Admissions
Drawing students from its own attendance area and from other designated districts.
What is a magnet school?
All teachers at ISD.
Who are language teachers?
A requirement to track disruptive behavior and to provide guidance and support as needed.
What is an incident log?
Rubrics, Benchmarks/exemplars, Checklists, Anecdotal records
How do ISD teachers assess student progress?
Implementation begins 15 school days following the PPT.
When does an IEP begin?
When are the majority of available magnet seats filled by?
By the end of February.
Provides visual aides to staff in order to support L2 students learning.
Who is the FLES teacher?
A statement regarding what could be done differently going forward.
What is a Reflection sheet?
An authentic summative assessment reflecting the PYP years.
What is the Exhibition?
Students who are not meeting grade level benchmarks are provided with this.
What is an intervention?
The lottery will "weight" students based on their priority group.
What is the selection process?
IB traits charts in other languages, vocabulary charts with synonyms and antonyms and for various units.
What are resources the ELL teacher provides to support teachers?
Repeated infractions may result in the creation of this.
What is a behavior plan?
Engaging learners in reflection to determine strengths and weaknesses and to set goals, assessing prior knowledge and experience and incorporating principles of Universal Design for Learning.
How are students' learning promoted?
Literacy specialists, math interventionists, speech language pathologists, social workers, occupational therapists.
What are examples of support services?
Who participates in the PYP program?
All students attending ISD.
Parents conferences are conducted primarily in English, but translation can be arranged. The school psychologist and speech therapist provide translations for PPT documents.
How do we communicate with parents?
The foundation for the development of academic integrity for our students.
What is the IB Learner Profile?
The focus is on the process and skill application rather than on the product.
What are the Approaches to Learning?
Small group instruction, extra support in general ed classroom, speech and language services and counseling support.
What are responses to interventions?
What priority is given to siblings during the lottery process?
What is First priority?
Parents cultural sharing in the classroom. Families showcase their cultures via PTA events. Research tools are available in many languages.
How do we raise cultural awareness at ISD?
"Making knowledge, understanding and thinking transparently"
What is Academic Honesty?
Allowing children to synthesize and apply their learning, not merely recall facts. Focusing on the production of quality projects or performances.
What are characteristics of effective assessment at ISD?
This is fostered through a collaborative approach that emphasizes respect, support, and reflection.
What is inclusion?