Session 17: Strategies to Launch Success

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This session explores the professional learning community structures in place in Lexington Park Elementary, a Title I school formerly identified as “In Need of Improvement.” Participants will learn about collaborative planning, standards in practice, and designing a school schedule. These structures involve staff in shared decision making and engage each staff member as an integral part of analyzing student data and teacher work, incorporating standards, and defining the changes necessary to increase student achievement.

Presenters:
Susie Fowler, principal
Alma Shearin, instructional resource teacher, Lexington Park Elementary School, Lexington Park, Md.
Shana Kennedy, senior practice & policy associate, The Education Trust, Washington, D.C.