Valbrun also was a
school turnaround partner in Baltimore City Schools and a coordinator with the Connecticut Center for School Change, where she facilitated their statewide School Instructional Improvement Network and provided leadership development and coaching for new school leaders in Stamford.
As a non-profit charter school operator that targets underperforming schools with a competency - based, technology enabled turnaround model, it brings together some of the country's leading practitioners in engagements involving
lead turnaround partners, blended school design and implementation and coaching of master teachers.
Howe and Manual high schools, currently operated by
state turnaround partners, will not be operated as high schools upon their return to Indianapolis Public Schools.
Priority schools — Low - performing schools required to employ a state - approved
lead turnaround partner to assist in the development and implementation of reforms and improvement strategies.
To address specific challenges a school might be experiencing with implementation, we provide targeted assistance, including professional development, funding (particularly SIG grants), consultation, access to
turnaround partners, and other supports, all aligned to the turnaround practices.
Their options, include: hiring
a turnaround partner, turning the school into an innovation or charter school, and school closure, among others.
AIR continues to work with Hazelwood East Middle School in St. Louis County as
its turnaround partner.