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Write a Priority Statement to restate the primary Root Cause as an actionable statement. The Priority Statement should answer the question of what practice, structure, or system do we need to change to better support educators, students, parents/guardians, or our community.  The Priority Statement should address the gap between the current reality and the vision for a better outcome (If...then...) and also provide a logical justiication (...because...).

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If teachers provide explicit instruction on the math problem-solving process & give students opportunities to solve open-ended problems every day, then students will have opportunity to gain and demonstrate skills needed to successfully solve problems in word form because their knowledge & skill gaps will be addressed.

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We struggle to align to standards due to our students being well below their academic grade level.

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We struggle to align to standards due to our students being well below their academic grade level.

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When students come to us we are not aware of their foundational knowledge, skills or abilities

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When students come to us we are not aware of their foundational knowledge, skills or abilities

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We may not have a clear and in-depth understanding of the academic standards.

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We may not have a clear and in-depth understanding of the academic standards.

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Teachers do not have background knowledge in Curriculum Writing

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Teachers do not have background knowledge in Curriculum Writing

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We struggle to align curriculum because we are reticent to change and digging into how our students learn and their various levels can be cumbersome to understand.

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We struggle to align curriculum because we are reticent to change and digging into how our students learn and their various levels can be cumbersome to understand.

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The standards may not meet our students where they are at. We need to teach the building blocks before we can get the students on grade level appropriate material.

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The standards may not meet our students where they are at. We need to teach the building blocks before we can get the students on grade level appropriate material.

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Curriculum is not set across the board. Curriculum frameworks (the paperwork side of things) is not set in a cohesive manner. Lesson plans are not created because of that amongst teachers seeing no value in lesson planning. There isn't a planning process amongst teams within the school. Teachers say students are below level so why are they teaching to grade level standards.

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Unsure of where our students knowledge lie.

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Unsure of where our students knowledge lie.

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We lack a common framework for curriculum, instruction, and assessment.

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We lack a common framework for curriculum, instruction, and assessment.

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We have never had anyone whose job it was to oversee and review curriculum

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We have never had anyone whose job it was to oversee and review curriculum

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Classes have been added, but none of the teachers have the background in creating a curriculum from the ground up. Or don't have the passion to teach that particular subject but are expected to cover it and come up with materials for it.

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Lack of knowledge on how to write curriculum.

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Lack of knowledge on how to write curriculum.

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This was a vacant job until recently.  Our teachers were always tasked to do it.

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This was a vacant job until recently.  Our teachers were always tasked to do it.

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Behaviors seem to be the focus. Staff changes constantly and curriculum has been deemed a lower priority. Some teachers may not understand how to write curriculum and needed the guidance and may not have felt comfortable to ask for help building this skill.

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Behaviors seem to be the focus. Staff changes constantly and curriculum has been deemed a lower priority. Some teachers may not understand how to write curriculum and needed the guidance and may not have felt comfortable to ask for help building this skill.

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Lack of time to create meaningful curriculum. 

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Lack of time to create meaningful curriculum. 

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Although we have flexibility in our curriculum, instruction, and assessments, we have a lack of knowledge related to effective  design of curriculum, instruction, and assessment, and we have historically had behavior as a priority.