Interactive Collaborative Tools (for all staff use)

Team Pacing Guides

Created by each team detailing units taught, instructional days, essential standards, and student proficiency. District curriculum materials, priority standards and state assessments should inform Team Pacing Guides. (Template PDF)

Unit Plans

Using one shared plan book for the entire team is a critical shift to that strengthens alignment, student achievement, and adult learning. (Template PDF)

Unit Data

Collecting data throughout each of unit of instruction is critical to responding effectively to student needs and adult learning to increase the effectiveness of everyone's instruction. Teams should collect academic data, engagement data, & primary barrier data. Actions taken using the data should also be captured to strengthen the school over time. (Template PDF)

Intervention & Enrichment Team Plan

It is rare for a school to document how specialists work to support student learning and engagement. Capturing this work and the impact it has on students is critical to aligning the efforts of the entire staff and maximizing your collective effort. (Template PDF)

Common Pitfalls

Identifying too many essential standards

If teams are not able to teach several lessons on these skills, assess them, and provide students additional time and support...then they cannot be considered essential.

Desperately chasing intervention programs

No school or district will "intervene their way" to high levels of learning. This can only be accomplished through shared learning priorities and effective first instruction.

Not involving all staff in most urgent work

School and district offices typically focus all training and professional development on classroom teachers and core content areas. This leaves specialists guessing at their role with no way to see the impact of their efforts and dedication.

Proven Practices for Educators