Wow, I'm impressed with the principal! She seems very proactive recruiting the TAG teachers. Love this part:
The lunch room is a key part of a school�s culture, she argued: It�s worth having order there, even if it means spending extra staff time.
�If it�s crazy in the cafeteria, it will be crazy in class,� Tracey reasoned in an interview outside the board room. She proposed reshuffling teachers� schedules so they spend time supervising their students in the cafeteria. According to union work rules, teachers would still be guaranteed their own, child-free lunch break, she said.
and this:
Tracey also plans to bring in rigorous math classes based on the national Singapore curriculum, and a �data day� every marking period where staff analyze student test scores, based on a model at the Achievement First charter schools.
