Closing the Achievement Gap and Increasing Minority Student Achievement

Closing the Achievement Gap and Increasing Minority Student Achievement


School Improvement Network Provides Professional Development Solutions For Schools And Teachers

 Closing the Achievement Gap and Increasing Minority Student Achievement

 
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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.

Every student, regardless of race, has the right to an education that encourages and allows them to achieve to their highest level. Sadly, studies have shown a disturbing discrepancy between the academic achievement of white students and students of color, regardless of economic conditions. Research proves that minority students have the same capabilities as white students to learn and excel. The reasons for the achievement gap are found within the schools, with problems like misunderstanding race, lowered expectations, and a curriculum that does not speak to minority experiences. Thankfully, these are problems that can be remedied. The School Improvement Network has developed a number of programs that address different topics regarding how educators can increase minority student achievement. All of our programs are focused on driving classroom implementation and increasing student learning.

Our five programs--

  • Closing the Achievement Gap,
  • No Excuses! Increasing Minority Student Achievement,
  • Using Data to Close the Achievement Gap,
  • Working with Students from the Culture of Poverty,
  • and All Means All: What Is It About Me You Can't Teach?
    • --present research-based, classroom-proven methods and strategies to help you close the achievement gap and increase minority student learning.

    Benefits of all four programs:

  • Examine practical strategies real schools have employed to close the achievement gap.
  • See real teachers shown applying the strategies in real classrooms with real students.
  • Learn methods and strategies which are effective at every grade level, in every subject, and in every school demographic.
  • Our Facilitator Pack and Teacher Implementation Packs provide ongoing professional development.
  • All video training programs feature classroom examples from urban, suburban, and rural schools.
  • All our products are research-based and classroom-proven.

    • We recommend first using Closing the Achievement, followed by No Excuses! Increasing Minority Student Achievement.

    Benefits of Closing the Achievement Gap:

  • Gain an understanding of the reality of the racial achievement gap and the impact of race in schools.
  • Learn to create an environment of equity.
  • See practical strategies that can be applied in any school or classroom to close the achievement gap.
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    Benefits of No Excuses! How to Increase Minority Student Learning:

  • Learn to motivate all students, even those typically left out.
  • Understand how to create an Equity Framework to permanently eliminate the achievement gap in your schools.
  • See multiple examples of schools and classrooms where the achievement gap has been eliminated.
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    Our other three programs on increasing minority student learning provide excellent follow-up and support to Closing the Achievement Gap and No Excuses! How to Increase Minority Student Learning.. They allow you to explore more deeply the topics most pertinent to your schools.

    Benefits of Using Data to Close the Achievement Gap:

  • Learn how to use data to identify and address achievement gaps in your schools.
  • See how data plays a critical role in the reform process by empowering teachers to reach every student.
  • Observe real educators examining data outcomes and learn about specific indicators beyond test scores that reveal student achievement.
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    Benefits of Working with Students from the Culture of Poverty:

  • Teaches educators about the culture of poverty and its values.
  • Assists teachers in learning how to connect with impoverished students.
  • Shows teachers the most effective ways to teach and include impoverished students within an educational system designed on middle class values.
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    Benefits of All Means All: "What Is It About Me You Can't Teach?":

  • Helps teachers develop and solidify the attitude that all children can learn.
  • Introduces five concepts that--when implemented in the classroom--will help every student learn and achieve to the highest level.
  • Provides practical strategies and methods to implement these five concepts into your schools.
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    All five programs are designed for ongoing professional development. We know one-shot cures never work, which is why our programs provide many opportunities for follow-up to ensure that strategies become embedded in your schools. The programs include both a Facilitator Pack and Teacher Implementation Packs. The Facilitator Pack is designed for ongoing group training and contains video training programs, as well as an Implementation Guide for the facilitator. The Teacher Implementation Packs are designed to ensure that the knowledge being taught in group training sessions becomes a reality in each individual classroom allowing for ongoing, individual study and follow-up with real classroom examples either online or via CD-ROM. By reinforcing the group training, strategies become job-embedded.

    The greatest shortcoming of most professional development is the lack of follow-up and classroom implementation. At School Improvement Network, we work with you through every step of the process to ensure our product both fits your needs and that real improvement is implemented in the classroom. All our products are fully designed for classroom implementation and are research-based and classroom-proven.

    Compared to traditional, one-time workshops, the focused and ongoing training we offer in all five of our Increasing Minority Learning programs is the most effective way you can bring about teacher improvement. Ongoing training has a greater impact on student achievement than any other teacher characteristic besides the teacher's cognitive ability.

    For fifteen years, the School Improvement Network has been creating practical solutions for educators, taking the best research-based methods and making them applicable to every teacher. The School Improvement Network's product development teams have visited thousands of schools and every product contains real classroom examples, effectively helping to bridge the gap from training to classroom implementation. Let us design a program to aid you in closing the achievement gap and increasing minority student learning in your schools with our research-based and classroom-proven methods.

     
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    Closing the Achievement Gap
    No Excuses! Increasing Minority Student Achievement Using Data to Close the Achievement Gap
    Working with Students from the Culture of Poverty
    All Means All: "What Is It About Me You Can't Teach?"


    Visit The links below to purchase Closing the Achievement Gap Products

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


    Visit The links below to purchase No Excuses! How to Increase Minority Student Achievement Products

    Video(Elementary)
    Video(Secondary)
    DVD(Elementary)
    DVD(Secondary)
    Online CD
    Teacher Edition


    Visit The links below to purchase Using Data to Close the Achievement Gap Products

    Video
    Online CD
    Teacher Edition
    Book


    Visit The links below to purchase Working with Students from the Culture of Poverty Products

    Video
    DVD
    Online CD
    Teacher Edition


    Visit The links below to purchase All Means All--What is it about Me You Can't Teach? Products

    Video(Elementary)
    Video(Secondary)
    Online CD
    Teacher Edition
    Toolkit-Silver(Secondary)
    Toolkit-Gold(Secondary)
    Toolkit-Silver(Elementary)
    Toolkit-Gold(Elementary)

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