YES Prep Resource Downloads
Click on any of the titles below to download a PDF of one of YES Prep's many resources for success.
Nuts and Bolts
Budget [1] 56K
School budget: YES Prep North Central, 2008-09
High School Bell Schedule [2] 406K
High school bell schedule: YES Prep North Central, 2008-09
Middle School Bell Schedule [3] 406K
Middle school bell schedule: YES Prep North Central, 2008-09
Staff Flow Chart [4] 461K
Chart showing the administration structure at YES Prep North Central, 2008-09
School Culture and Discipline
YES Core Values [5] 58K
Five core values shared by all the YES Prep schools
Family Contract - English [6] 567K
Commitment to college completion signed by parents and students upon enrollment (English)
Family Contract - Spanish [7] 535K
Commitment to college completion signed by parents and students upon enrollment (Spanish)
Thinks & Acts [8] 783K
Key "Thinks and Acts" for students and educators, developed by YES Prep students
RISE Overview [9] 108K
Overview of YES Prep North Central's discipline system, RISE (Restoring Individual Student Excellence)
RISE Responsibility Log [10] 160K
Responsible behavior log used in the RISE discipline system
RISE Respect Log [11] 160K
Respectful behavior log used in the RISE discipline system
College-Bound Culture
Road to College Quiz & Fact Sheet [12] 151K
"Road to College" quiz and fact sheet used at freshmen parents' night
Road to College Quiz Answer Key [13] 152K
"Road to College" quiz answer key
College 101 Course Schedule [14] 111K
Course schedule for College 101, a summer class for rising eighth graders
College Preferences Survey [15] 124K
College preferences survey used in College 101 to help students think about what kind of school they'd like to attend
College 101 Power Point Presentation [16] 216K
College 101 Power Point presentation on the benefits of college and how to prepare
Teacher Development
Teacher Traits [17] 75K
Seven traits of the most effective YES Prep teachers, determined by an independent study of YES teachers and used in recruitment and hiring
Teacher Summative Evaluation Rubric - blank [18] 620K
Summative evaluation form for teachers, completed at year's end (blank)
Teacher Summative Eval Rubric - Example [19] 656K
Summative evaluation form for teachers, completed at year's end (complete example)
Walkthrough Observation Form [20] 1.4MB
Classroom walk-through observation form
Full Observation Evaluation Form [21] 664K
Full-length classroom observation form
Focused Observation - Example [22] 1.3MB
Focused observation/evaluation form for a particular area for teacher improvement
Post-Observation Conference Plan [23] 93K
Post-observation conversation guide
Professional Development Calendar [24] 1.4MB
Professional development calendar: YES Prep North Central, 2008-09
Expectations for Team Teaching [25] 145K
Five expectations for team teaching
Team Teacher Meeting Guide [26] 107K
Team teacher meeting guide
Rounds Program Overview [27] 113K
Overview of YES Prep North Central's medical-school-style rounds program
Curriculum and Assessment
9th Grade Romeo & Juliet Project [28] 930K
Assignment: Romeo and Juliet literary analysis, grade 9 English
Literary Analysis Rubric [29] 160K
Rubric: Literary analysis
Presentation Rubric [30] 65K
Rubric: Oral presentation
8th Grade English Argument Lesson [31] 251K
Lesson plan: Appeals of argument, grade 8 English
8th Grade English Curriculum Selection [32] 170K
Student-choice sheet: Layered curriculum on To Kill a Mockingbird
8th Grade English Rubric [33] 138K
Rubric: Covering multiple elements of layered English curriculum
10th Grade History Presentation Rubric [34] 154K
Rubric: Grade 10 history presentation on the Crusades
10th Grade History Lesson Plan [35] 178K
Lesson plan: International trade, grade 10 history
10th Grade History Quiz [36] 146K
Quiz: International trade, grade 10 history
Video Project Description [37] 343K
Assignment and rubric: Inspirational video with music
Photo Project Description [38] 141K
Assignment and rubric: Digital photography
Web Project Description [39] 199K
Assignment and rubric: Building a Web page
Week 1 Lesson Plan [40] 193K
Lesson plan: Weekly plan for multimedia class
11th Grade English Unit [41] 439K
Unit plan: The Great Gatsby, grade 11 English
10th Grade English Unit [42] 555K
Unit plan: Choice and consequences, grade 10 English
7th Grade Science Unit [43] 560K
Unit plan: Experimental design and the cell, grade 7 science
10th Grade History Unit [44] 537K
Unit plan: How trade changed the world, grade 10 history
