1. The Essential Elements (of Standards-Focused Middle Level Schools and Programs)

3. Essential Element 1: Philosophy and Mission Status quo and inertia Rate your situation on a scale of 1 to 10, 10 high: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

4. Essential Element 1: Philosophy and Mission An dually-articulated vision for the future Rate your situation on a scale of 1 to 10, 10 high: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

5. Essential Element 1: Philosophy and Mission Status quo and inertia An dually-articulated vision for the future Rate your situation on a scale of 1 to 10, 10 high: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

7. Essential Element 2: Educational Program Standards “incidentalism” or Standards-referenced Rate your situation on a scale of 1 to 10, 10 high: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

8. Essential Element 2: Educational Program Beginning with the End in Mind… all the time. Rate your situation on a scale of 1 to 10, 10 high: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

9. Essential Element 2: Educational Program Standards “incidentalism” or Standards-referenced Beginning with the End in Mind… all the time. Rate your situation on a scale of 1 to 10, 10 high: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

11. Essential Element 3: Organization and Structure Junior High School Rate your situation on a scale of 1 to 10, 10 high: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

12. Essential Element 3: Organization and Structure Deliberate and intentional design Rate your situation on a scale of 1 to 10, 10 high: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

13. Essential Element 3: Organization and Structure Junior High School Deliberate and intentional design Rate your situation on a scale of 1 to 10, 10 high: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

15. Essential Element 4: Classroom Instruction Traditional Teaching Rate your situation on a scale of 1 to 10, 10 high: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

16. Essential Element 4: Classroom Instruction Best Practice and Research-based Learning Rate your situation on a scale of 1 to 10, 10 high: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

17. Essential Element 4: Classroom Instruction Traditional Teaching Best Practice and Research-based Learning Rate your situation on a scale of 1 to 10, 10 high: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

19. Essential Element 5: Educational Leadership Mis-matched Management Rate your situation on a scale of 1 to 10, 10 high: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

20. Essential Element 5: Educational Leadership Effective Leadership and Situational Match Rate your situation on a scale of 1 to 10, 10 high: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

21. Essential Element 5: Educational Leadership Mis-matched Management Effective Leadership and Situational Match Rate your situation on a scale of 1 to 10, 10 high: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

23. Essential Element 6: A Network of Academic and Personal Support Haphazard Programs and reliance on AIS Rate your situation on a scale of 1 to 10, 10 high: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

24. Essential Element 6: A Network of Academic and Personal Support Deliberate and Collaborative Network Rate your situation on a scale of 1 to 10, 10 high: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

25. Essential Element 6: A Network of Academic and Personal Support Haphazard Programs and reliance on AIS Deliberate and Collaborative Network Rate your situation on a scale of 1 to 10, 10 high: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

27. Essential Element 7: Professional Training and Staff Development Disconnected, one-shot, wants-based staff development Rate your situation on a scale of 1 to 10, 10 high: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

28. Essential Element 7: Professional Training and Staff Development Aligned and Distributed Professional Learning Rate your situation on a scale of 1 to 10, 10 high: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

29. Essential Element 7: Professional Training and Staff Development Disconnected, one-shot, wants-based staff development Aligned and Distributed Professional Learning Rate your situation on a scale of 1 to 10, 10 high: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

31. Pamphlet Series...

32. The Rubrics are coming...

33. Resource CDs distributed at Regional Meetings this Fall

34. NYSMSA.org