WE BELIEVE ALL STUDENTS CAN LEARN
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Heterogeneous classes across the curriculum
Inclusion across the curriculum
21st Century Graduation Expectations (academic, civic, & social)
School-wide Analytical Rubrics for 21st Century Graduation Expectations
School-wide PBGRs (senior project & graduation portfolio)
Department Common Assessments (English, math, science, social studies,
business/technology, unified arts, world languages)
Response to Intervention (RTI)
IEP/ 504 Plans
Personal Literacy Plans (PLPs)
Personal Education Plans (PEPs/ ILPs)
Algebra I for all freshmen
Rhode Island Writing Project Partnership (RIWP)
After-school teacher tutoring (contractual coaching)
Peer Tutoring
Pathways/Course-taking pattern analysis
Curricula aligned to local/ national standards, state Grade Span Expectations (GSEs), and 21st
Century Graduation Expectations and subsequent gap analysis
Weekly Response Team meetings
School-to-Career program/Work Study
English as a Second Language (ESL) Program
Special Education Continuum and Support Services
Life Skills Program
Writing Center
NECAP faculty study groups
Differentiated Instruction
School-wide Task Validation/Calibration Protocol
Personalization initiatives
Mission-driven educational program
Flexible individual scheduling according to student strengths and needs
PD on Depth of Knowledge (DOK) & Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
Electives open to all students (no prerequisites)
Interdisciplinary co-taught classes
WE BELIEVE IN A STUDENT CENTERED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM THAT
REFLECTS RIGOR, RELEVANCE, AND RELATIONSHIPS
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Heterogeneous classes across the curriculum
Inclusion across the curriculum
21st Century Graduation Expectations (academic, civic, social)
School-wide Analytical Rubrics for 21st Century Graduation Expectations
School-wide PBGRs (senior project, graduation portfolio)
Department Common Assessments (English, math, science, social studies, business/technology, unified
arts, world languages)
Response to Intervention (RTI)
IEP/ 504 Plans
Personal Literacy Plans (PLPs)
Personal Education Plans (PEPs/ILPs)
Algebra I for all freshmen
RIWP Partnership
After-school teacher tutoring (contractual coaching)
Peer Tutoring
Ongoing alignment & revision of curriculum
Differentiated Instruction
School-wide Task Validation/Calibration Protocol
Personalization initiatives (10 structures)
Mission-driven educational program
Flexible individual scheduling according to student strengths and needs
Professional Development on Depth of Knowledge (DOK) and Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
Assembly program (civic & social expectations)
Student participation in a variety of co-curricular activities
Guidance Counselors visiting regular education/skills classes
Early Enrollment/Dual Enrollment/Honors Program
Monthly PBGR meetings and interventions
Cougar Alumni Parents & Students (C.A.P.S) PTO
Community Service Learning Projects
North Providence Youth Commission
Varsity Athletes Against Substance Abuse (VAASA) Program
Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD)
Mentoring programs (Ace Mentoring)
Professional Development (literacy, personalization, differentiation)
College/University/Business/Community Partnerships
Skills Classes (Literacy Skills (9), Math Skills (10), Business/Technology Skills (11), Senior Skills/PBGR (12)
R.I. Comprehensive Guidance Curriculum (ASCA Standards)
Articulation with feeder schools and collaboration within & across disciplines
Common Planning Time (CPT)
School-to-Career Coordinator
Mandatory Parent Orientations
Special Education Continuum and Support Services
WE BELIEVE THAT COLLABORATION & COMMUNICATION AMONG STUDENTS,
TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS, PARENTS, AND COMMUNITY ARE ESSENTIAL
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C.A.P.S. (PTO)
PEPs/ILPs
“The Cougar Courier” School Newspaper
Senior Project
Community Service Learning/North Providence Youth Commission
CPT
Contractual one-hour faculty meetings (yearly)
