Succeeding with Struggling Students: A Planning Resource for Raising Achievement » (1st Edition)

Schools today are working harder than ever to help ensure that all children can learn and achieve high standards. Marti Richardson, a recognized leader in professional and curriculum development, delivers an innovative, classroom-tested program with planning tools to customize it for any school or district's data-based needs.

Designed around a "Learn-It-Teach-It" cycle, the program combines research-based interventions and immediate classroom practice for teachers. Strategies for "preview" instead of "review" instruction move struggling students beyond cycles of repetition, and scaffolds learning to help them learn alongside their peers. With an easy-to-understand framework, the program s flexibility makes it adaptable not only for reading but also for other content area instruction. This highly motivational guide provides:

• Essential questions and templates for administrators
• Scaffolding for a successful school or district blueprint
• Tools and strategies for planning and implementation
• Research-based interventions
• Links for professional development

With a unique approach that can be adopted or adapted, Succeeding With Struggling Students helps underachievers hold on to the previous school year's learning as well as gain new ground to put them ahead and prepare them for new learning, and gives educators the tools needed to implement the process from print to plan!

Foreword
Preface
The Genesis of the Book
A Fresh Approach to Thinking
Results
A Sequential Model for Program Planning: Organization and Content
Acknowledgments
About the Author
1. Laying the Foundation: Indentifying Needs
Meet William
The Achievement Gap
William's District
Addressing the Problem
Making It "Live" for You: A Planning Template
2. Planning How We Got There
Paving the Way: Preparing to Develop the Model
Developing the Model
Making It "Live" for You: A Planning Template
3. Selecting Educators: The Quest for Excellence
A Results-Based Selection Process
A Student-Focused Outcome
Articulating the Selection Process: Why It Is Important
What Teachers Should Know and Be Able to Do
Assessment Tools to Ensure Quality in the Selection Process
Making It "Live" for You: A Planning Template
4. Developing a Purpose-Driven Curriculum
Acquiring Knowledge
Planning the Curriculum
Organizing and Categorizing the Questions
Developing a "Question Wheel"
Characteristics of a Preview Curriculum
Planning Elements
Making It "Live" for You: A Planning Template
5. Value-Added Instruction
Instructional Effectiveness
Making Critical Decisions
Analyzing the Critical Decisions
The Acquisition Lesson
Making It "Live" for You: A Planning Template
6. Professional Development for Student Learning
Finding the Key to Success
Setting the Standard for Professional Learning in the Program
Student Success and the Standards
The PLP and theProfessional Growth Design
The Role of the Administrator and Coach
Lab-Based Staff Development
Staff Development Agendas
Scheduling
Evaluating Professional Development
Expected Outcomes for Staff Development
Making It "Live" for You: A Planning Template
7. Assessing for Effectiveness: Evaluating Quality
Establishing the Evaluation Framework
Evaluating the Journey
Amplifying Formative Assessment Tools
Assessing as Staff Development
Appraising, Judging, and Measuring Value
Evaluation Design
Summative Evaluation
Evaluation Results
Expanding the Concept
Making It "Live" for You: A Planning Template
8. Summary: Exceeding Expectations
William Today
Moving Forward: Glacing Back
Our Challenge
Making It "Live" for You: A Planning Template
Appendix A: Evaluation Results
Appendix B: Expanding the Concept
Appendix C: Glossary
Resources
References
Index