Refers to building a leadership teams at a building level as well as a district level. Refers to staging in ordering of instruction so that the learner can build the knowledge from basic concepts to more complex concepts. The steps include modeling by the teacher, guided practice and ultimately, students' independence. Refers to a teaching strategy that uses whole group instruction and small group instruction. Refers to Teaching/ Learning Methods. Portable Assisted Study Program. A program that works with identifying a student's strengths and challenges in content areas using instructional activities strategies that meet the student's needs. Refers to students using manipulatives or performance based activities that assist a student in Refers to groups as identified by the federal and state government such as gender, economically disadvantaged, limited English proficient, special education, or ethnicity. These categories identified are separated to determine Adequate Yearly Progress On the Wisconsin Knowledge and Concept Exam. Refers to topics that are taught in the mathematics curriculum: Numbers and Operations Algebra Geometry Measurement Data analysis and probability Problem Solving - Reasoning and proofs These strands are set by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics(NCTM). Refers to a tool in graphic form to assist students in organizing their ideas/concepts. An example of a graphic organizer would be a Venn Diagram. A district hired teacher who will teach support programs in Reading, Math, Or Gifted & Talented Students Early Literacy Intervention Generally refers to math hands-on materials that help in forming concepts from a concrete stage to a representational stage. Refers to special education or other subgroups participating in a regular heterogeneous classroom Refers to re-entering/reviewing former curriculum and building upon new curricular concepts A diagnostic, prescriptive and corrective reading intervention program Refers to another academic support in a class period. For example, a student in a regular math class takes another math class that gives additional math support to the regular math Intermediate Literacy Intervention Refers to federally funded programs such as Title 1 - reading funding for economically disadvantaged groups State Funded program in the lower elementary for small class sizes grades K, 1 & 2 Refers to a child's sense of sounds with vowels, vowel blends and consonants and consonant blends Time designated for educators to work together on a common goal, Plan, strategy or assessment in instruction Refers to the professional organization, National Council Of teachers of Mathematics Measures of Academic Progress- Diagnostic test that measures a students academic progress in math, reading/language arts, social studies and science