For the past 2 ½ years, ELHS has been immersed in the NEASC
accreditation process. During this time,
we have collaborated as a community to evaluate all the programs, services and
resources that are in place for our students.
Last month, our staff finalized our findings and will be presenting this
to the NEASC visiting committee in October of 2014. We had
many things to celebrate and many things we felt we need to improve in order to
provide our students the most effective and positive learning experience
possible. Listed below are the strengths and needs that were
identified by our staff:
Strengths of ELHS: dedicated, hardworking staff; working to
improve technology instruction and resources; a focus on best practices related
to the instructional block; expansive professional development opportunities
for staff, a focus on aligning courses to the Common Core Standards; use of
Edline to provide students and parents easy access to what is happening in the
classrooms; data driven instruction; common assessment development to ensure
consistency and rigor in our courses; focus on data analysis to improve
instruction; individualized approached
to meeting the needs of students; school wide rubrics that focus on 21st
century learning skills; five year curriculum review cycle to ensure that all
courses are relevant, engaging and adequately supported through various
resources; a focus on maintaining a safe, positive and respectful place of
learning; research based staff evaluations that focus on improved student
learning; instructional leadership of the principal working with
other building leaders that is rooted in our school's core values, beliefs and
learning expectations; the
maintenance of acceptable student load and class sizes which enable teachers to
meet the learning needs of individual students; an equitable and inclusive
learning environment; community and parent communication and collaboration
.
Needs of ELHS- increase collaboration time for staff members
developing best practices of teaching and learning; update technology hardware
and access to technology for all students; renovation of the library and classrooms to meet 21st
century learning expectations; advisor/advisee program for students; ensure
that school budget keeps pace with changing curriculum standards; update/replace older equipment to minimize maintenance and energy costs and
ensure that our students are able to be exposed to the latest teaching tools; increase Special Education staff
necessary to accommodate IEP caseload; review school wide grading practices; communicate more effectively to student the 21st century learning
expectations,
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