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Ballston Spa High School

Ballston Spa High School. Building Leadership Team (BLT) 2013-14 Meetings begin on 9/25/13 for the 2013-14 school year. Looking forward. Movement to New York State Common Core Standards Movement to aspirational targets (75 on English Regents and 80 on Algebra Regents).

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Ballston Spa High School

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  1. Ballston Spa High School Building Leadership Team (BLT) 2013-14 Meetings begin on 9/25/13 for the 2013-14 school year

  2. Looking forward • Movement to New York State Common Core Standards • Movement to aspirational targets (75 on English Regents and 80 on Algebra Regents)

  3. Increase 6-12 departmental focus • Benefit from knowledge and expertise of middle school teachers in addressing the Common Core shifts • Improve teacher awareness and knowledge of the essential skills needed for success across grade levels-more then vertical alignment of the content.

  4. Shift in how we think & what we measure • How can we move Graduation rate to 90% range? • Think tank concept at MS/HS level

  5. Common Core Implementation ELA • Summer work for 9th Grade Team • Ongoing curriculum alignment and revision • Development of lessons supporting shifts Algebra • Summer work for Algebra team • Ongoing curriculum alignment and revision • Common Core Aligned Algebra Regents exam administered in June

  6. Integrated approach for ELA/SS • Common text taught across a grade level to coincide with instruction in Global History • Sharing of primary source documents for across curricular instruction • Application of consistent reading and writing strategies, i.e. close reading and detailed essay writing

  7. Aspirational Targets 2010 Cohort at this time 43% College and Career readiness target • 72% have achieved the English target • 44% have achieved the Math target

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