1. Supportive Leadership in Small Learning Communities
Health Careers Symposium
January 17, 2008

2. California Healthy Kids Survey 2005
Grade 5
Grade 7
Grade 9
Grade 11
The percentage of students who report high levels of caring relationships with a teacher or other adult at their school
59%
28%
26%
35%
The percentage of students that report high levels of school connectedness at their school (Total School Assets)
55%
23%
32%

3. FIVE STEPS FOR SYSTEMIC CULTURE CHANGE
Building vision, beliefs, and expectations
Improving instructional practice
Creating increased personalization
Developing supporting structures
Providing strong transitional support

4. Probing Questions For Building Common Vision
What is meant by “success” in the statement, “We want all students to find lifelong success”?
What is the difference between a school being a place “where kids learn” rather than a place “where kids are taught”?
How do we make the necessary structural changes so that they become systemic and everlasting?
What is meant by “if learning is the constant, then time is the variable”?
What do we intend students to learn, and how will we know if they have learned it?

5. Building a School Vision
Point A
Point B or
Point A
Point B

6. Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment
Culturally Relevant
& Responsive
Pedagogy
Curriculum,
Instruction
& Assessment
Focus on Standards
(Rigor with
High Expectations)
Personalization
Structure
Instructional
Intervention
STUDENT
ACHIEVEMENT
School-wide
Instructional
Practices
Accountability &
Assessment
District Initiatives
(Special Ed.,
Gate, ELL)

7. Personalization Is An Instructional Strategy

8. Personalization Personalization Structure Curriculum, Instruction, &
Student
Connectedness
Advisory Program
And Family
Advocacy
Personalization
Structure
School to Home &
Home to School
Communication
STUDENT
ACHIEVEMENT
Teacher
Collaboration
Curriculum,
Instruction, &
Assessment
Teacher Ownership
of Student
Outcomes
CTE and
Internships

9. Rigor/Relevance Framework
Evaluation 6
Synthesis 5
Assimilation C
Adaptation D
Acquisition A
Application B
Analysis 4
Application 3
Comprehension 2
Knowledge/Awareness 1 1
Knowledge
in 1 discipline 2
Apply
knowledge
in 1 discipline 3
Apply
knowledge
Across
disciplines 4
Apply
knowledge
To real world
Predictable
situations 5
Apply
knowledge
to real world
unpredictable
situations

10. Structures that Support Instruction &Personalization
Small Numbers
with Contiguous
Space
Health Themed
SLC
Structure
Curriculum,
Instruction, &
Assessment
Flexible
Scheduling
STUDENT
ACHIEVEMENT
Teacher Time for
Collaboration &
Prof. Development
Personalization
Family Support &
Community
Engagement
School -
“Outside the Box”

11. Culture Change is Systemic
Personalization
Curriculum and
Instruction
Structure
Improved Student Achievement

12. PROVIDING STRONG TRANSITIONAL SUPPORT
Transition Point
Transition Point
Middle
School
High
School
College and
Career Prep

13. Changing Role of Central Office in Support of School Redesign?

14. The Enemy of Change Is Perfection