Describes charter school management practices linked to improved student achievement: setting high expectations for student behavior to promote a safe and focused learning environment and providing intensive individualized coaching for teachers.
- Observation: High-performing CMOs create high expectations for student behavior by establishing clear and consistent behavior codes, encouraging consistency across classrooms to create clear expectations, expecting adults to model positive behaviors, asking parents to reinforce school actions, giving schools flexibility in implementation, and emphasizing teacher training to support high standards for classroom behavior.
- Observation: High-performing CMOs enhance teacher effectiveness by strategically targeting teacher needs, aligning coaching with school and central office goals, observing teachers frequently and providing rapid feedback, selecting coaches with specific skills who can form solid relationships with teachers, and ensuring other personnel practices and school culture support coaching.
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