Helpful Terms

A continuous improvement process that helps an institution improve teaching and learning

A style of education in which students learn via electronic and online media as well as traditional face-to-face teaching

Centralized department within Duneland School Corporation that promotes and supports teaching and assessing for learning in all DSC schools

Learning experiences offered to children before they reach Kindergarten

Each child receives what they need to develop to their full academic and social potential

Students with unique needs and strengths who require a modified or specialized educational program or services

Curriculum that ensures all students access consistent essential content and skills that can be realistically taught within the available time, regardless of their teacher or school

Collection of common formative assessments, common summative assessments, instructional materials, and teacher guidance resources designed to ensure that students master prioritized grade-level standards

A student who performs at, or shows the potential for performing at, an outstanding level of accomplishment in at least one domain when compared to other students of the same age, experience, or environment

Evidence based instructional strategies that have been shown to improve student engagement, understanding, retention, critical thinking, and problem solving

A written document developed by a case conference committee that describes accommodations, modifications, special education and related services that will be provided to a student with a documented disability.

An instructional leader who partners with teachers to design and implement high-quality instruction that is aligned to our curriculum and informed by student data

Leagues consist of districts that are comparable to Duneland in demographics such as size, attainment, compensation, performance, etc.

How teachers and students use devices and engage with media in more deliberate and mindful ways

A proactive and preventative framework that integrates data and instruction to maximize student achievement and support students' social, emotional, and behavioral needs

A student who comes in contact with and/or interacts with languages in addition to English on a regular basis (also referred to as “English Language Learners,” or ELL)

A special education interlocal that provides services to school districts throughout Porter County

An evidence-based, tiered framework for supporting students' behavioral, academic, social, emotional, and mental health

Ongoing learning opportunities available to teachers and other education personnel through their school and district

An ongoing process in which educators work collaboratively in recurring cycles of collective inquiry and action research to achieve better results for the students they serve

A 3-tier framework used to identify and help struggling learners before they fail; includes high-quality instruction in all classrooms, instruction and interventions matched to students' needs, the gathering of data to see how each student is progressing, and careful use of that data to shape instruction

The process through which people acquire and apply the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to develop healthy identities, manage emotions and achieve personal and collective goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain supportive relationships, and make responsible and caring decisions 

Changes that students experience as they are moving into, within, between, and out of different educational settings

A framework to improve and optimize teaching and learning for all people based on scientific insights into how humans learn: engagement, respresentation, action & expression