Blueprint for Excellence
School Improvement Process

How Is Your School Doing?
(Really doing?)

A Blueprint for Excellence can help your school determine how well it is doing in nine areas of critical performance that research shows leads to educational excellence. This comprehensive school assessment can guide the creation of a school-wide action plan that includes measurable student achievement.

 Measure your school's "vital signs" using the Blueprint for Excellence School Improvement Process

  • Online self evaluation tool - completely automated system available on any computer - any time!

  • Positive school improvement process to effect change exactly where needed.

  • Survey school staff, students, parents and community members.

  • Measure your school against nine major categories of critical performance.

  • Results guide the design of program improvement initiatives.

 

 

 

The Blueprint for Excellence is the brainchild of Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence, Inc., an organization of seasoned education professionals with many years of experience in identifying schools of excellence. These individuals have dedicated their lives to immersing themselves in the finest quality research on school excellence.

 

 

 

 

 

Their understanding of the components that accumulate to form a first-class, high performing school has led them to create a challenging, online self evaluation tool that schools can use to compare their practices to the very best -- to identify their strengths and weaknesses. The process takes stock of the quality of a school's academic programs and assists the school in developing a school-wide action plan to ensure measurable student achievement.

The nine major categories of critical performance in excellent schools.

  • Student Focus and Support
  • School Organization and Culture
  • Challenging Standards and Curriculum
  • Active Teaching and Learning
  • Technology Integration
  • Professional Community
  • Leadership and Educational Vitality
  • School, Family, and Community Partnerships
  • Indicators of Successin excellent schools

Learn more about the process and how to get started by contacting:

Bart Teal
803-345-5415 or 803-422-0402
bart@blueribbonschools.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence, Inc., claims no affiliation, nor endorsement,
by the United States Department of Education No Child Left Behind (NCLB) - Blue Ribbon Schools Program.