High Expectations: Students Learn to Rise to the Occasion
Through a focus on teamwork, individualized instruction, and ongoing assessment, this K-6 school is improving the achievement of minority and low-income students. More to this story.
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Release Date:5/15/2006
Running Time: 9 min.
Video Credits
Produced, Written, and Directed by
- Ken Ellis
Associate Producer:
- Amy Erin Borovoy
Editor:
- Karen Sutherland
Assistant Editor:
- Amy Erin Borovoy
Camera Crew:
- Lyle Morgan
- Spence Palermo
Production Assistant:
- Nicole Bowman
Narrator:
- Naheed Attari
Special Thanks To
- Portland Schools Foundation
- Center for Teaching Quality
- © 2006
- The George Lucas Educational Foundation
- All rights reserved.




Working Together
Submitted by Renee A. (not verified) on August 4, 2008 - 19:33.
What struck me most about this video was how closely the teachers worked together. Having a supportive team to rely on is so critical to a teacher's well being. It is true that students will rise to whatever bar you set for them, so teachers should raise that bar high!
High Expectations: Students Learn to Rise to the Occasion
Submitted by MBedan (not verified) on May 27, 2008 - 08:17.
Wow! What a inspiring video. I love how the teachers believe in their students. They expect nothing less than excellence and the students rise to their expectations. I am impressed with the routines that the staff has set up to create success for the students. Great work - you make me proud to be a teacher!
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