8th Grade Open House
Parent-Teacher conferences
Parent Portal
Mandatory Parent Orientations
School Improvement Team (SIT)
Literacy Team
PBGR Advisory Board
Weekly Response Team meetings
School-to-Career Coordinator/Program
IEP meetings
School website (www.northprovidencehighschool.net)
Faculty Listserv
R.I. Technology Enhanced Sciences Program (RITES)
Accessible and visible building administrators
Monthly public School Committee meetings
College/University/Business/Community partnerships
Special Education Advisory Board
Brochures (diploma system, support services, PBGR)
Guidance newsletters
Parent Education Series (CAPS)
Progress reports
Student-Government Day
Student correspondents to “The Valley Breeze” newspaper
Athletic/Co-Curricular activities
Library Advisory Board
Mentoring/New Teacher Orientation Program
Response to Intervention/Math RTI
NEASC Self-study
WE BELIEVE IN RECOGNIZING & ADAPTING TO THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS
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RTI/Math RTI
Differentiated Instruction
Scaffolded Reading Program (school-wide, targeted, & intensive services)
Curriculum alignment and gap analysis
Pathways/Course-taking pattern analysis
Skills classes (literacy, math, business/technology, PBGR)
R.I. Comprehensive Guidance Curriculum (ASCA Standards)
Special Education and Support Services
PEPs
PLPs
IEP/ 504s
Expansion of co-curricular and athletic activities
Monthly PBGR meetings
On-going curriculum revision and alignment
Weekly response meeting
After-school teacher tutoring (contractual coaching)
Peer Tutoring
Formal review of student work
Middle school articulation meetings
Life Skills program
Para-professionals
Heterogeneous grouping across the curriculum
Inclusion across the curriculum
Student Progress Reports
Academic Support classes/ monthly monitoring
Business/College/University partnerships
School-to-Career program/ coordinator
In-school suspension program/Temporary Learning Center (TLC)
Student Support Services Review Committee
ETS (Educational Testing Team)
Curriculum Committee
New Course Request Form
PBGRs
ESL Program/Curriculum
Writing Center
WE BELIEVE IN ON-GOING EVALUATION OF THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM
BASED ON BEST PRACTICE IN ORDER TO IMPROVE TEACHING AND LEARNING
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Professional Development Plan
Summer curriculum workshops
Curriculum Committee
SIT
Formal review of student work
Professional Development library
Ongoing curriculum alignment and gap analysis
Pathways/Course-taking patterns analysis
RTI/Math RTI
Contractual PD days/Course Reimbursement
NECAP faculty study groups
Department Chair/ Leadership Team meetings
District Mentoring Program
New RIDE Educator Evaluator System (EES) (pending)
PBGR Advisory Board
Common Planning Time
Faculty membership in professional organizations
RIDE “Survey Works!” State Survey of students, faculty, staff, & parents
Student Support Services Review Committee
Student surveys (post-graduate, PBGR, Endicott)
Faculty PD survey
NEASC self-study
SALT visit
Common Task Validation/Calibration protocol
Data analysis
Library Advisory Board
R.I. Commissioner’s Review Process
NPHS Technology Advisory Board
NP District Technology Committee
Teacher/Peer classroom observations
WE BELIEVE IN HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR STUDENTS AND ALL OTHER
MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY
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Ongoing curriculum alignment and gap analysis
Pathways/Course-taking patterns analysis
Heterogeneous grouping across the curriculum
Inclusion across the curriculum
School-wide department common tasks/analytical rubrics
PBGRs
Diploma System (22 credits, PBGRs, state assessments)
SIT
21st Century Graduation Expectations
Co-curricular participation contract
Social Suspension policy
National Honor Society
Dual enrollment programs
After-school teacher tutoring (contractual coaching)
Contractual PD
Graduation rate highest in the urban ring
Post-secondary acceptance five-year increase from 69% to 82%