Algebra 1 Systems of Equations Unit [45] 505K
Unit plan: Systems of linear equations, algebra 1
Geometry Unit [46] 270K
Unit plan: Foundations of geometry
Links:
[1] http://www.edutopia.org/pdfs/stw/edutopia-stw-yesprep-budget-overview.pdf
[2] http://www.edutopia.org/pdfs/stw/edutopia-stw-yesprep-high-school-master-schedule.pdf
[3] http://www.edutopia.org/pdfs/stw/edutopia-stw-yesprep-middle-school-master-schedule.pdf
[4] http://www.edutopia.org/pdfs/stw/edutopia-stw-yesprep-administrative-structure-flowchart.pdf
[5] http://www.edutopia.org/pdfs/stw/edutopia-stw-yesprep-core-values.pdf
[6] http://www.edutopia.org/pdfs/stw/edutopia-stw-yesprep-commitment-to-college-completion-english.pdf
[7] http://www.edutopia.org/pdfs/stw/edutopia-stw-yesprep-commitment-to-college-completion-spanish.pdf
[8] http://www.edutopia.org/pdfs/stw/edutopia-stw-yesprep-family-thinks-and-acts.pdf
[9] http://www.edutopia.org/pdfs/stw/edutopia-stw-yesprep-middle-school-discipline-system.pdf
[10] http://www.edutopia.org/pdfs/stw/edutopia-stw-yesprep-rise-responsibility-log.pdf
[11] http://www.edutopia.org/pdfs/stw/edutopia-stw-yesprep-rise-respect-log.pdf
[12] http://www.edutopia.org/pdfs/stw/edutopia-stw-yesprep-road-to-college-fact-or-fiction.pdf
[13] http://www.edutopia.org/pdfs/stw/edutopia-stw-yesprep-road-to-college-answer-key.pdf
[14] http://www.edutopia.org/pdfs/stw/edutopia-stw-yesprep-college101-8th-grade-calendar.pdf
[15] http://www.edutopia.org/pdfs/stw/edutopia-stw-yesprep-college-preference-survey.pdf
[16] http://www.edutopia.org/ppt/stw/edutopia-stw-yesprep-college101.ppt
[17] http://www.edutopia.org/pdfs/stw/edutopia-stw-yesprep-7-personality-traits.pdf
[18] http://www.edutopia.org/pdfs/stw/edutopia-stw-yesprep-staff-summative-evaluation.pdf
[19] http://www.edutopia.org/pdfs/stw/edutopia-stw-yesprep-rubric-staff-summative-evaluation.pdf
[20] http://www.edutopia.org/pdfs/stw/edutopia-stw-yesprep-classrm-walkthrough-observation-notes.pdf
[21] http://www.edutopia.org/pdfs/stw/edutopia-stw-yesprep-classroom-evalua-culture-and-learning-environment.pdf
[22] http://www.edutopia.org/pdfs/stw/edutopia-stw-yesprep-observation-notes-student-engagement-interest.pdf
[23] http://www.edutopia.org/pdfs/stw/edutopia-stw-yesprep-post-observation-conference-plan.pdf
[24] http://www.edutopia.org/pdfs/stw/edutopia-stw-yesprep-prof-dev-calendar.pdf
[25] http://www.edutopia.org/pdfs/stw/edutopia-stw-yesprep-expectations-for-team-teaching.pdf
[26] http://www.edutopia.org/pdfs/stw/edutopia-stw-yesprep-team-teacher-meeting-guide.pdf
[27] http://www.edutopia.org/pdfs/stw/edutopia-stw-yesprep-professional-dev-rounds.pdf
[28] http://www.edutopia.org/pdfs/stw/edutopia-stw-yesprep-rubric-and-descrip-literary-analysis-romeo-and-juliet.pdf
[29] http://www.edutopia.org/pdfs/stw/edutopia-stw-yesprep-rubric-literary-analysis.pdf
[30] http://www.edutopia.org/pdfs/stw/edutopia-stw-yesprep-rubric-presentation-grading.pdf
[31] http://www.edutopia.org/pdfs/stw/edutopia-stw-yesprep-ELA-8th-grade-approaches-to-learning.pdf
[32] http://www.edutopia.org/pdfs/stw/edutopia-stw-yesprep-rubric-stu-self-guided-to-kill-a-mockingbird.pdf
[33] http://www.edutopia.org/pdfs/stw/edutopia-stw-yesprep-rubric-content-layered-curriculum.pdf
[34] http://www.edutopia.org/pdfs/stw/edutopia-stw-yesprep-rubric-cause-and-effect-the-crusades.pdf
[35] http://www.edutopia.org/pdfs/stw/edutopia-stw-yesprep-world-history-human-ingenuity.pdf
[36] http://www.edutopia.org/pdfs/stw/edutopia-stw-yesprep-quiz1.2-history-cause-and-effect.pdf
[37] http://www.edutopia.org/pdfs/stw/edutopia-stw-yesprep-rubric-and-descrip-YESpirational-video-project.pdf
[38] http://www.edutopia.org/pdfs/stw/edutopia-stw-yesprep-rubric-and-descrip-digital-photography.pdf
[39] http://www.edutopia.org/pdfs/stw/edutopia-stw-yesprep-rubric-and-descrip-webpage-project.pdf
[40] http://www.edutopia.org/pdfs/stw/edutopia-stw-yesprep-weekly-lesson-plan-environments.pdf
[41] http://www.edutopia.org/pdfs/stw/edutopia-stw-yesprep-unit2-great-gatsby-language.pdf
[42] http://www.edutopia.org/pdfs/stw/edutopia-stw-yesprep-unit2-language-choice-and-consequences.pdf
[43] http://www.edutopia.org/pdfs/stw/edutopia-stw-yesprep-unit1-7th-grade-science.pdf
[44] http://www.edutopia.org/pdfs/stw/edutopia-stw-yesprep-unit1-how-trade-changed-the-world.pdf
[45] http://www.edutopia.org/pdfs/stw/edutopia-stw-yesprep-unit7-systems-of-linear-equations.pdf
[46] http://www.edutopia.org/pdfs/stw/edutopia-stw-yesprep-unit1-foundations-of-geometry-six-weeks.pdf