Creating small schools : a handbook for raising equity and achievement / Dan French, Mary Atkinson, Leah Rugen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

French, Dan, author.

Atkinson, Mary, 1951- author.

Rugen, Leah, author.

Contributor:

Hahn, Monique, cover designer.

Storey, Rose, designer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Small schools--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Small schools.

School size--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

School size.

Education, Secondary--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Education, Secondary.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, California : Center for Collaborative Education : Corwin Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Offers school leaders lessons, case studies, practical tools, advice, vignettes, and step-by-step instructions for developing new schools or converting existing ones, plus guidance for forging partnerships with the community.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""About the Authors""; ""Part I - Creating Small Schools""; ""Chapter 1 - Key Components of Successful Small Schools""; ""Why Small Schools?""; ""Origins of the Small Schools Movement""; ""Four Conditions for Successful Small Schools""; ""Lessons from Experience""; ""Getting Started: Small Schools Design and Implementation""; ""Tool 1.1 Focus Group""; ""Tool 1.2 School Visitation Protocol""; ""Tool 1.3 Text-Based Discussion""; ""Chapter 2 - Launching Small Schools in a Community""

""Negotiating Autonomy: The Role of Teachers Unions and School Districts""""Organizing Community Support for Small Schools""; ""Principles for Community Organizing""; ""Pilot School Replication in Fitchburg, MA""; ""Tool 2.1 Excerpt from the Boston Pilot Schools Collective Bargaining Agreement""; ""Tool 2.2 Sample Work-Election Agreement""; ""Chapter 3 - Converting Large Schools to Small""; ""Differences between Small Schools and Small Learning Communities""; ""A Case Study of a Large School Conversion""; ""Sample Conversion Designs""

""Cherry Lane High Case Study: Restructuring a Large, Comprehensive High School""""Tool 3.1 Options for Conversion""; ""Tool 3.2 Strategizing about Barriers to Conversions""; ""Tool 3.3 Common Conversion Design Issues""; ""Resource 3.1 Common Conversion Questions""; ""Chapter 4 - Building Partnerships to Sustain Small Schools""; ""Why Engaging Families and Community is Important""; ""A Framework for Family Engagement""; ""Sample Practices for Family and Community Involvement""; ""Getting Started: Developing Plans for Family Engagement""

""Tools and Resources for Building Partnerships: Creating Schools as Centers for Learning""""Tool 4.1 Community Walk""; ""Tool 4.2 Student-Led Conferences""; ""Tool 4.3 Parent-Teacher Conferences""; ""Resource 4.1 Framework of Focus Areas for Involvement and Sample Practices""; ""Part II - Learning and Achievement in Each Small School""; ""Chapter 5 - Teaching, Learning, and Assessment for High Achievement for all Learners""; ""Rethinking Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment""

""A Framework for Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment: What Do We want all Students to Know and be Able to Do?""""Habits of Mind: Defining an Overarching Vision for Teaching and Learning""; ""Less is More: An Approach to Curriculum Design""; ""Student-as-Worker, Teacher-as-Coach: An Approach to Instruction""; ""Assessment by Exhibition: An Approach to Assessment""; ""Creating Curriculum Through Backwards Design""; ""Creating a Coherent Schoolwide Curriculum""; ""The Centrality of Literacy""; ""Tool 5.1 Guidelines for Developing Inquiry-Based Curriculum Units""; ""Planning Guide Template""

""Chapter 6 - Restructuring the School for Personalization""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781452297538

1452297533

OCLC:

922907694