Instruction must be accessible for all students. Accessible instruction promotes equity for students and their learning irrespective of student backgrounds and abilities and disrupts disproportionate outcomes

All students are capable of achieving high academic outcomes and therefore all teaching and learning must be rigorous and reflect high expectations for all students

Instruction must be relevant to our students' cultures, interests, perspectives and lived experiences

Instruction must be culturally responsive to student strengths and needs and aligned to the rigor of state standards

The key to improved learning for students in continuous job-embedded learning for educators through the development of professional learning communities of reflective practitioners