Dr. Tina Stancil attended the Data Wise Seminar at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. I am so grateful that she has brought this back to our school. In previous blogs, I referenced Wynnebrook Elementary, a school that has a similar demographic. Wynnebrook was a failing school only 16 years ago. The principal, Mr. Pegg, worked to build capacity and made the grade for three consecutive years on student gains. The following years showed a raise in proficiency, which resulted in a Florida School Grade of A being assigned for the past 13 years. One of the ideas that Mr. Pegg attributes this growth to is PLC/Planning sessions with administrators being in attendance with each grade level each week. This experience, of course, began our conversations in the 2016 school year as to HOW we could make this happen at Oneco. Dr. Stancil reworked our school schedule to back our "specials" rotation up to end every day at 2:05 p.m. This allowed a free space in ...