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=Highland Park High School Course Teams=

The Clear Purpose of our Work:
Our ultimate goal is to create highly effective, highly collaborative Course Teams that work to //increase academic achievement and promote greater equity for all students//. This work will bring cohesion to the many efforts we have begun to better serve our students.

Through the process of Course Teams we will:
 * Create a school wide focus on student learning
 * Develop systems for actively monitoring student assessment results
 * Encourage responsive teaching
 * Promote a collaborative working environment.

The Strong Foundation of our Work:
The curriculum work at Highland Park High School will be built upon three agreements:

1) All faculty will serve on a course team that focuses upon analyzing student learning and developing equity. An outcome of this work will be to insure that a **"guaranteed and viable"** curriculum is created which each student will be expected to learn.

2) All course teams will work collaboratively to address **FIVE Guiding Questions**:
 * What do we want our students to know and be able to do?
 * How do we know if our students are successful?
 * How do we respond when students are not successful?
 * How do we provide our students meaningful feedback?
 * How do we create effective learning environments for all of our students?

3) Course teams will answer these guiding questions by moving through a **series of Working Phases**:
 * Phase One--developing core targets
 * Phase Two--creating high-qualtity formative & summative assessments, some of which are common assessments.
 * Phase Three--developing interventions
 * Phase Four--examining feedback provided to students.
 * Phase Five--developing student ownership of targets

=Resources to Support our Work:= Be sure to visit the Course Team Resources Page to access important documents, including: Course Team Norms template Course Team Meeting Log Course Team Collaboration Planning Guide HPHS Collaboration Calendar

The District 113 Strategic Plan:
The District 113 Strategic Plan clearly communicates the District's vision and goals. Click on the image below to see the District 113 Strategic Plan

Course Team Meeting Dates (2013-2014)
The following dates have been designated as "Course Team Collaborations" on our 2013-14 Late Start Calendar. Course Teams may choose to meet more frequently, but these Wednesday mornings have been reserved exclusively for Course Team work.
 * Collaboration Dates:**

August 28, September 4; September 18; October 2; October 16/17 (1/2 day in-services); November 6; November 13; November 20; January 8; January 15
 * //First Semester (11 meetings over 16 weeks)://**

February 5; February 12; February 19; March 5; March 19; April 23/24 (PSAE); May 14; May 21
 * //Second Semester (9 meetings over 16 weeks)://**

Course Teams will be given some time to meet during our school inservice dates. These inservices will occur on: October 16&17; February 17; April 23&24
 * HPHS Inservice dates:**

For the complete **2013-14 Staff Collaboration Calendar**, click on the link below.