Jefferson Elementary: A Title I Success Story from Rural South Carolina

Wednesday February 22, 2017
4:00 - 5:00 PM
Room 102

A small elementary school emerging from being in "school improvement" to receiving the 2014 South Carolina Title I Distinguished School for Performance Award will share their success story. Jefferson Elementary will highlight four factors that have been their primary focus over the past few years. During the presentation they will share how they differentiate instruction for their at-risk population through a Response to Intervention Model, explain how research based resources are organized for teacher use, describe how professional development is tailored to each teacher's needs, and make available the forms developed for tracking the progress of students receiving interventions.

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Melanie Allison

Mrs. Toni Allison has 15 years of experience in elementary education at Jefferson Elementary School in the Chesterfield County School District of South Carolina. She has taught in a 2nd-3rd grade looping situation for the last eight years. She has presented at the South Carolina Association of Title I Administrators Conference (2015).

 
Andrea Garrison

Andrea Garrison is the Literary Coach at Jefferson Elementary School in the Chesterfield County School District of South Carolina. She was a classroom teacher for 18 years at this school before moving into the coaching position three years ago. She has presented at the South Carolina International Reading Association Conference (2015) and at the South Carolina Association of Title I Administrators Conference (2015).

 
Omoro King

Mr. Omoro King is the Principal of Jefferson Elementary School in the Chesterfield County School District of South Carolina. He has 10 years of experience as a former high school math teacher, three years of experience as a middle school assistant principal, and is currently in his 2nd year as principal. He has presented at the South Carolina Association of Title I Administrators Conference (2015).
Julia McKenzie

Mrs. Julia McKenzie has 19 years of classroom teaching experience in grades 2-5. Sixteen of those years were spent teaching English Language Arts and Social Studies. The last three years she has taught in a 2nd-3rd grade loop at Jefferson Elementary School in the Chesterfield County School District of South Carolina. She has presented at the South Carolina Association of Title I Administrators Conference (2015).
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theme:
instruction
audience:
286
topics:
differentiated instruction, title I success stories