Illinois Middle-Grades Network - PARTNERSHIP
Schools who are beginning to implement best middle grades practices and who seek a mentor relationship with an approved demonstration school
School Process
- School’s self-reflection survey
- Application to Network
AIMS & School Review Process
- Application review process
- Review of current best practice/ will be partnered with demo school
- Must have 75% stakeholder commitment within the school
Benefits
- CPRD Self-study, (1st year only)
- Partner with demonstration school
- AIMS visits – 1 per semester - Consulting from project staff members - training opportunities possible
- Investigation & research guided by demonstration school
- Leadership training for on-going team of staff members
- At Network Institute in November, partnership teams work with demo teams and project consultants
- Access to materials and resources
- Assistance with mission statement and strategic plan/SIP
- Networking with other schools
- Assurance of confidentiality in data collection
- Reporting and feedback on self-study
- Access to other Network or AIMS professional development activities
- Access to Network grant opportunities
- Network rates to AIMS events & consulting
- Two complimentary AIMS memberships
- On-line Hitting the Mark summary on middle-grades topics
Fee - $1,700
