Waves of Change: Adapting District Strategy and Culture to Prepare All Students for the Future

Autor/inn/en	Jackson, Shelia; Hooker, Sarah
Institution	Jobs for the Future; Columbus State Community College
Titel	Waves of Change: Adapting District Strategy and Culture to Prepare All Students for the Future
Quelle	(2019), (26 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Career Readiness; College Readiness; High School Students; High Schools; School Culture; Educational Change; Data Use; Decision Making; Educational Planning; Instructional Improvement; Teacher Collaboration; Dual Enrollment; Student Participation; Attitude Change; College School Cooperation; School Districts; Education Work Relationship; Ohio + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Schulkultur; Schulleben; Bildungsreform; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Bildungsplanung; Unterrichtsqualität; Lehrerkooperation; Doppelstudium; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; School district; Schulbezirk
Abstract	The urgent need to equip young people with the knowledge and skills necessary to be agile lifelong learners who can thrive in a rapidly changing economy has never been clearer. As a result, many school districts have been shifting their focus, aiming to better prepare all high school students to graduate ready to succeed both in college and in the new world of work. Transforming traditional high schools to better prepare all graduates to succeed both in college and the new world of work is a daunting task. But it can be done--and in a relatively short period of time. This report shows how one of the largest school districts in Ohio has doubled college course taking and raised expectations for all students by systematically changing the culture of its high schools in three years. South-Western City School District's (SWCSD's) experience demonstrates that the results of ambitious calls for transformation depend on leaders and practitioners at all levels acting in concert to override "business as usual," even when improvement requires uncomfortable change. The district's collective decision to put the relationship between instructional design and learning at the center of its primary strategy to fulfill the expectations of the i3 grant created a ripple effect of ancillary positive change. [Additional funding was provided by the American Electric Power Foundation's Credits Count initiative.] (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01