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Maintain your role as an educator, but heavily encourage the students to learn from each other and what they are doing. They come to class every day to hear you, but do not get to hear from their classmates to this same degree,

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Have students establish a plan of attack-who will do what tasks, according to the assignment. Test this with a written and oral verification from each group/spokesperson of said group.

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Encourage participation across the board. Be aware of students who are friends and tell them that they can work together, but they need to be serious. Conversely, try to bring those who are a bit shy out of their shell by bringing them just a hair out of their usual "keeping to themselves" routine.

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Performance measures are used to quantitatively assess the implementation and outcomes of educational systems. All federal legislation relies on performance measures to hold educators accountable for their results.

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As the mission of the Office of Charter Schools is to improve the quality of education or children in the City of Milwaukee, the academic and behavioral growth and achievement of the students in the schools that we authorize is extremely important. To this end, the Office requires all schools to participate in three assessments.

Wisconsin Student Assessment System (WSAS)

Through the 2013-14 school year, public schools in Wisconsin administered the Wisconsin Knowledge and Concepts Examination (WKCE) to students in grades three through eight and ten in the Fall. All students completed Reading and Mathematics assessments, with fourth, eighth, and tenth grade students additionally taking assessments in Language Arts, Science, and Social Studies.

In 2014-15, all public schools in Wisconsin administered the Badger Exam to students in grades three through eight in the Spring. Students were assessed in English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics.

In the 2015-16 school year, all public schools in Wisconsin will administer the Wisconsin Forward Exam to students in grades three through eight in the Spring. All students will complete English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics assessments. Fourth and eighth grade students will also complete a Science assessment and fourth, eighth, and tenth grade students will also complete a Social Studies assessment.

For accountability purposes, starting in 2014-15, students in grade eleven were all assessed with the ACT Plus Writing exam in Reading, English, Mathematics, Science, and Writing. The Wisconsin DPI developed a method to combine the Reading, English, and Writing scores to create an English Language Arts (ELA) score.

A very small percentage of students with severe cognitive disabilities take the Dynamic Learning Maps (DLM) assessments instead of the assessments mentioned above.

Measures of Academic Progress (MAP)

An assessment developed by the Northwest Evaluation Association of Portland, Oregon that measures academic growth in reading, mathematics, language, and science three times a year (September - January - May).

Student, Parent, and Staff Satisfaction Surveys

Surveys developed by the Office of Charter Schools. The student survey asks students to rate the school on safety and discipline, learning opportunities, friendship and respect, care provided by the staff, and expectations and success. The parent survey asks parents to rate the school on expectations, communications, and results. The staff survey asks staff to rate the school on leadership, strategic planning, student, stakeholder, and market focus, measurement, analysis, and knowledge management, faculty and staff focus, and process management.

The Office also collects data on other aspects of the school including attendance rates, student mobility, discipline, and other measures that impact student success. Additional data collected at the high school level includes graduation rates and ACT performance. This information can be found in each school's Annual Accountability Report.

Achievement

Proficiency Results for 2016-17

Growth

Meeting or Exceeding Growth Targets

Measures of Academic Progress (MAP)

Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) is an assessment developed by the Northwest Evaluation Association of Portland, Oregon. Students take MAP assessments in reading, mathematics, language, and science online and their results are immediately available to teachers and schools to help tailor their instruction to what they are ready to learn now and in the near future. In addition, since the assessments are taken three times a year (September - January - May), they can also be used to monitor the academic growth of all students.

Resources are available below for MAP proctors, teachers and administrators, and parents.

Teachers & Administrators

Satisfaction

Satisfaction Survey Results

Annual School Growth Reports

Annual School Growth Reports 2016-17

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Teamwork Theories: the STAR Team Model

There are numerous teamwork theories all with features to commend them, but how do you decide which might help in getting teams to work effectively?

For example it would be helpful to know the answer to the following questions:

How do teams develop?

Where do you need to place your emphasis as a leader to develop a team?

How does the leader's role vary as a team develops?

What needs to be put in place to help teams work in their context and surrounding?

To help answer these questions we bring together three strands of teamwork theories in our own model, the STAR team model:

Firstly ideas about the stages of team development (stages).

The best known of which is Tuckman's model which we discuss in our article: teamwork theory.

Secondly, leadership theories for teams, particularly situation specific leadership, which varies at different stages of the team development. (situation)

Thirdly theories that relate to the context and environment of teams and teamwork, recognizing that teams don't exist in isolation; they are affected by many outside factors. (surroundings)

STAR Team Model

The Star team model provides the substance (or content) to the stages, situation and surroundings of the teamwork theory mentioned above. It helps to determine what a team and team leader need to focus on.

