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Principal Wenning outlines improvements, instructional practice guide use as school aims to move from level 1 to level 3 or 4
Summary
At a Cheatham County Board of Education Roadshow meeting, Principal Wenning described personnel changes, targeted interventions and use of the district's Instructional Practice Guide to improve testing and classroom instruction; district staff described how the IPG is used to guide teacher support and district planning.
Principal Wenning, principal of the host school, told the Cheatham County Board of Education during its roadshow meeting that the school has been rated level 1 for two years and is aiming to reach level 3 or 4 this year after recent changes and interventions.
“we were level 1 actually for the last 2 years in a row, and none of us are happy about that,” Principal Wenning said, adding that a single subject area had depressed the school's overall rating and that midyear benchmark data suggest the school “will be a level 3 or 4 school this year” if gains hold.
The school has pursued several steps to raise student performance, Wenning said: personnel reassignments, expanded use of the district's high‑quality instructional materials (HQIM) in math and English, collaborative planning among teachers, and targeted intervention programs. He described a literacy pilot and…
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