Focus

Region 4 has the resources to support your summer school interventions. Instructional coaching also can be

provided to assist teachers in effective implementation of these resources. Please contact the appropriate

Region 4 director from the list below to discuss your needs.

Do You Need Intervention Resources to "Focus" on Closing the Achievement Gap?

Be aware of these upcoming deadlines!

Be sure to make any necessary budget amendments to access Focus and Priority school funds by July 17, 2017.	To utilize this year's available Focus and Priority school grant funds, all purchases must be received by September 30, 2017.

Professional Development Offerings, Ideal for Focus and Priority Schools

  Criticial Success Factor 1:

  Improve Academic Performance

Academic performance is the foundational Critical Success Factor. Through ongoing monitoring, schools can ensure that instruction is data-driven and focused on increasing the academic performance of all students. Curricular alignment is also a critical aspect of this critical success factor.

Individualized Support Selections

• College and Career Readiness Planning

  Criticial Success Factor 2:

  Use of Quality Data to Drive Instruction

Critical Success Factor 2 emphasizes the effective use of multiple sources of disaggregated data. It is not only the use of data to drive instructional decision making that is significant but also the ongoing communication of data with others that provides the greatest opportunity for data to have a positive impact on student-learning outcomes.