“Highly Qualified” teaching staff
Elimination of low-level general classes
Algebra I for all freshmen
DOK/ UDL training
Common Task Validation/Calibration protocol
NPHS Mission Statement
School-wide analytical rubrics for 21st Century Graduation Expectations
Revised Teacher Evaluation Instrument (pending)
NPHS Scholarship Committee
Consistent enforcement of discipline code
Teacher mentoring/New teacher orientation program
“Free Your Mind” Anti-bullying Program
Honors/Enriched courses across the curriculum
District Volunteer Policy
Middle school articulation
State Testing incentives
NP School Committee
NP Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition
NP Youth Commission
VAASA Program
WE BELIEVE IN FOSTERING & PROMOTING LITERACY ACROSS ALL
DISCIPLINES
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Alignment of curriculum to ELA and Reading GSEs
School-wide Common Assessments (aligned to GSEs)
School-wide Graduation Expectation analytical rubrics (aligned to GSEs)
PBGRs (aligned to GSEs)
Class Portfolio requirement
Scaffolded High School Reading Program (school-wide, targeted, and intensive services)
PLPs
Literacy Team/ Book Talks
RIWP partnership
Balanced Literacy PD
School-wide Content Area Literacy Binders
Literacy across the curriculum
Reading/ Writing Workshop class
9th Grade Literacy Skills Class
Writing Center
School-wide summer reading requirement
“Read Across R.I.” (R.I. Center for the Book)
“Drop Everything and Read”
School-wide & departmentalized word walls
“Writing on demand” NECAP prompts
ESL program
Student correspondents to NP “Valley Breeze” newspaper
Library/ Media Center
Grade 9 Library Orientation Program
Congressional National Day on Writing
RICTE Poetry Contest winners
“Cougar Courier” School Newspaper
WE BELIEVE IN AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM THAT PREPARES STUDENTS
FOR HIGHER EDUCATION & THE GLOBAL MARKETPLACE OF THE 21ST C
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Post-secondary acceptance increase from 69% to 82%
All pathways (honors, college prep, comprehensive) designed to prepare students for college &
the global marketplace
Pathways/Course-Taking Patterns Analysis
Elimination of low-level “general” courses
Algebra I for all freshmen
Inclusion across the curriculum
Flexible student scheduling according to individual strengths and needs
School-to-Career Program/ Coordinator
Co-Curricular Activities/ Clubs (Model Legislature, Mock Trial, FBLA, Academic Decathlon,
Science Olympiad, Life Smarts)
Student Government Day
Business Department Advisory Board
“Way to Go R.I.”
ACE Mentoring Program
“CHOICES “Program
R.I. Comprehensive Guidance Curriculum (ASCA Standards)
PEPs
Perkins Grant
“Making it Count” assemblies
Financial Aid Night
SAT prep class
Industrial Technology curriculum
School-sponsored college/university visits
EEP/ Dual Enrollment/Honors program
Life Skills curriculum
NPHS Scholarships
R.I. Robotics Competition/Robotics Advisory Board
Career Day
Senior Project
Graduation Portfolio
Project Close-Up
College/ University/Business/Community Partnerships
“America Learn & Serve” Grant
Business/Technology Skills Curriculum
Student internship program
English I-Search Common Assessment
WE BELIEVE IN COMMUNITY SERVICE LEARNING AS AN ESSENTIAL
COMPONENT OF STUDENT GROWTH
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21st Century Graduation Expectation 3.4
“America Learn and Serve” Grant
NP Youth Commission
National Honor Society
SADD
VAASA Program
Senior Project
Gloria Gemma Partnership
NP Garden of Hope
Project Haiti
Gloria Gemma Walk
Student Government Day
“Future Cougar” Literacy Care Package
Peer Tutoring of both high school and middle school students
Math Puzzle Day
Honors Political Science Election Internship Program
“Pumpkins for Hasbro”
“Pink Pancake Breakfast”
“Pennies for Patients”
Partnership with the NP Senior Center
Community-wide Literacy Team/Book Talks
Partnership with the NP Safe Schools/Drug Free Task Force
“Support for our Troops” Project
Teaching American History Grant
“Adopt-A-Spot” program
“You’ve Been Caught “ Random Act of Kindness Card
School-sponsored charitable fundraisers