GEARS FRAMEWORK FOR IMPROVEMENT

School Improvement is committed to helping educators do the right work using the adopted Project Momentum Gears Framework to ensure that all students succeed. Continual improvement to advance student learning is the mission of every school. When experience and evidence are conclusive that a professional practice or action produces the best results, we are duty-bound to engage in that pursuit. To help schools get started toward sustainable school improvement, educators are asked first to consider the six essential gears questions below:

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No educator alone has the time, skills, and knowledge needed to ensure that every student learns at high levels. Effective school leaders recognize and value the power of collaboration to achieve this outcome. Collaborative teaming equitably supports the success of students and teachers. Students achieve when teachers work together to answer the following six questions:

• What do we want students to know and be able to do?
• What evidence will we accept that students have learned the required content?
• What instructional practices will produce our best results?
• What will we do if students have not learned it?
• What will we do to differentiate instruction when students already know it?
• What will we do to improve, catalog, and save our work?

The project model emphasizes the interconnected nature of the gears and recommends that they function best when initiated in sequence. LEAs engaging in the School Improvement adopted Project Momentum Arizona Gears Framework ensures the work remains focused on continuous improvement actions proven most effective in supporting and sustaining student success. 

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