Characteristics of Successful Schools

CHAPTER THREE
How Do We Bring It All Together?

HOW WILL WE KNOW WE'RE ON TARGET?
WHAT WILL WE DO IF WE'RE NOT?

A well-developed plan and a good road map are the keys to describing success and identifying needs along the way. When targets are determined, they are usually long-term targets. School improvements are rarely completed in a single school year. That being the case, it is important to establish benchmarks as guides that help schools move toward their targets of educating students’ hearts and minds.

School improvement teams need to pause occasionally to check the impact of their efforts. Regularly revisiting the vision, leadership, academic standards, standards of the heart, and family and community involvement allows the team to reassess improvement efforts.

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