The teachers are organized in seven teams that meet daily to plan: interdisciplinary, departmental and team activities and to review and monitor student progress.
A week after the test, students are invited to return to see how they fared, as a teacher reviews the answers.
The advantage of this step-by-step approach is that teachers can review the progress of the student's writing instead of only seeing the end result.
First, teachers reviewed the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills(state-mandated curriculum) to determine the objectives to assess on each grade level.
However, we encourage parents and teachers to review these sites with students to be sure they remain appropriate.
We encourage parents and teachers to review appropriate e-mail etiquette with students and monitor the questions and responses.
Microteaching is a training technique whereby the teacher reviews a videotape of the lesson after each session, in order to conduct a "post-mortem".
Classes are interactive and workshops allow teachers and students to review homework and check for understanding.
Other experienced teachers will review one of their peer's instructions.
The manuals lay out an automatic appeal process that requires teachers to build and review an extensive portfolio of student work.