The Test Results are In!!!!!!
...and Here's What They Show
PARCC Scores are back for West Junior High School
Our average daily attendance is 95.8% above the National Average.
Highest Proficiency Percentage is in Main Idea, Plot, and Purpose.
All grades maintained or improved scores from last year's test scores.
West Junior High Literacy Conference
Monday, Jul 18, 2016, 09:00 AM
West Junior High School, West Memphis, AR, United States
Agenda
9:00-11:00 Introduction to Literacy Lab Program to be implemented in Fall 2016
11-12:30 Lunch on Your Own
12:30-2:30 Two Workshops:
Literacy Teachers: Workshop on Kagan Strategies for the classroom-Several Kagan Strategies will be introduced and demonstrated to be used in the literacy classrooms.
All Other Core Subjects: Teaching Reading Across the Curriculum- Ways to enhance and strengthen reading skills across the curriculum will be demonstrated by literacy coach.
WJHS Teams Up with Lit Lab
Literacy Lab is a 14-day staff-development program, and the training covers a two-year period.
The Web site explains that seven days in year 1 cover the material and research needed for teachers to implement a reading workshop environment in their classrooms. Seven days in year 2 are designed to instruct teachers to use assessment as the “driver of education” and to implement writing workshops in their classrooms, along with vocabulary and word study instruction.
Kagan Strategies
Kagan specializes in:
- Active Engagement
- Cooperative Learning
- Multiple Intelligence
- Win-Win Discipline
- Brain-Friendly Instruction
- Thinking Skills
- Character Development
- Emotional Intelligence
- English Language Learners