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The National Forum to
Accelerate Middle Grades Reform
in collaboration with the
Virginia Middle School Association
and the Virginia
Department of Education...
 invites your school to demonstrate its progress in becoming
a high-performing middle level school by applying for this prestigious
recognition.
Schools that apply for Virginia Schools to Watch must include grade
seven plus at least one other, and be fully accredited by the Virginia
Department of Education.
Schools must also be members of VMSA
and retain VMSA membership throughout their tenure with Schools to Watch.
Follow directions for all aspects of the application. Both data and
narrative materials are needed as well as signatures as stated.
Call 703-361-3515 or 703-906-7154 or e-mail Karen Poindexter at
vmsaed@comcast.net if you have any
questions.
The application process has several parts:
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Download the
National Forum to Accelerate Middle
Grades Reform STW chart. This .pdf file lists criteria for each aspect of a
STW, provides "look fors" a school should possess in meeting the
criteria, followed by a column a school can use to find evidence of each
criteria is accomplished at the school. |
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Download the STW
criteria. This Word file expands the four areas of STW criteria in a manner
a school can copy and use as discussion points in the development of the STW
application. The limit is no more than three pages of narrative for each of the
4 sets of criteria.
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Download the
Schools to Watch
narrative application. The first part of the application includes the
school's name and address along with directions on completing a narrative
describing how your school is making its way toward becoming a high-performance
middle grades school. This portion of the application also requires a school to
include basic school characteristics, any special recognition the school has
received and the DOE School Report Card data.(*See
note above regarding SOL information.) |
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The second part of the application seeks data on the school's students
and faculty and requests for references for the school. Data Information
primarily SOL can be submitted after November 1 deadline. |
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Download the Schools to
Watch Signature Page. The last part of the application provides a sheet for
signatures of the principal, the superintendent and members of the team involved
in production of the STW application. |
Please return one hard copy with signature page, one copy on CD, and
one electronic version (email to vmsaed@comcast.net
) of the application to:
VMSA, c/o
Karen Poindexter
9804 Copeland Dr.
Manassas, VA 20109
by the November 1, 2008
deadline. (*See note above regarding AYP information.) |
Please do not fax the
application. Do not include any supplemental materials with the
application. | |
Call Karen Poindexter at 703-361-3515 or 703-906-7154 or e-mail her
at
vmsaed@comcast.net if you have any
questions. We look forward to receiving your application!
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