Commendation2

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// The support of the Board to increase leadership positions at the school has had a significant impact on the school’s movement towards excellence. //
 * __Commendation 2__**
 * What the QAR says… || Evidence of maintenance of commendation || Evidence of Plans to sustain and/improve commendation ||
 * ===== 1. The new positions include: High School/Middle School Principal/IB Coordinator  =====

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2. Part-time Curriculum Coordinator //.// The school has appointed a parttime Curriculum Coordinator to synthesize the skill and content standards into one universal scope and sequence across grades and disciplines culminating in the IBDP. =====

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6. English Second Language (ESL) teacher. In the past year both an ESL and Resource Specialist have been integrated into the school community to provide support to students with needs that cannot be addressed simply by differentiated instruction in the classroom. An SST (Student Support Team) meets regularly to provide a team approach to working with students presenting additional challenges within the classroom setting. =====

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8. The school has taken on many challenges in order to become the best school in Jamaica and beyond. This will require systemic and educational changes in order for the school to meet this challenge. =====

9. Board support and strong leadership from the administration and division heads are critical to this process.
|| =====**// 13. Academic Year 2009 saw the appointment of a full time MS/HS Pricipal and IB Coordinator. //**=====

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21 Board support is exemplary, continues to be strong, proactive Meet every month. Board of Directors has not changed much over the years. Strong leadership from the private sector. Board minutes are available in the front office for viewing. ===== || ===== Plans for Further Improvements for Business Administrative Support: =====

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More organization for Head of School search. We need a committee rather than one person. The Board needs to indicate to the head of school to put a system in place to facilitate this. We need documents to support this. The board needs to form a committee to develop the boards tasks and develop systems and procedures to support their task. Terms of reference for the committees, job description, vice chair needed. ===== ||