Benchmark2

HISD HOME TENET INFORMATION OVERVIEW & BACKGROUND HISDCalender 2000-01
TEACHER RESOURCES HAMILTON HOME Vanguard Program

ACTION PLAN

Benchmark #2- Shared Accountability

Indicator #1

Score:
Overview of Action Plan:

The indicator (and plan to accomplish it) needs to be clearly stated In language easily understood by the faculty.
Plan must identify the person with overall responsibility
Plan needs to clearly state the responsibility of the design team (what will it do); cluster teams (what will they do); and individual teachers (what will each teacher do).
Timeline - when will it be accomplished and when are you going to collect data to determine progress?
Plan needs to identify the data to be collected, when, and what you are going to do with it.

Clearly State Your Indicator	Describe Current Status of the School Related to the Indicator
90% of the faculty will be involved in a project by December 2000. They will have a choice of either: Choosing a project from the Exchange or Creating their own with the guidance of the Co-nect training, facilitator and site director support, and cross-discipline collaboration.	Only some of the teachers use project-based learning. Teacher-centered classrooms. Projects are not a major part of the curriculum. Low interest and lack of training. Perception that project-based learning doesn’t address basic skills.
What key changes will occur as a result of meeting this indicator? (How will you know that meeting this indicator has made a difference?)
There will be more student-centered learning. There will be more students working together. There will be more teachers working together. There will be more interdisciplinary connections.

Who has primary responsibility for overseeing the implementation of the indicator? K. Givens and W.T. Johnson

What is the timeline for implementation? (When will data be collected? When is implementation progress to be reviewed? What are expectations after 2 months, 4 months, etc.) Set up a calendar for reviewing and reporting findings.

ACTIVITY	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUNE	AUG	SEPT	OCT	NOV	DEC
Inservice– How To Identify Quality Projects							*
Inservice- Backplanning								*	*
Project involvement/completion											*

What data are you going to collect, when, and what are you going to do with it? (Build collection time into calendar.)

Project plans and project participation evidence will be turned into K. Givens, W.T. Johnson, or any other Design Team member.
Inservice sign-in sheets

What is the responsibility of the design team ? (What will the Design Team do to ensure the implementation of the indicator?)

Conduct a mini public relations campaign.
Do what we are asking others to do.
Aid in acquiring materials.
Facilitate teacher projects.
Ask Curriculum Committee to encourage Dept/Teams.

What Is the responsibility of the teaching clusters/teams? (What will they do to see that the Indicator Is Implemented?)

Showcase projects to encourage more participation.
Depts/Teams encourage participation.
Show sample projects for teachers that need help.
Support individual teachers or work as a group to design projects.

What Is the responsibility of the Individual teacher? (What will each teacher do to ensure the Implementation of the Indicator?)

Attend the Co-nect inservices on Identifying Quality Projects and Backplanning.
Ask for help, if needed, to start your own project or to use a Co-nect project.

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