Our Direction

Ephesus will lead students to be confident, lifelong learners ready to make positive impacts in their communities. 

All students deserve a quality education. All school staff will work together to ensure students' academic, social and emotional needs are met through purposeful instruction and support.

Ephesus Elementary will serve each unique student by building strong relationships in order to provide high quality instruction in an inclusive, equitable and safe environment. 

Core FunctionEffective PracticeCodeSuccess IndicatorWise Ways®ActionResource
CSI and/or ATSI School IndicatorsProvide supports (personnel, programmatic, financial, etc.) for instructional priorities The LEA/School has aligned resource allocation (money, time, human resources) within each school's instructional priorities.View
Domain 1: Turnaround LeadershipPractice 1A: Prioritize improvement and communicate its urgencyB1.01The LEA has an LEA Support & Improvement Team.View
B1.03A 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.ViewVideoTool
B2.03The school has established a team structure among teachers with specific duties and time for instructional planning.ViewVideoTool
Practice 1B: Monitor short-and long-term goalsB3.03The principal monitors curriculum and classroom instruction regularly and provides timely, clear, constructive feedback to teachers.ViewVideoTool
D1.02The LEA/School has aligned resource allocation (money, time, human resources) within each school's instructional priorities.View
Domain 2: Talent DevelopmentPractice 2A: Recruit, develop, retain, and sustain talentC3.04The LEA/School has established a system of procedures and protocols for recruiting, evaluating, rewarding, and replacing staff.View
Practice 2B: Target professional learning opportunitiesC2.01The 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.ViewVideoTool
C2.03The LEA/School provides all staff high quality, ongoing, job-embedded, and differentiated professional development.ViewTool
Domain 3: Instructional TransformationPractice 3A: Diagnose and respond to student learning needsA3.05The school assesses each student at least 3 times each year to determine progress toward standard-based objectives.View
A4.01The school implements a tiered instructional system that allows teachers to deliver evidence-based instruction aligned with the individual needs of students across all tiers.View
Practice 3B: Provide rigorous evidence-based instructionA1.07ALL teachers employ effective classroom management and reinforce classroom rules and procedures by positively teaching them.ViewVideo
A2.04Instructional Teams develop standards-aligned units of instruction for each subject and grade level.ViewVideo
Practice 3C: Remove barriers and provide opportunitiesA4.16The school develops and implements consistent, intentional, and on-going plans to support student transitions for grade-to-grade and level-to-level.View
Domain 4: Culture ShiftPractice 4A: Build a strong community intensely focused on student learning The LEA has an LEA Support & Improvement Team.View
A4.05ALL teachers teach and reinforce positive social skills, self-respect, relationships, and responsibility for the consequences of decisions and actions.View
A4.06ALL 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 goalsE1.06The 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).ViewVideo
NC SBE Goal 1:Eliminate opportunity gaps by 2027 The school implements a tiered instructional system that allows teachers to deliver evidence-based instruction aligned with the individual needs of students across all tiers.View
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).ViewVideo
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.ViewVideoTool
 The LEA/School provides all staff high quality, ongoing, job-embedded, and differentiated professional development.ViewTool





Ephesus Elementary
1495 Ephesus Church rd.
Chapel Hill NC 27517
9199298715
Principal: Mrs. Stacie Boyer
  • Stacie Boyer
  • Jan Alston
  • Sara Anderson
  • Kim Chamberlin
  • Alyson Culin
  • Brittany Davidson
  • Rachel Etheridge
  • Jessica Gebhart
  • Caroline Hawkins
  • Teia Mccall
  • Bailey Normann
  • Sarah Petty
  • Danielle Rafetto
  • Courtney Sears
  • JohnPaul Shebalin
  • Ashley Sherman
  • Amelia Sherrill
  • Irene Skowronek
  • Jamila Smith
  • Candace Spinks
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