This innovative new program aligns with and supports individual
district and school culture and initiatives.
Turn reading into a core part of
your district and school culture.
Not exact matches
For the last 15 years, Partners for Progress, a group of private
and public - sector leaders in St. Charles County, Missouri, have invested a significant amount of time
and money to create a
culture of STEM education in the area's
school districts.
Women's History Month, now celebrated annually in the United States, grew out of a weeklong celebration of women's contributions to
culture, history
and society organized in 1979 within the Sonoma
School District.
But when there's real progress underway — when the White House advances early childhood education; when a
culture of
school food reform is the new normal in
districts nationwide; when the work takes on a life of its own — then the entrepreneur is ready to take on a different challenge,
and begin work anew.
Not only are we up against a
school district food system that is set in it's ways, we're battling a larger food
culture that values high calorie, highly processed convenience food
AND huge food lobbies that have great influence over Congress and the legislation that is pass
AND huge food lobbies that have great influence over Congress
and the legislation that is pass
and the legislation that is passed.
For instance, with two dual - language Vietnamese
schools in the
district now, Tanner
and her team added banh mi
and pho to the menu served at all the
schools, not just the two with a focus on that language
and culture.
Alvord Unified
School District — Pamela Lambert Innovation: Systems Change by Cultivating Community In order to create a
culture supportive of healthy food
and lifestyles, Pamela Lambert designed events that brought the community together around health
and wellness — arranging walks with the mayor, parents,
and students
and a health fair in the guise of a day at an indoor trampoline park.
I responded to the reader in a series three posts: Part One offered advice for bringing about change at the classroom level (e.g., teacher rewards
and snacks); Part Two dealt with changing the
school - wide food
culture (fundraisers, wellness programs, etc.);
and Part Three talked about change at the
district level.
There are many other factors to consider, such as administrators making time to visit classrooms, capable instructional leadership, clear expectations
and common language around
school or
district initiatives, creating a
culture of risk taking, etc..
When drilling down to the specifics,
school districts will take different actions depending upon particular histories,
cultures,
and contexts.
All teachers new to a
district need to learn policies
and procedures, missions, philosophies,
and the overall
culture of their particular
school and district.
Breaux: No two induction programs are exactly alike; each caters to the
culture and needs of its unique
school or
district.
After the «professional development day» is over, how does a
school or
school district go about the process of moving teachers continuously in the direction of doing formative assessment digitally
and creating a
culture that accepts
and consistently implements this approach?
School districts want to import some of the classroom
culture and sense of urgency they see in charter
schools.
Districts are responding: As of spring 2014, four districts nationally are piloting Opportunity Culture models, and one, Charlotte - Mecklenburg, is taking its pilot efforts to scale based on recruiting results and demand from
Districts are responding: As of spring 2014, four
districts nationally are piloting Opportunity Culture models, and one, Charlotte - Mecklenburg, is taking its pilot efforts to scale based on recruiting results and demand from
districts nationally are piloting Opportunity
Culture models,
and one, Charlotte - Mecklenburg, is taking its pilot efforts to scale based on recruiting results
and demand from
schools.
The goal of the Portland, Ore., public
schools» multicultural - education programs, in the words of the
district's
school board, is to «develop in all students a better understanding
and appreciation of the history,
culture,
and contributions to society of different ethnic groups
and cultures.»
Districts and charter
schools have begun to embrace Public Impact's vision of an Opportunity
Culture, creating pilot
schools that use job redesign
and age - appropriate technology to extend excellent teachers» reach, directly
and by leading other teachers, in fully accountable roles, for more pay — but within budget.
Outwardly, Success is similar to other «no excuses» (Moskowitz dislikes that term) charter
schools: students are called «scholars»
and wear uniforms; a longer
school day
and year allow for about one - third more instruction time than
district schools provide; rooms are named after the teacher's alma mater; a
culture of discipline
and high expectations reigns.
In contrast, as
district employees, these aspiring teachers will receive a salary
and benefits, along with credit for being student teachers while they serve full - time in three Opportunity
Culture schools under the
district's highest - performing educators.
