| Core Function | Effective Practice | Code | Success Indicator | Wise Ways® | Action | Resource |
| Domain 1: Turnaround Leadership | Practice 1A: Prioritize improvement and communicate its urgency | B1.03 | A Leadership Team consisting of the principal, teachers who lead the Instructional Teams, and other professional staff meets regularly (at least twice a month) to review implementation of effective practices. | View | Video | Tool |
| | B2.03 | The school has established a team structure among teachers with specific duties and time for instructional planning. | View | Video | Tool |
| Practice 1C: Customize and target support to meet needs | B1.07 | The school’s Leadership Team/ Health Council regularly reviews data which reflect the school’s health, nutrition and safety policies, school environment, work-site wellness, attendance and discipline records and will use the data to make decisions about school improvement and professional development needs. | View | | |
| 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 | | |
| Domain 3: Instructional Transformation | Practice 3B: Provide rigorous evidence-based instruction | A2.04 | Instructional Teams develop standards-aligned units of instruction for each subject and grade level. | View | Video | |
| 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 | |