Closing the Achievement Gap

Closing the Achievement Gap


School Improvement Network Provides Professional Development Solutions For Schools And Teachers

 Closing the Achievement Gap

 
End the fear of not achieving AYP
(Adequate Yearly Progress)
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The School Improvement Network increases student learning by improving teacher quality through professional development resources and services that are practical, researched-based, and proven to increase student achievement. We can either manage your entire school improvement program, which includes training, evaluation, and on-going implementation guidance; or, we can supplement your current efforts with our award winning video, online and CD-ROM-based professional development?every solution we offer features real teachers in real classrooms applying research-based practices. In business for over 15 years, the School Improvement Network has visited over 3,000 classrooms throughout North America helping thousands of school systems increase student learning.
Our program is designed to help educators understand what the achievement gap is and then learn proven strategies to help close that gap. All of our programs are focused on driving classroom implementation and increasing student learning.

Benefits of Closing the Achievement Gap:

  • Helps administrators and teachers gain both an understanding of the racial achievement gap and a thorough awareness of the impact of race in schools.
  • Demonstrates how educators can have courageous conversations about race.
  • By applying the strategies shown through real classroom examples, teachers will learn to create an environment of equity where every student can achieve, regardless of race.
  • Teaches all educators how to overcome institutionalized racism through the creation of community, true equity, and anti-racist leadership.
  • Examines how real schools have managed to significantly close the achievement gap.
  • Provides practical solutions that can be applied in any school or classroom to close the achievement gap

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    Product Description of Closing the Achievement Gap: To help ensure that no child gets left behind, the School Improvement Network has created Closing the Achievement Gap, featuring expert Glenn Singleton. The training material teaches how to plan, create, and implement programs which will decrease the racial discrepancy in student achievement. The video training features many real classroom examples from both elementary and secondary schools in which real teachers apply the strategies taught in Closing the Achievement Gap with real students. Included in the program is the best-selling book Courageous Conversations about Race by Glenn Singleton and Curtis Linton.

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    Our Closing the Achievement Gap program includes everything you need for over 8 hours of ongoing professional development training. Both a Facilitator Pack and Teacher Implementation Packs are included.

    Learn about our process guaranteed to drive classroom implementation

    The Facilitator Pack has all the necessary tools for ongoing group training. Included is material for follow-up, in-depth and differentiated teacher learning, and group discussions and activities.

    A Facilitator Pack contains:

  • DVD or VHS Program: Closing the Achievement Gap 3 Programs, 1 Implementation Guide, 2 CD Soundtracks
  • Best-selling companion book: Courageous Conversations About Race: A Field Guide for Achieving Equity in Schools
  • Online Course or Teacher Edition CD-ROM: Closing the Achievement Gap

    • The Teacher Implementation Pack is a companion to the Facilitator Pack. It is designed for teachers to individually study the material presented in the group training, allowing for greater internalization and classroom implementation.

    A Teacher Implementation Pack contains:

  • Best-selling companion book: Courageous Conversations About Race: A Field Guide for Achieving Equity in Schools
  • Online Course or Teacher Edition CD-ROM: Closing the Achievement Gap

    • The program is designed to be used in the following manner:

    Learn about our process guaranteed to drive classroom implementation

    1. Use the Closing the Achievement Gap instruction video programs to enhance live training and to allow teachers to review materials. These VHS or DVD programs clearly outline what the achievement gap is, how to address it, and what strategies have been proven to work best in closing it. The videos are designed for group settings and are broken into segments to allow for eight training sessions. The video programs feature both elementary and secondary classroom examples from urban, suburban, and rural schools. 2. Use the Implementation Guide contained in the Facilitator Pack to introduce key concepts and guide discussions in each group training session. 3. Use the Teacher Implementation Pack to guide self-study. The Teacher Implementation Pack shows real examples of the strategies and provides implementation projects and activities that will increase the use of specific tactics in the classroom. The Teacher Implementation Pack provides detailed follow-up for teachers. See more products designed to increase minority student learning

     
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    Visit The links below to purchase Closing the Achievement Gap Products

    Video
    Online CD
    Teacher Edition
    Book-Interdisciplinary Curriculum
    Book-Courageous Conversations About Race

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