Indiana Graduates Prepared to Succeed Dashboard (GPS)

GPS displays a transparent, robust view of school and student performance over multiple measures. Please click on the link above to access Discovery’s data.

Instructional Program

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Engagement

How To Think, Not What to Think

Utilize Inquiry

Hands On

Effective Instruction

  • Slow Down

  • Turn & Talk

  • Experiments

  • Use of Wait Time

  • Essential Questions

  • Making Connections

  • Use of Manipulatives

  • Learning Experiences

  • Higher Order Thinking

  • Use of technology

  • Question the Concepts

  • Play/Project/Problem Based

  • Encourage Questioning

  • Open Ended Discussions

  • Use of props, models, visuals

  • Encourage/Discuss Wrong Answers

  • Explain your thinking (different pathways)

  • Develop student understanding

  • RISE 2.0 Effective Instruction


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Content

Well rounded curriculum

Indiana Academic Standards

Purposeful Planning

  • Reading Plan

  • Content Integration

  • Use of Multiple Content Resources

  • Collaboration

  • Scaffold and Reteach

  • Differentiate

  • RISE 1.0 Purposeful Planning


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Place Based

Outdoor Emphasis

Attachment to Surroundings

Develop Partnerships

Standards Based Environmental Curriculum

Real World Approach

  • Great Lakes Initiative

  • Localized Content

  • Field Work

  • Learning Experiences

  • Community involvement/support

  • Sustainability (recycling, composting)


Links and references

Imagination Library Family Resources

Each month, Imagination Library mails participating children ages birth to five a free book. To support a love of reading and increase enjoyment, these family resources provide music, activities, vocabulary, and connecting book and read-aloud ideas. To access these resources, register for a free account to the Indiana Learning Lab. Contact IDOE’s Office of Kindergarten Readiness with any questions. 

i-Ready

What is i-Ready: Parent Guide

What is i-Ready: Family Video

i-Ready Personalized Instruction Family Guide Video

Reports for Families Link

standards

Indiana Academic Standards

Great Lakes Literacy Standards

Assessments

ILEARN

Acadience Reading-DIBELS Next

Teacher Evaluation Process