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Jeremy Chatterton: Using Data and Coaching to Improve High School Reading Test Scores
Jeremy Chatterton is the principal of a large public high school in the Salt Lake City school district here in Utah. He brings what he's learned from his experiences as a basketball coach, middle school and high school math teacher, assistant principal, and elementary school principal to his vision for setting the tone and a positive culture as a high school principal. His persistence in the face of setbacks and his drive to continually improve have shaped his approach to his current role. He shares some great insights about how important it is to support teachers, the usefulness of data, like test scores, for a variety of purposes, and how he has used test scores and professional teaching coaches to help teachers and students bridge gaps in reading proficiency, which they have done successfully at his school in the last few years.
"The best decision we can make for kids is to put the best teachers in front of them." (11:27)
"How do we help kids find some success so they can start to build more success?" (14:10)
Invidual students who were reading at 3rd-4th grade level as 9th and 10th graders are now reading at a 9th-10th grade level as 11th and 12th graders. We're talking 4-5 years of reading development in 2 years. (16:57)
"PD" = Professional Development
"PLC" = Professional Learning Community
What Is a Professional Learning Community? (from ACSD - Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development)
Title I School: The Title I, Part A program provides financial assistance each year to Local Education Agencies (LEAs) and schools with high numbers or high percentages of children from low-income families to help ensure that all students have equitable opportunities to meet challenging state academic standards. Funds are used to provide supplemental educational services and resources to meet the needs of economically and educationally disadvantaged students. (From https://schools.utah.gov/eseastateinitiatives/improvingprograms)
Thanks for listening! If you have any thoughts or questions that you'd like to share, I would love to hear them at [email protected]. If you have current experiences in the educational system and an interest in sharing your story on the podcast, please reach out!
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Jeremy Chatterton is the principal of a large public high school in the Salt Lake City school district here in Utah. He brings what he's learned from his experiences as a basketball coach, middle school and high school math teacher, assistant principal, and elementary school principal to his vision for setting the tone and a positive culture as a high school principal. His persistence in the face of setbacks and his drive to continually improve have shaped his approach to his current role. He shares some great insights about how important it is to support teachers, the usefulness of data, like test scores, for a variety of purposes, and how he has used test scores and professional teaching coaches to help teachers and students bridge gaps in reading proficiency, which they have done successfully at his school in the last few years.
"The best decision we can make for kids is to put the best teachers in front of them." (11:27)
"How do we help kids find some success so they can start to build more success?" (14:10)
Invidual students who were reading at 3rd-4th grade level as 9th and 10th graders are now reading at a 9th-10th grade level as 11th and 12th graders. We're talking 4-5 years of reading development in 2 years. (16:57)
"PD" = Professional Development
"PLC" = Professional Learning Community
What Is a Professional Learning Community? (from ACSD - Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development)
Title I School: The Title I, Part A program provides financial assistance each year to Local Education Agencies (LEAs) and schools with high numbers or high percentages of children from low-income families to help ensure that all students have equitable opportunities to meet challenging state academic standards. Funds are used to provide supplemental educational services and resources to meet the needs of economically and educationally disadvantaged students. (From https://schools.utah.gov/eseastateinitiatives/improvingprograms)
Thanks for listening! If you have any thoughts or questions that you'd like to share, I would love to hear them at [email protected]. If you have current experiences in the educational system and an interest in sharing your story on the podcast, please reach out!