A year ago, Public Impact began working
with school design teams of pilot schools in the Charlotte and Nashville public school districts to choose and tailor school models for extending the reach of excellent teachers to more students.
Through my job now at Public Impact, I've been working for the past year with
school design teams of teachers in the Charlotte - Mecklenburg system.
As the Public Impact team has worked with teachers
on school design teams, it has become increasingly clear how extending the reach of excellent teachers starts a virtuous cycle enabling increased teacher selectivity, opportunity, and pay — for all:
Launch New Schools: NSNO and 4.0 Schools launched a national competition to source talented aspiring
school design teams in an effort to bring rapid innovation and a more diverse set of school options to the New Orleans system.
School design teams around the world face different challenges - from providing basic sanitation facilities and cool spaces in warm climates, to energy - efficient elements.
Takeley Primary School was procured by the local authority through a contractor - led framework, while at Mellor
Primary School the design team and a local contractor were appointed directly by the Primary Academy's Trustees.
Nishita currently serves as a design consultant for Achievement First's
Greenfield School Design Team, tasked with creating an innovative new school model for Achievement First.
NACA Leadership Fellows work closely with the NACA Fellowship Team and are placed on
charter school design teams of three, in the following roles: (1) Instructional Leader, (2) Operations Leader, and (3) Community Engagement Specialist.
Listen to their voices: On our new «What Teachers Are Saying» page, teachers
from school design teams that chose and adapted models to fit their schools, and the teachers working within those models this year talk about what an Opportunity Culture has meant to their lives, professionally and personally.
All of the Opportunity Culture models are constructed with this in mind, but
individual school design teams will need to make choices that suit each student population.
As school design teams craft and tailor models that meet the five Reach Extension Principles, we'll document their efforts and continue updating and adding models.
In 2016, Eileen graduated from the Summer Principals Academy at Columbia University — Teacher's College While at Teacher's College, her
New School Design team won the Most Innovative New School Design Award from The Mind Trust organization.
The support materials that XQ provided — 13 «knowledge modules» and 250 resources that XQ curated for participants — resulted from conversations
with school design teams that were competing to win XQ's approval.
Kemi Jona, an associate professor at Northwestern University and a member of the VOISE Academy
High School design team, explains that online curriculum provides «a ticket to entry for students, getting them ready for the really exciting stuff: the projects, the collaborations, and the local connections that a teacher can bring.»
Stocked with interactive, open source school design playlists, readiness assessments, and resources — these tools will
support school design teams with the guidance and information they need to build the schools of our future.
He is a member of the English High
School design team, a group dedicated to redesigning the school to create the best possible learning environment for students.
Of the 22 people who were part of
the school design team when Humanitas was still a small learning community based at nearby Sylmar High School, a mere seven made the move to the César Chávez campus.
The Creative Leadership Team, in collaboration with
the School Design Team, will develop strategies to empower their entire learning community to become creative leaders and creative producers.
The school design team at Terrell Wells chose Multi-Classroom Leadership, which calls for excellent teachers to continue to teach while leading a team.
The 13 Round 3
school design teams, representing 16 schools, each embody a unique and compelling vision for personalization, educational equity, and expansive measures of student success.
On opening day, two parents — Yessenia Copado and Che Abram — spoke eloquently (one in Spanish, one in English) about why they chose to be part of
the school design team and how they felt, now that the school was open.
During this meeting, we introduce
the school Design Team to their school - based coach and provide them with an overview of Agilix Buzz, our online learning platform.
Instead, all
the school design teams so far have chosen team - based models that leave effective class sizes on par or smaller.
The school design teams then reallocate school budgets to fund pay supplements for these teacher - leaders permanently, in contrast to temporarily grant - funded programs.
The school design teams reallocate school budgets to fund pay supplements permanently, in contrast to temporarily grant - funded programs.