1. ALONE in the Desert Sheila Arredondo Program Associate, Southwest Comprehensive Center at WestEd Maxine Daly Deputy Associate Superintendent, Arizona Department of Education

2. Deputy Associate Superintendent’s Home

5. States Served by the Southwest Comprehensive Center

6. Collaborators Joe Torgesen – Center on Instruction Helen Duffy – National High School Center

10. System Mapping & Regional High School Summit

11. Guiding Principles  Design Team  Leaders as Models  Structures Match Desired Norms  The How is the What  Community Building  Accelerate Learning  Manage Expectations  Continuous Feedback and Improvement

12. Design Team Process  August 2007 – Conference Call #1  November 2007 – Conference Call #2  December 2007 & January 2008 – State Meetings  February 2008 – Conference Call #3  April 2008 – Regional Summit

13. Purpose Host a unique professional development, networking, and planning opportunity for state education agency teams – from Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah – that are leading high school redesign initiatives.

14. Success L  ks Like…  Integrate adolescent literacy and tiered interventions into high school redesign.  Share state strategies and best practices.  Identify common needs across states.  Establish post-Summit actions and benchmarks.  Refine our skills as change leaders.  Build a supportive learning network.

15. Tools – Mapping & Planning High School Redesign Matrices Pre-Work: State History Maps Synergies Team Planning

23. Lessons: Mapping  Collect, assess, and integrate existing plans.  Provide an “ah ha” experience.  Connect the dots and create a cohesive whole.  Leverage past work and identify future implications.  The heart of continuous improvement.

24. Lessons: Learning Communities  Maximize reflection, collaboration, learning, and innovation.  Create and strengthen organizational norms and cultures.  Exchange best practices.  Extract tacit knowledge and wisdom.  The heart of capacity building.

25. Next Steps: ADE  Management Team agreement for greater internal collaboration.  Agency-wide high school history map.  High school policy audit and district improvement survey.  Multiple perspectives – student voices.  HS Renewal Conference and Network.  Web-based AZ HS Renewal Tool-Kit.

26. Next Steps: SWCC  Quarterly problem solving and technical assistance calls.  Promote cross-unit and cross-agency collaboration.  Provide high-quality tools and resources.  Regional High School Summit II.

27. Thank You