Student Acceptable Use Agreement and Annual Parent Notification
In preparation for the 2021-2022 school year, the district is required to update the Student Acceptable Use Agreement and Annual Parent Information documents. This year the process has been moved online and you can now submit these via Q Parent Connection.
Porter will be a school site that successfully demonstrates research proven instructional strategies to engage and support student learning. This objective will be met through collective teacher efficacy/collaboration, consistent classroom observations and evidence-based feedback. The following are some examples and observable behaviors of what a Porter classroom looks like:
• Inclusive seating arrangements. • Collaborative student atmosphere. • Explicit direct instruction during whole and small-group learning. • Print rich environment-Rubrics and points of reference for students to utilize. • Provide opportunities for students to think about, discuss, and evaluate content. • Engage all students in a variety of learning experiences that accommodate the different ways students learn. • Promote fairness, equity, and respect that values all individuals and cultures. • Build on students’ life experiences, prior knowledge, and interests to make subject matter relevant and meaningful to students. • Ensure that goals for student learning promotes critical thinking and problem solving. • Establish learning goals that are set for individual students and /or groups of students.