Best Practices
- Welcome to the best practices resource site for MCPS staff by MCPS staff. This site has been created to provide sharing of best practices including lesson plans, the use of quality tools, and formative assessments. Staff members are invited to share strategies with other schools to link to this web site by forwarding (via e-mail) their materials for review to Eve Wetten.
Best Practices for Leadership
Quality Tools
- Parent mid-year survey (Carson)
- Category system checks (Glen Haven)
- Well-defined, well-design, well-deployed process (Glen Haven)
- Math acceleration plan (Glen Haven)
- Staff needs assessment (Glen Haven)
- Instructional leadership through data-driven decision-making [ESOL] (Glen Haven)
- Lotus tool for planning a goal in writing (Kemp Mill)
- Lotus tool for planning SIP goals (Kemp Mill)
- PDSA model for problem solving (Ritchie Park)
- Flowcharts for parent meeting [English] [Espanol] (Ritchie Park)
- Plus/Delta: arts team scheduling (Cold Spring)
- Plus/Delta: end of year summary of the SIP (Kensington Parkwood)
- Format for capturing SIP feedback from staff, parents, students; planning next steps (Kensington Parkwood)
Process Management
- Process managment for reading (Glen Haven)
- Goal setting format (Somerset)
- Process Management tool (Ritchie Park)
Monitoring Tools
- Intervention monitoring tool (Ritchie Park) [xls]
- Data collection sheet for a class (Kensington Parkwood) [xls]
- Monitoring form for kids in Need [KIN] (Kensington Parkwood)
Action Planning
- Action plan for writing (Kemp Mill)
Action Plan Formats
- Action Plan example to develop processes and systems
- Action Plan template to develop processes and systems
- Action Plan with Strategic Monitoring Intervention Process and MSDE SIP Plan
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