Synthesize
Together, you and your team have explored the meaning of success for your school and what you’ll do to activate a cycle of continuous improvement within your school community. Here’s a look at how other high school design or redesign teams have grappled with some of these same issues.
Now it’s time for you and your team to step back and reflect.
Step 1 – Summarize Your Work
What are your top insights about what success will look like for your school and what information you’ll need to assess progress toward your goals? How will you create a culture of continuous improvement to ensure the success of every student?
Step 2 – Share Your Vision
Now get ready to share your ideas with others in your school and community.
- List your top insights about building a culture of improvement within your school.
- What information will you gather, analyze, and share? How will students, teachers, and families be involved?
- Develop a collection of videos, images, data charts, or other pieces of evidence that illustrate your insights and why they are important.
More Resources on this Topic
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Improving ImprovementIn this keynote address, Tony Bryk gives four ways to strengthen continuous improvement in education, illustrated with stories from real schools and districts.
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Finding the DataDiscover how your state rates on “data transparency,” and learn whether it reports information on student outcomes such as college enrollment, remediation, and persistence.
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Measures for Work-Based LearningHow can we know if students are benefitting from work-based learning experiences? AIR offers five modules to help.
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Continuous Improvement in SchoolsKQED reports on the latest thinking about how schools can plan and implement continuous improvement.
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Improving College AccessLearn how leaders used improvement science to increase college access for high school students in Fresno, California.
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Intro to DatawiseTake this free online course from Harvard’s DataWise project, either on your own or with colleagues.
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Ready to Assess SELThe second edition of AIR’s toolkit for assessing social emotional learning includes a brief, a decision tree, and a tools index.
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Coherent CultureHow does a school unite around “really fundamental goals for the future of learners”? Education expert Michael Fullan shares his thoughts with XQ.
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