In management consulting, the crucial assumptions are that 1) each organization possesses a unique
culture and set of goals; therefore, the same intervention is likely to elicit different results depending on a
school's history, organization, personnel,
and politics;
and 2) suggestions for change should creatively blend knowledge from many different sources — from general organizational theories, from deep insight into the
district or
schools under study,
and from «craft» knowledge of what is likely to improve
schools or
districts with particular characteristics.
Yet when this
culture - first leader took the helm of Tennessee's new Achievement
School District in 2011, he concluded that anyone's first move in that role ought to be, «Get a great lawyer, understand the legislation,
and understand what you can
and can not do right out of the gate.»
More than 60
schools in five states
and seven public
school districts have signed on to Public Impact's growing Opportunity
Culture initiative, now in its third implementation year.
In response, the Chinese Ministry ofEducation developed Chengo, a Web sitefor English - speaking secondary schoolstudents,
and China's National Office forTeaching Chinese as a Foreign Language hasestablished Confucius Institutes to promoteChinese language
and culture around theworld, in partnership primarily with localuniversities
and public
school districts.
Education reformers faced with failing
schools and districts tend toward one of two camps: The Incrementalists hold that meaningful improvement can only happen slowly, with soul - wrenching
culture change leading to instructional change
and eventual student success.
Most of the crucial decisions about how U.S.
schools run
and who teaches what to whom in which classrooms are still made in 14,000 semi-autonomous
school districts, nearly all of them run by locally elected
school boards, often with campaign dollars supplied by those with whom they negotiate collectively,
and managed by professional superintendents, trained in colleges of education
and socialized over the years into the prevailing
culture of public education.
But perhaps the two initiatives Eisenhower is best known for are its multi-week exchange programs with sister
schools in Mexico
and France,
and the
Culture Box Program, a rich collection of artifacts from 46 countries (such as clothing, games,
and musical instruments) that are available for use in the Eisenhower curriculum as well as any
school in the
district (or a non-
school group for a $ 15 fee).
«
Schools are incredibly mission - driven organizations,
and each has its own unique
culture,» said Tom Boasberg, the superintendent of the Denver
school district.
Learning quickly from these differences is crucial to improved outcomes as more
schools and districts create their own Opportunity
Cultures.
Thus, high - performing
district or charter
schools use chants, ceremonies, signs,
and strong discipline to forge a
culture defined by college - going
and career success; at the same time, unlike
schools of a half - century ago, they rarely seek to use those same exercises to help invest students in the American nation as a civic enterprise.
The shared - decisionmaking structure in the 38,800 - student
district has fostered a «committee
culture» that blurs lines of accountability
and has left Superintendent Alton Frailey
and school board members with little authority, argue representatives from the Cincinnati Business Committee
and the Baptist Ministers Conference.
Elk Grove Unified
School District has 24 academy
and career technical classes where superintendent Steven Ladd
and industrial arts teacher Jeff Merker have pioneered a
culture shift to support CTE.
These changes may represent a major shift in the practice
and culture of many
schools and districts.
Reading the formal
culture involves observing the official, planned events,
and reading
district and school policies
and procedures to learn how the formal organization — often the bureaucracy — operates.
While immigrant youth inevitably must navigate multiple
cultures, many
schools and districts have yet to develop strategies for supporting this «cultural straddling,» as sociologist Prudence Carter calls it.
Building a
culture of digital health
and wellness across a
school district will insure that our students carry out the missions posted on our walls.
Leveraging a grant
and supportive partnership with the Collaborative for Academic, Social,
and Emotional Learning (CASEL)-- a nonprofit organization that supports SEL programs in nine other
districts in the nation — Washoe has worked to improve
school climate
and culture, parent engagement,
and student voice in all 98
schools in the
district.
The 168
schools in the Nashville
district collaborate to bolster
school culture and instruction with social
and emotional learning.
By breaking down the thinking process
and by making thinking visible, thinking routines foster a community of thinkers in a classroom
and a
culture of thinking in a
school or
district.
During the webinar, we will share the processes
and resources
districts can use to: • Develop literacy around
school climate /
culture and social - emotional learning • Understand survey data in order to surface key insights • Create
school site
and district action plans for promoting positive
school climate
and SEL SBCUSD
and 400 other
districts partner with Panorama Education to collect
and use
school climate
and SEL data
and to deliver professional development trainings
and workshops.
