Project Momentum Arizona
GEARS FRAMEWORK
Project Momentum Arizona is committed to helping educators do the right work 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. The good news is you do not have to be flawless from the onset. To help schools get started toward sustainable school improvement, educators are asked first to consider the six essential gears questions below:
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 participating in Project Momentum Arizona use a Playbook design to help ensure that the work remains focused on improvement actions proven most effective in sustaining student success. The related Project Momentum AZ Framework summarizes collaborative actions from the playbook for each of the six gears and offers in-depth guiding questions to help schools target school improvement actions specific to their need.
After careful consideration of an LEA’s developmental context within the gears, schools choose one or more guiding question(s) to initiate plans for improvement. Based on the previous experience of the Project Momentum Arizona implementation team, the initial scope of work identified for launching the initiative is focused on the first four Gears in the Project Momentum Arizona Framework. These actions must be developed effectively to sustain continuous improvement and support student success.
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