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Mattoon
CUSD #2
Evidence Binders
Evidence Binders are a place for our community, district, schools, teachers, students, and families to celebrate successes and reflect on growth. We curate our stories in a way that helps us preserve a legacy of investing in people. Systems help us maintain an enduring commitment to highly effective paradigms so all members of our learning organization are able to unleash their potential.
1.1 - Principal & Coordinator Development
Principal & Coordinator Learning: Community learning days, executive coach training, LiM is the system that runs the building. Ex: DC...
1.2 New and Ongoing Staff Learning
Core Workshops Each year LIFT facilitators and staff receive the transformative 2-day 7 Habits training. Additionally, the 2-day training...
1.3 - Family and Community Partnerships
Family and community partnerships are fostered through a wide variety of communication tools including welcome letters, school calendars,...
2.1 - Direct Lessons
LIFT provides direct instruction on the 7 Habits throughout the year with LIFT Leadership, a course that gives a deeper dive to each of...
2.2 - Integrated Approaches
LIFT’s systems are supported through integrated approaches by incorporating leadership for the 21 century. In regards to student...
2.3 - Service Learning
Leadership content is more than just a one time event at LIFT. Students incorporate their leadership learning into their daily practices...
3.1 - Physical Environment
Common Spaces & Classrooms: Student voice influenced the architect’s building design process, resulting in an open and collaborative...
3.2 - Social-Emotional Environment
Language of Leadership: Facilitators foster independence and the language of leadership. This can be seen through our Coffee Bean...
3.3 Leadership Events
Students truly take the lead when it comes to interacting with our community and the communities of out-of-district students. LIFT hosts...
4.1 - Staff Lighthouse Team
Pathfinding: Each pathway has an Advisory Board. LiM systems are in place for staff and students. School-wide WIGs are aligned to our...
4.2 Leadership Roles
Student Lighthouse team: Student action teams have specific roles: Team Leader, Note Taker, Action Panning, and Progress Pusher. Monthly...
4.3 - Student Voice
Student Action Teams: All students are invited to participate in action teams. Students have choice when participating in action teams...
5.1 - Individual Goals
Personal WIGS: Every student has a personal WIG in the correct format. Adults model individual WIGS. Students set a personal WIG that...
5.2 - Team Goals
Team WIGS: Each action team has WIGS and Lead Measures connected to our MRA Data. Each pathway at LIFT counts completion of lead measures...
5.3 - Aligned School WIGs
School WIGS: Collaboratively, action teams established one school-wide WIG. Action teams collaboratively arrived at the school WIG. Our...
6.1 - Leadership Portfolios
Leadership Portfolio Systems: Leadership portfolios are an organic professional resume that include content, unique strengths, goal...
6.2 - Student-Led Conferences
Conference Opportunities: Audits from field experts - industry and business partners and peers come in to conduct mock interviews and...
6.3 - Empowering Instruction
Student Facilitation Opportunities: Students helped facilitate leadership content for the whole school. Action teams trained in...
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