| Core Function | Effective Practice | Code | Success Indicator | Wise Ways® | Action | Resource |
| Domain 1: Turnaround Leadership | Practice 1A: Prioritize improvement and communicate its urgency | B2.03 | The school has established a team structure among teachers with specific duties and time for instructional planning. | View | Video | Tool |
| Domain 2: Talent Development | Practice 2A: Recruit, develop, retain, and sustain talent | C3.04 | The LEA/School has established a system of procedures and protocols for recruiting, evaluating, rewarding, and replacing staff. | View | | |
| Practice 2B: Target professional learning opportunities | C2.01 | The LEA/School regularly looks at school performance data and aggregated classroom observation data and uses that data to make decisions about school improvement and professional development needs. | View | Video | Tool |
| Domain 3: Instructional Transformation | Practice 3A: Diagnose and respond to student learning needs | A3.01 | Instructional Teams use student learning data to identify students in need of instructional support or enhancement. | View | Video | Tool |
| Practice 3C: Remove barriers and provide opportunities | A4.22 | All teachers are responsive to students’ cultural backgrounds and incorporate culturally-relevant material in their classrooms. | View | | |
| Domain 4: Culture Shift | Practice 4A: Build a strong community intensely focused on student learning | A4.06 | ALL teachers are attentive to students' emotional states, guide students in managing their emotions, and arrange for supports and interventions when necessary. | View | | |
| Practice 4C: Engage students and families in pursuing education goals | E1.06 | The school regularly communicates with parents/guardians about its expectations of them and the importance of the curriculum of the home (what parents can do at home to support their children's learning). | View | Video | |
| NC SBE Goal 2: | Improve school and district performance by 2027 | | The school regularly communicates with parents/guardians about its expectations of them and the importance of the curriculum of the home (what parents can do at home to support their children's learning). | View | Video | |
| NC SBE Goal 3: | Increase Educator preparedness to meet the needs of every student by 2027 | | The LEA/School regularly looks at school performance data and aggregated classroom observation data and uses that data to make decisions about school improvement and professional development needs. | View | Video | Tool |