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The Hamilton High School Instructional Program is designed to promote high achievement for all students through research-based best practices and a clear vision for effective teaching. We focus on fundamental principles and beliefs about education, emphasizing excellence, collaboration, and responsibility. Our program integrates mastery learning, effective assessment, and continuous improvement strategies while fostering a safe and supportive learning environment. We aim to deliver quality education that meets the diverse needs of every learner, ensuring they reach their fullest potential.
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Building an Instructional Program Hamilton High School
Hamilton High School Instructional Program Component Parts Principles & Beliefs Research-Based Best Practices
Hamilton High School Instructional Program • Principles & Beliefs • What Principles of education do we stand on? • What do we Believe about children and their capacity to learn? • Principles: Fundamental norms, rules, or values that represent what is desirable and positive for a person, group, organization, or community, and help it in determining the rightfulness or wrongfulness of its actions. Principles are more basic than policy and objectives, and are meant to govern both. See also principle.
Hamilton High School Instructional Program Hamilton High School Core Values • High Achievement for All (Excellence) • Excellence in Teaching (The Best In Motion!) • Collaboration • Respect for Self and Others • Integrity • Compassion • Responsibility • Continuous Improvement
Hamilton High School Instructional Program Research-based What does the Researchsay about Instructional Design and student learning • Effective Schools Literature • How the brain learns • Mastery Learning • Instructional Alignment • Madeline Hunter • Formative Assessment
Hamilton High School Instructional Program Hamilton High School Clear & Focus Vision/Mission Parent / CommInvl High Expectations Safe & Orderly Instructional Leader Frequent Monitoring Opportunity to Learn Love Hamilton…..ABSOLUTELY!!
Operationalizing the Correlates of Effective Schools Outcomes-based Education Mastery Learning Instructional Alignment • Correlates of Effective Schools • Clear and Focused Mission • High Expectations • Safe and Orderly Climate • Strong Instructional Leadership • Effective School-Community Relationships • Opportunity to Learn and Time on Task (TIME) • Frequent Monitoring of Pupil Performance (FEEDBACK) Used to operationalize correlates 6 & 7
Hamilton High School Instructional Program Best Practices What works? • Preparation (Deliverables) • Delivery (Instructional Strategies) • Assessment (Feedback and Re-teaching)
Hamilton High School Instructional Program Mastery Learning Model Enrichment Mastery Learning: Providing Expanded Opportunity to Learn Summa tive Next Unit Unit Outcomes Pre-Test Check for PCS Direct Instruction Formative Assessments Correctives Re-teach • Anticipatory Set • Objective / Purpose • Input • Modeling • Checking for Understanding • Guided Practice • Independent practice. • Closure
Hamilton High School Instructional Program • Component Parts • Planning & Preparation • Madeline Hunter • Outcomes-based Education • Deliverables • Delivery • Mastery Learning/Teaching • Brain-based • Various Instructional Strategies • Assessment • Formative / Summative Assessment • Assessment System
These elements (or Correlates) represent a fundamental set of structural components necessary to improve any school. Our overall goal is to fully operationalize each component. Building an Infrastructure • Clearly identified Vision • Clearly identified Mission • Organizational efficiency • Business & Strategic Plans • Strong Leadership • Policy & Procedures • Organizational Habits • Work Ethic • Professionalism • Passion & Commitment • Celebrating High Performance • College Readiness • Parental Involvement • Non-Profit Community Involvement • College & Universities • Business Community • Advisory Council • Discipline Policy • Orderly Environment Respect Respect • School Day/School Year • Class time / Master Schedule • Mastery Learning / Teaching • Lesson Plans • Brain-based Teaching & Learning • Instructional Alignment • Assessment Processes • Principal Leadership • Administrative Leadership • Grade-Level / Content Level Leadership • Leadership at the classroom level • Classroom Management • Safety Plan • Mastery Teaching / Learning • Assessment Process • Outcomes-based Teaching • Instructional Alignment • Instructional Planning
Lesson Plans • Unit Plans • Study Guides • Safe and Orderly Climate • Effective Classroom Mgmt. • Conducive to Learning Hamilton High Instructional Program Systemic Interaction • Aligned • Formative and Summative • Frequent • Begin with end in mind Begin with the END clearly in mind!! • Aligned • Teach to Mastery • High Quality • Variety • High Level of Student Engagement • Aligned • Curriculum Guides • Curriculum Maps • Unit Plans
Hamilton High School Instructional Program Teacher Deliverables Lesson Plan • Anticipatory Set • Objective / Purpose • Input • Modeling • Checking for Understanding • Guided Practice • Independent practice. • Closure Curriculum Guide Curriculum Map Unit Plans • Student Performance Indicators • Schedule of Delivery Performance Indicators separated by Nine-Week Quarters SPI’s CCS EOC Alignment Assess ments Study Guides Reflective of Assessment • Form A & B • Constructed First