Focus on Learning Dates of Visit

1. Name of School Focus on Learning Dates of Visit

2. Visiting Committee • Chair • Member • Member • Member • Member

3. Focus on Learning asks • How well are our students performing, especially on those things which we as a school community have decided are important? • Where students are not doing as well as hoped, what can we as a school community do to improve learning for each and every student?

4. 21st Century Skills http://www.ncrel.org/engauge/skills/skills.htm

5. Organization • Strengths • One • Two • Three • Areas for Focus • One • Two • Three • Or, Use key phrases from VC Report

6. Curriculum & Instruction • Strengths • One • Two • Three • Areas for Focus • One • Two • Three • Or, Use key phrases from VC Report

7. Resources • Areas for Focus • One • Two • Strengths • One • Two • Or, Use key phrases from VC Report

8. Critical Areas for Focus • Your own self-study identified & you should continue your work on • One • Two • Three • As you plan & implement this work, include • One • Two

9. Celebrate strengths • Shared leadership • Two • Three • Four • Five

10. More Schoolwide Strengths • Six • Seven • Eight • Nine

11. Ongoing Work • Use of data • Common understandings about quality • Focus on whole school and all students • Conversations about process • Celebrate success • Keep some records How well, not just how much!

12. We appreciate Being part of your professional learning community for these few days to focus on learning – ours, yours, and your students’