SUPPORTING THE WHOLE CHILD

Perfect Quiz Protocol

(Math) A method for assessment student learning that embeds individualized verbal feedback and support to students. All students can leave the class period with a completely correct quiz.

Building Thinking Classrooms (Math)

A “flipped” classroom designed for students to drive instruction while the teacher is a facilitator of learning. Students collaboratively work through progressively more challenging problems while building skills and confidence.

Visual Thinking Strategies

(Art) A responsive teaching practice and facilitation method that fosters collaborative and inclusive community building dialogue between students.

A whole child approach to education prioritizes the full scope of child development, including social, emotional, cognitive and academic, as well as physical and mental health. In order to reach their full potential, students need access to safe and welcoming learning environments and rich learning experiences.

Educators utilize different strategies to achieve literacy in content areas and the color-coded icons on this page represent the various areas these strategies help to address.

Literacy

Confident, problem-posers and problem-solvers

Equitable Assessment

Feedback and intervention to improve achievement

Student-Centered Instruction

Meaningful discourse to promote conceptual understanding, fluency and problem-solving

Mindset & Culture

All students can learn, mistakes are normalized

Material Needs

Teacher content knowledge, essential standards and curriculum

School and District Planning Support (State and Federal) Technical assistance in writing School Plans and District Plans supports all Merced County Schools to best utilize local, state and federal funding to meet the unique needs of their students and communities.

Notice-Wonder-Remind (Science) An academic language strategy that supports focused observations, studentcentered instruction through questions and making connections to other learning or personal experiences.

GLAD Strategies (Literacy) A thematic approach to designing lessons with strategies that immerse students in rich language opportunities, supporting both English Language acquisition and content knowledge.

Digital Citizenship (Ed Tech) As users of technology, social media and consumers of the vast amount of information now available to us, students learn how to interact appropriately in a digital world.