As we suggested in our article: teamwork in the workplace:

"Good team leadership is about creating the conditions that allow ideas and people to flourish, people to come together and performance to flow. When you balance developing people's strengths, with building good relationships and connections between people, in the pursuit of challenging and meaningful team goals you are moving a long way towards encouraging effective teamwork in the workplace."

The STAR team performance model brings together teamwork theories with some of the main principles of the happy manager. Focusing on individual strengths particularly when in the pursuit of goals that are meaningful to make a difference is a crucial building block for being happier. It's a similar story with our relationships and "connectedness" to others. The strengths of our relationships have repeatedly been found to be the strongest links to finding happiness in life.

So there is a good chance that developing this kind of teamwork in the workplace will also create a happier place to work.

Effective teamwork in the workplace happens when:

Individuals flourish as they use and develop their . This is a focus on individual strengths and identifying where an individual's best contribution can be made.

People come together building relationships and as they work together well results in effective .

When individual strengths and teamwork come together in pursuit of meaningful goals then performance starts to flow naturally and that are meaningful and rewarding to the team are achieved.

Team leaders need to ensure that they A lign the strengths of individuals, with effective teamwork and a focus on meaningful Results. This forms the basis of our model for effective teams; we call it the STAR team performance model (Strengths, Teamwork, Alignment, Results). We think it can help create the conditions for effective teams and a happier workplace.

A Wider Perspective

The balance and emphasis between strengths, teamwork and results will vary for different stages of team development. The STAR team performance model thus can act as a guide to leaders by recognising that different aspects of the model will need emphasising at different stages of the team development cycle.

For example during the initial phase of team formation it is important to develop the purpose of the team, and clarify the results expected of the team, alongside of course developing the other two other areas

However, a wider perspective is needed: team leaders and their teams not only have to be aligned, but the team also needs to be aligned to surrounding factors outside the team. For a team to be effective the environment within which it is situated must also be considered.

There are three outside elements we feel need to be assessed to help teams to be effective:

Other teams: The role of team members and the team leader in building networks outside of their own team is crucial as the effectiveness of one team may well be dependent on the performance of another team.

Organisation -How does the team link more widely in the organization: are structures, systems and support in place?

Outside factors - How does the team interact with customers, partners, suppliers and competitors?

We think the principles of creating a happier workplace when combined with the three strands of teamwork theories begin to develop a more comprehensive team performance model.

If you do have the time to read more on this topic, why not go to our teamwork articles. A good place to start might be to think through why is teamwork important , or you may want to think about how you define teamwork or reminding yourself of the benefits of teamwork.

Putting Teamwork Theories to Work

This is one of the articles in our teamwork series. But for some practical tips on teamwork theories, look at our great-value guides (below), or at our Team Building Exercises for all team stages teams...
Team Building Exercises and Team Stages
The exercises in this guide are grouped according to our team stages model. Remember, each team is unique and needs to be led through several developmental stages. These include:
Creating a new team or taking over an existing team
Exercises for all team stages!

Exercise 1: Being a TEAM together

Exercise 2: True or false

Exercise 3: Who does what in a team?

Exercise 4: Getting the mix right

Exercise 5: Doing something for the first time

Exercise 6: Two years from now

Developing a team

Exercise 7: A clearer vision

Exercise 8: Mad, sad or glad

Exercise 9: Seeing the bigger picture

Exercise 10: Positive feedback

Exercise 11: Conflicting views

Performing and achieving results with a team

Exercise 12: Did you notice?

Exercise 13: Limiting beliefs

Sustaining team performance

Exercise 14: Scarce resources

Exercise 15: Keeping going

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Theories and Themes: Working Together on Virtual Projects

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Health, Sports & Psychology

As Ireland votes in the Irish abortion referendum, we look back at our video collection on women's abortion experiences based on Open University research that shows how an unintended and unwanted pregnancy can easily happen, even when women are using contraception.

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Health, Sports & Psychology As Ireland votes in the Irish abortion referendum, we look back at our video collection on women's abortion experiences based on Open University research that shows how an unintended and unwanted pregnancy can easily happen, even when women are using contraception.

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Lev Vygotsky and Social Learning Theories

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Social learning theories help us to understand how people learn in social contexts (learn from each other) and informs us on how we, as teachers, construct active learning communities. Lev Vygotsky (1962), a Russian teacher and psychologist, first stated that we learn through our interactions and communications with others.