District Support for School Improvement
Core Trainings:
- Building a Framework and System of Accountability
- Designing a Professional Development Strategy
- Resource Allocation To Support Student Achievement
- District Leadership Team Coaching
More Trainings
- Equitable SLCs
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Core Trainings:
Building a Framework and System of Accountability
District and school leaders become familiar with SLC best practices, and consider the school and district practices that prepare all students to meet high academic standards.
Audience: District and school leadership teams
Length: 2 days
Topics: SLC best practices; allocation of resources
Outcomes: Five-year plan for SLC support and professional development
Cost: Our trainings are tailored to individual district/school needs; please contact us for pricing and scheduling.
This training provides tools that help participants analyze the allocation of resources, including time and staff; align special academic programs with overall district goals; consider the role of department and SLC leadership; and improve the rigor of course offerings. District teams develop five-year plans for shifting practices and resources to support SLCs and aligning professional development with needs. Follow-up coaching helps leadership teams implement your plans, troubleshoot implementation challenges, and develop change leadership skills.
Designing a Professional Development Strategy
District leaders develop plans to build the capacity of school administrators and teacher leaders to serve as instructional leaders.
Audience: District leadership teams
Length: 1 – 2 days
Topics: Instructional leadership; distributed leadership; rigorous and relevant curriculum and instruction; best practices for professional development
Outcomes: Leadership development plan
Cost: Our trainings are tailored to individual district/school needs; please contact us for pricing and scheduling.
This training helps district leaders consider how to engage school administrators in collaborative development of strategies for distributing leadership and defining leader roles and responsibilities.
Resource Allocation To Support Student Achievement
Leadership teams acquire tools to use existing resources to their best advantage.
Audience: District leadership team
Length: 2 days
Topics: Resource reallocation; resource alignment
Outcomes: Resource allocation plan
Cost: Our trainings are tailored to individual district/school needs; please contact us for pricing and scheduling.
Resource allocation is the key to sustainable SLC development. This training helps district and school leadership teams use existing resources to maximize instructional time in the core, support a coherent instructional program, and increase personalization. Leadership teams use your district goals and framework to set priorities and analyze the trade-offs involved in reallocating resources.
District Leadership Team Coaching
Leadership teams are equipped with best practices to handle common SLC challenges.
Core & More coaching supports leadership development in teams whose members might include superintendents; assistant superintendents for curriculum, instruction and assessment; high school transformation personnel; grant writers; principals; and other key leaders. Coaching supports the implementation of research-based best practices, the alignment of initiatives according to district goals, and the development of change leadership.
Cost: Our coaching is tailored to individual district/school needs; please contact us for pricing and scheduling.
More Trainings:
More trainings provide an in-depth look at specific systemwide practices and strategies that provide challenges and opportunities for all students. More trainings are most beneficial when districts make a systemic commitment to school improvement.
Equitable SLCs
SLC leaders learn and apply strategies to increase rigor and choice for all students at both the schoolwide and classroom levels.
Audience: School leadership teams, including SLC leaders Length: 2 days Topics: Engaging staff in difficult conversations; rigorous and relevant curriculum and instruction; inclusive programs and practices; increasing success for all students in AP and other high-level courses; credit recovery; differentiating instruction; eliminating low-level course offerings; using data Outcomes: Equity action plan Cost: Our trainings are tailored to individual district/school needs; please contact us for pricing and scheduling.
Equitable SLCs attract and retain diverse students and support them to achieve high academic standards. This training helps SLC leadership teams minimize tracking and provide challenging curriculum for all students through four key practices: unpacking the problem; meaningful access for all students; rigor across the curriculum; and using data to promote equity. Topics include increasing success for all students in AP and other high level courses; credit recovery; differentiating instruction; and eliminating low-level course offerings. Teams produce equity action plans to implement key strategies at your school sites.