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Educator Effectiveness

IV-A: Shared Vision and Commitment to High Standards

  1. Shared Vision and Mission: Continuously engages staff, students, families, and community members in developing and implementing a shared, equity-oriented educational vision and school mission grounded in high expectations for achievement, community engagement, and postsecondary success for all students.

  2. School Goals: Creates, monitors, and shares progress on focused, measurable, and equity-centered school goals aligned to the school's mission by partnering with diverse stakeholders and conducting close analyses of disaggregated data from multiple sources of evidence, including:

    • Measures of student learning.

    • Feedback from staff, students, and families.

    • School culture and climate data.

    • Classroom observation and educator evaluation data.

  3. Collaborative Decision-Making: Plans and executes accessible, engaging, ongoing opportunities for collaboration with educators, staff, students, families, and community members that focus on matters of consequence to the school community and engage participants in thoughtful and meaningful contributions. Intentionally seeks out viewpoints from all communities represented in the school, particularly members of historically marginalized communities.

Last Updated: February 22, 2024

 
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