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Principal Slater’s Paw Prints (10/12/12)

Heshan Berents-Weeramuni

This week’s Paw Prints from principal Jeff Slater:

  • Did you know that Northeastern University is one of the Curley’s partners though the Mayor’s StepUp university partnership initiative? NU provides us with a variety of supports including on-site visits for students to support Science learning, retired professors assisting in our classrooms, university students to provide math tutoring, K2 literacy support, clerical assistance with our Parent Center, and much more!
  • Our math tutoring will begin within the next week or so as a part of our Curley After School Program (CASP). This tutoring will be provided by students from Northeastern University. We currently have 85 students in grades 6-8 enrolled for math tutoring that will focus primarily on support for Algebra I as well as any student learning needs determined by our formative assessments and teacher recommendations.
  • I attended a middle/K8 principal meeting on Wednesday. Principals received updates from a variety of departments including: Literacy, Math, and Teacher Effectiveness. We also had the opportunity to attend the presentation on the new BPS school choice proposals. If you’d like to learn more about curriculum and instruction in BPS be sure to check out: http://bpscurriculumandinstruction.weebly.com/index.html. You can learn more about the BPS school choice proposals here: http://bostonschoolchoice.org/.
  • On Friday we’ll be visited by 38 students and their professors of the School Leadership Program at Harvard. They’ll be at the Curley to visit classrooms and to learn about the important work we’re engaged in. They’ll also provide us some feedback about what they noticed and what they wondered in relation to how teachers are checking for student understanding of the lessons being taught.
  • One of our school priorities this year is differentiation of instruction. According to the new teacher evaluation rubric, a teacher who is proficient at differentiating their instruction “consistently adapts instruction, materials, and assessments to make challenging material accessible to all students, including English learners and students with disabilities.” An indicator of this would be the planning and implementation lessons that set clear and high expectations and also make knowledge accessible for all students.
  • I look forward to seeing all of you at our Fall Fling on Friday from 5:30-8:00 p.m.!

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1 comment

  1. Inci Kaya says:

    October 13, 2012 at 6:23 pm (UTC 0)

    I would love to hear more about how the differentiation of instruction is being implemented.

    I think I’m seeing evidence of this in my son’s 1st grade classroom in the form of 30 minute interventions where students with differing reading levels convene with the teacher and read while other kids engage in other activities – this allows each group of students to read at their own pace, without having to be held back by other kids or feel like they are behind other kids.

    More examples of implementation and teacher instruction modification would be very welcomed.

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