SSR-What happens in the schools?

Personalized Learning Environments:
·    Ninth grade academy
·    Career/professional academies for 10-12 graders
·    Interdisciplinary teams
·    Transition courses in sixth and ninth grades
·    Electronic transition portfolio 

Academic Engagement of all Students:
·    Project-based education
·    Increased student participation in honors and AP courses
·    Capstone Project
·    PSAT for all ninth grade students 

Empowered Educators:
·    Common planning period for team teachers
·    Site specific professional development
·    Professional collaboration
·    Reflective practices
·    Common vision and mission
·    Aligned resources
·    Equitable practices and policies
·    Data driven decision making 

Accountable Leaders:
·    Common vision and mission
·    Aligned resources
·    Equitable practices and policies
·    Data driven decision making 

Engaged Community and Youth:
·    Service Projects
·    Business Partnerships
·    Increased parental involvement in the development of individual student educational plan
·    Senior career/professional experience (internships)
·    Adult mentors 

Integrated System of High Standards, Curriculum, Instruction, Assessment, and Support:
·    Experiential learning activities
·    Essential skills
·    Differentiated instruction
·    Portfolio and performance assessment activities
·    Academy elective courses aligned to industry standards
·    Literacy instruction throughout the curriculum