short Answer: Just enough.

The Slightly Longer Answer: Great question, that a number of teachers struggle with.  Your Lesson Frame needs just enough details so the students know what they will be working on during that particular lesson (OBJECTIVE) and how they will demonstrate that they learned the most important element of that particular lesson (CLOSE). 

In practice, this means that your Objective can be written in one to three sentences and your Close can be written in one to three sentences.  Save the in-depth information for the actual lesson.

Don’t forget that we train campuses on this and the other elements of The Fundamental 5. Call us if we can provide some additional assistance.

Think. Work. Achieve.

Your turn...

• Call Jo at (832) 477-LEAD to order your campus set of “The Fundamental 5: The Formula for Quality Instruction.” Individual copies available on Amazon.com!  http://tinyurl.com/Fundamental5 
• Upcoming Conference Presentations: The Fundamental 5 National Summit (Keynote) 
• Now at the Apple App Store: Fun 5 Timer (Fundamental 5 Delivery Tool); PowerWalks CLC (Networked Formative Observation Tool) 
• Follow Sean Cain and LYS on www.Twitter.com/LYSNation  and like Lead Your School on Facebook

The Best Gets Better - PowerWalks Updates

The most powerful formative classroom observation system just keeps get better.  We are proud to announce the updates and improvements to the PowerWalks Formative Observation System for the 2017/2018 school year.

The classroom observation form has been streamlined and updated to reflect the improved understanding of instructional best practices.

There are FIVE new standard reports! My favorites are the Shaping Practices Report, The Fundamental 5 Growth Potential Report, and The Fundamental 5 Quality Report.

For our Texas and Kentucky schools there are the T-TESS Formative Snapshot and a PGES Formative Snapshot.

There is a matrix builder to assist in the scheduling which classrooms are to be visited by which observer on a particular day.

These are just the major upgrades.  There are ton of smaller upgrades to enhance the user's experience.

For a demonstration of the system, you can either email Dr. Jim Davis at J.Davis@LeadYourSchool.com or call Jo Hoeppner at (832) 477-5323.

Think. Work. Achieve.

Your turn...

• Call Jo at (832) 477-LEAD to order your campus set of “The Fundamental 5: The Formula for Quality Instruction.” Individual copies available on Amazon.com!  http://tinyurl.com/Fundamental5 
• Upcoming Conference Presentations: The Fundamental 5 National Summit (Keynote) 
• Now at the Apple App Store: Fun 5 Timer (Fundamental 5 Delivery Tool); PowerWalks CLC (Networked Formative Observation Tool) 
• Follow Sean Cain and LYS on www.Twitter.com/LYSNation  and like Lead Your School on Facebook