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= Partnership in Professional Practice = Cohort 1- East Sac CSD, Newell-Fonda CSD, Laurens-Marathon CSD

What: Three way partnership (LEA-AEA8-Buena Vista University) to take Iowa Core to the classroom level through unit design-development-implementation-infusing the characteristics of effective instruction. The partnership will result in:

Why: To raise student achievement using Iowa Core Concepts and Skill Sets as the as the foundation for classroom work.
 * Curriculum Alignment with Iowa Core Skill Sets
 * Unit Design
 * Acceptable evidence of understanding within each unit
 * Implementation of developed units using the attributes of effective instruction (CEI)
 * Enacting a process of measuring impact

How: Working on site with small groups of content or grade level teachers providing coaching and support for curriculum alignment, unit design, acceptable evidence of understanding, attributes of effective instruction, and measuring impact.