RETURN TO SEARCH RESULTS
A Step by Step Guide to School Turnaround
Author(s): Dawn Cobb-Fossnes
Edition: 1
Copyright: 2024
Pages: 182
Edition: 1
Copyright: 2024
Pages: 182
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A Step-by-Step Guide to School Turnaround describes how to turn around a failing school. The authors have had remarkable success in turning around numerous low performing schools, and they use their extensive knowledge of "what works" to lay out clear expectations for instruction, assessment, data collection analysis, and provision of additional support for struggling students. Using their easy-to-implement Six Step Process for Increasing Reading and Math Performance, educators will have the resource needed to structure the school turnaround process to significantly increase reading and math achievement.
The book contains the necessary documents to implement school turnaround including checklists, class reports, student reports, intervention forms, templates, and much more. These resources have been used to successfully turn around multiple schools.
Never before has anyone offered a streamlined, easy-to-implement, structured process explained in a step-by-step format that includes a monitoring plan to expedite and ensure a successful school turnaround.
Foreword
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Chapter 1 Introduction to Six Steps to School Turnaround
Chapter 2 Step 1: English Language Arts
Chapter 3 Step 2: English Language Arts
Chapter 4 Step 3: English Language Arts
Chapter 5 Step 4: English Language Arts
Chapter 6 Step 5: English Language Arts
Chapter 7 Step 6: English Language Arts
Chapter 8 Step 1: Math
Chapter 9 Step 2: Math
Chapter 10 Step 3: Math
Chapter 11 Step 4: Math
Chapter 12 Step 5: Math
Chapter 13 Step 6: Math
Chapter 14 Dive into Data to Improve Student Learning
Chapter 15 Strategies to Support School Turnaround
Appendices
References
Dawn Cobb-Fossnes
Dr. Dawn M. Cobb-Fossnes, Ed.D., has been in the field of education since 1980 as a high-school math teacher, guidance counselor, and principal. She currently is an adjunct professor at Liberty University and a middle-school principal at a charter school. Having worked both in private and public schools, she has also been a workshop speaker at several teacher conferences and the co-founder of a private school that included international students. In addition, she is the founder of Melody Ministries, Inc., a non-profit organization that provides a free week of camp for underprivileged boys and girls. Dawn’s vision and mission has been to help young people become the best they can be, so she recognizes the importance of teaching them to become critical thinkers.