They are integral to
school /
district goals
and culture and climate.
School and district leaders also answered questions about their attitudes toward research, their efforts to acquire it,
and the
culture of research use in their organizations.
We help
schools and districts develop engaged, well - prepared learners
and create vibrant college - going
school cultures.
MyWays can catalyze rich discussions, collaborative development,
and transformative
culture - building within your team,
school,
district,
and community.
The promising outcomes of these exemplary programs include the capacities they develop in individual principals as well as the ways in which they help reshape the principal workforce
and the
district culture of
school leadership.
The team's work laid the foundation for BPS's 100 - Day Plan, which calls for the creation of a «
Culture of We» — a concept that embraces greater collaboration
and two - way communication between the
district's staff
and the students, families,
and community members BPS serves at 125
schools.
He is also the founder of the Roses in Concrete Community
School, a community responsive lab school in East Oakland (www.rosesinconcrete.org), and the Community Responsive Education Group (CRE), working with schools and districts around the world to develop and support effective classroom and school cul
School, a community responsive lab
school in East Oakland (www.rosesinconcrete.org), and the Community Responsive Education Group (CRE), working with schools and districts around the world to develop and support effective classroom and school cul
school in East Oakland (www.rosesinconcrete.org),
and the Community Responsive Education Group (CRE), working with
schools and districts around the world to develop
and support effective classroom
and school cul
school cultures.
Pay Teachers More
and Reach All Students with Excellence — Aug 30, 2012
District RTTT — Meet the Absolute Priority for Great - Teacher Access — Aug 14, 2012 Pay Teachers More — Within Budget, Without Class - Size Increases — Jul 24, 2012 Building Support for Breakthrough
Schools — Jul 10, 2012 New Toolkit: Expand the Impact of Excellent Teachers — Selection, Development,
and More — May 31, 2012 New Teacher Career Paths: Financially Sustainable Advancement — May 17, 2012 Charlotte, N.C.'s Project L.I.F.T. to be Initial Opportunity
Culture Site — May 10, 2012 10 Financially Sustainable Models to Reach More Students with Excellence — May 01, 2012 Excellent Teaching Within Budget: New Infographic
and Website — Apr 17, 2012 Incubating Great New
Schools — Mar 15, 2012 Public Impact Releases Models to Extend Reach of Top Teachers, Seeks Sites — Dec 14, 2011 New Report: Teachers in the Age of Digital Instruction — Nov 17, 2011 City - Based Charter Strategies: New White Papers
and Webinar from Public Impact — Oct 25, 2011 How to Reach Every Child with Top Teachers (Really)-- Oct 11, 2011 Charter Philanthropy in Four Cities — Aug 04, 2011
School Turnaround Leaders: New Ideas about How to Find More of Them — Jul 21, 2011 Fixing Failing
Schools: Building Family
and Community Demand for Dramatic Change — May 17, 2011 New Resources to Boost
School Turnaround Success — May 10, 2011 New Report on Making Teacher Tenure Meaningful — Mar 15, 2011 Going Exponential: Growing the Charter
School Sector's Best — Feb 17, 2011 New Reports
and Upcoming Release Event — Feb 10, 2011 Picky Parent Guide — Nov 17, 2010 Measuring Teacher
and Leader Performance: Cross-Sector Lessons for Excellent Evaluations — Nov 02, 2010 New Teacher Quality Publication from the Joyce Foundation — Sept 27, 2010 Charter
School Research from Public Impact — Jul 13, 2010 Lessons from Singapore & Shooting for Stars — Jun 17, 2010 Opportunity at the Top — Jun 02, 2010 Public Impact's latest on Education Reform Topics — Dec 02, 2009 3X for All: Extending the Reach of Education's Best — Oct 23, 2009 New Research on Dramatically Improving Failing
Schools — Oct 06, 2009 Try, Try Again to Fix Failing
Schools — Sep 09, 2009 Innovation in Education
and Charter Philanthropy — Jun 24, 2009 Reconnecting Youth
and Designing PD That Works — May 29.
