Eliminating “The Blame Game”

A Journey to Foster Shared Responsibility for Student Learning Through Effective Teacher Collaboration Across Grade Levels

Maribel Dotres • Cahn Fellow 2019

We are an elementary school located in an urban Spanish-speaking community of Miami, FL. We have a large percentage English Language Learners (ELLs) student population as well as Students with Special Needs. Our mission is to provide an equitable education for all our students. Unfortunately, the results of our school climate survey determined that teachers felt students were not entering grade levels fully mastering the skills from the previous grade level.