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Scholars' achievement is improved when they are taught by educators who know them as individual learners and who can differentiate instruction in ways that ensure all scholars have access to high-quality curriculum and can achieve high expectations. Implementing the strategies below will ensure we are focused on improving our candidate pools and developing the capacity of the most significant school-based influences on scholar achievement: the teacher and principal.

Commitment in Action

We commit to the following key initiatives:

• Developing a Leadership Academy and a Teacher Academy (especially for teacher assistants)
• Developing a world-class Teaching and Learning Professional Development Center
• Developing a High School Teacher Preparatory Academy with the opportunity for scholars to earn an Associate in Arts degree with their High School diploma
• Developing a "grow our own" approach at all levels of the organization and in both instructional and operational functions
• Creating a robust teacher mentorship program

Implementation Plan

Some of the initiatives will take more planning and time to implement than others. The table below outlines the estimated action plan for implementation of Commitment #3.

Key: Planning=P | Initial Implementation=I | Continuous Refinement=R