Design a
school that pays more and reaches all with excellence — October 10, 2013 Public Impact Co-Directors Refresh Vision: Opportunity Culture for ALL — September 25, 2013 Report shows promising alternative to closing failing charter schools — August 14, 2013 Rocketship Education: Bringing tech closer to teachers — July 24, 2013 Case study: New charter pays more, extends teachers» reach, gets strong results — July 9, 2013 Case study: How Charlotte zone planned Opportunity Culture schools — June 27, 2013 Case study: How one Leading Educators fellow extends her reach — June 17, 2013 Opportunity Culture district creates paid role for student teachers — May 22, 2013 Reports: City - based organizations» roles in quality digital learning — May 15, 2013 Nation's fifth - largest district explores extending reach of excellent teachers — May 9, 2013 A Better Blend: Combine digital instruction and great teaching to dramatically improve learning — April 30, 2013 Indiana Encourages Dramatically Different Models in New Charter Schools — April 18, 2013 Charlotte Flooded with Teacher Applicants Seeking Roles to Extend Their Reach — April 11, 2013 New charter school study shows the steps to great schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — Now
school that pays more
and reaches all with excellence — October 10, 2013 Public Impact Co-Directors Refresh Vision: Opportunity
Culture for ALL — September 25, 2013 Report shows promising alternative to closing failing charter
schools — August 14, 2013 Rocketship Education: Bringing tech closer to teachers — July 24, 2013 Case study: New charter pays more, extends teachers» reach, gets strong results — July 9, 2013 Case study: How Charlotte zone planned Opportunity Culture schools — June 27, 2013 Case study: How one Leading Educators fellow extends her reach — June 17, 2013 Opportunity Culture district creates paid role for student teachers — May 22, 2013 Reports: City - based organizations» roles in quality digital learning — May 15, 2013 Nation's fifth - largest district explores extending reach of excellent teachers — May 9, 2013 A Better Blend: Combine digital instruction and great teaching to dramatically improve learning — April 30, 2013 Indiana Encourages Dramatically Different Models in New Charter Schools — April 18, 2013 Charlotte Flooded with Teacher Applicants Seeking Roles to Extend Their Reach — April 11, 2013 New charter school study shows the steps to great schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — No
schools — August 14, 2013 Rocketship Education: Bringing tech closer to teachers — July 24, 2013 Case study: New charter pays more, extends teachers» reach, gets strong results — July 9, 2013 Case study: How Charlotte zone planned Opportunity
Culture schools — June 27, 2013 Case study: How one Leading Educators fellow extends her reach — June 17, 2013 Opportunity Culture district creates paid role for student teachers — May 22, 2013 Reports: City - based organizations» roles in quality digital learning — May 15, 2013 Nation's fifth - largest district explores extending reach of excellent teachers — May 9, 2013 A Better Blend: Combine digital instruction and great teaching to dramatically improve learning — April 30, 2013 Indiana Encourages Dramatically Different Models in New Charter Schools — April 18, 2013 Charlotte Flooded with Teacher Applicants Seeking Roles to Extend Their Reach — April 11, 2013 New charter school study shows the steps to great schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — No
schools — June 27, 2013 Case study: How one Leading Educators fellow extends her reach — June 17, 2013 Opportunity
Culture district creates paid role for student teachers — May 22, 2013 Reports: City - based organizations» roles in quality digital learning — May 15, 2013 Nation's fifth - largest
district explores extending reach of excellent teachers — May 9, 2013 A Better Blend: Combine digital instruction
and great teaching to dramatically improve learning — April 30, 2013 Indiana Encourages Dramatically Different Models in New Charter
Schools — April 18, 2013 Charlotte Flooded with Teacher Applicants Seeking Roles to Extend Their Reach — April 11, 2013 New charter school study shows the steps to great schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — No
Schools — April 18, 2013 Charlotte Flooded with Teacher Applicants Seeking Roles to Extend Their Reach — April 11, 2013 New charter
school study shows the steps to great schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — Now
school study shows the steps to great
schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — No
schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity
Culture Network to Link Charter
School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — Now
School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity
Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck
and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time
and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — Now What?
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culture of effective feedback is essential in a
school and district,
and learn strategies to make learning visible by giving
and receiving effective feedback