Raising the Bar and Closing the Gap
Whatever It Takes
1st Edition
Published on 1. April 2010
72 pages
978-1-935542-39-1 (ISBN)
Description
This expansion of Whatever It Takes sharpens the focus on the pyramid of interventions strategy. The authors examine case studies of schools and districts across North America to illustrate how PLC at Work(TM) is a sustainable and transferable process that ensures struggling students get the support they need to achieve. They address how to enrich and extend the learning of proficient students and explain how PLC intervention processes align with RTI legislation.
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Content
- Intro
- Acknowledgments
- Table of Contents
- About the Authors
- Introduction
- Chapter One: The Shifting Mission of Public Schooling: Establishing the Historical Context
- Chapter Two: Laying the Groundwork for Effective Intervention
- Chapter Three: Confronting the Brutal Facts: The Traditional Response to Students Who Do Not Learn
- Chapter Four: Sustaining Excellence: A Return to Adlai Stevenson School
- Chapter Five: Hand in Hand We All Learn: A Return to Boones Mill Elementary School
- Chapter Six: Embracing Systematic Inervention: Prairie Star Middle School
- Chapter Seven: Success and Triumph in a Worthy Endeavor: Lakeridge Junior High School
- Chapter Eight: From State Sanctions to National Recognition: Highland Elementary School
- Chapter Nine: Building Toward the F.U.T.U.R.E.: Cinco Ranch High School
- Chapter Ten: From Good to Great: Implementation of PLC Concepts in Kildeer Countryside Community Consolidated School District 96
- Chapter Eleven: Whatever It Takes--Staying the Course: Whittier Union High School District
- Chapter Twelve: Under No Circumstance Blame the Kids: Sanger Unified School District
- Chapter Thirteen: "Yah, but...": Con sidering Challenges to Systematic Intervention
- Chapter Fourteen: Finding Common Ground: The Shared Practices of Highly Effective Schools and Districts
- Chapter Fifteen: Whatever It Takes: How Effective Schools and Districts Overcome Barriers to Systematic Intervention and Enrichment
- Chapter Sixteen: Changing the Culture of Schooling to Embrace Effort-Based Enrichment
- Chapter Seventeen: Moving Forward: Planning for Effective Intervention
- Resources and References
- Index
