04939nam 2200661 450 991047892660332120170822145225.01-4522-9753-3(CKB)3710000000456734(EBL)1651160(OCoLC)922907694(SSID)ssj0001530410(PQKBManifestationID)12572631(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001530410(PQKBWorkID)11529980(PQKB)10506734(MiAaPQ)EBC1994117(EXLCZ)99371000000045673420150817h20072007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCreating small schools a handbook for raising equity and achievement /Dan French, Mary Atkinson, Leah RugenThousand Oaks, California :Center for Collaborative Education :Corwin Press,2007.©20071 online resource (248 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4129-4177-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.""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""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.Small schoolsUnited StatesHandbooks, manuals, etcSchool sizeUnited StatesHandbooks, manuals, etcEducation, SecondaryUnited StatesHandbooks, manuals, etcElectronic books.Small schoolsSchool sizeEducation, Secondary371.01French Dan871711Atkinson Mary1951-Rugen LeahHahn MoniqueStorey RoseMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910478926603321Creating small schools1945772UNINA