JOHN SEVIER
ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL
2012 SCORE Prize Elementary School Winner
AT A GLANCE
• Principal Rick Wilson and Assistant Principal Ginny Boles
provide consistent and supportive leadership, visiting classes
every day and providing intensive professional support for all
teachers.
• The school has strong, coherent practices, including a school
wide adoption of classroom engagement and behavioral
management approaches, common instructional frameworks,
and clear expectations for student academic performance
and behavior.
• All students are expected to achieve their “personal best.”
They are strongly encouraged to persevere in their learning
and to make steady progress toward reaching goals.
• All adults are treated as leaders and are provided with tools
and opportunities to engage in decision-making.
• All teachers strictly teach to the Common Core State Standards, collaborate with each other to improve instructional
strategies, and assess their students frequently, often daily,
to monitor progress.
• Students are provided with multiple opportunities for intervention to master standards and apply learning to the real
world.
Video: “John Sevier
Elementary” (3:10)
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Pathways to the Prize
Lessons from the 2012 SCORE Prize School Winners
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