REBUILDING FOR LEARNING

REBUILDING FOR LEARNING:
Addressing Barriers to Learning and Teaching
and Re-engaging Students

Update Announcement

Leadership Initiative Collaboration with the
American Association of School Administrators (AASA) and Scholastic
In the Fall 2009, the Scholastic, Inc. and UCLA collaboration established an initiative with the American Association of School Administrators (AASA)designed to help education leaders transform school improvement efforts by developing a comprehensive system to addressing barriers to learning and teaching and re-engaging disconnected students.
Click here for more information on this initiative.

Online Leadership Institute course
Addressing barriers to learning and teaching and re-engaging disconnected students is essential in providing equity of opportunity for all students to succeed in school. That is why state education agencies (e.g., Louisiana, Iowa, Hawai`i) have developed prototype designs for a comprehensive system or learning supports and districts are adapting the frameworks.
Such prototypes are driven by the reality that, in order to enhance achievement for all, reduce dropout rates, and close the achievement gap, school improvement efforts must include a major component that enables all students to have an equal opportunity to succeed at school. The initial aim has been to provide a design for braiding and developing all available resources in ways that better address barriers to learning and teaching and re-engage disconnected students.
As you may know, our Center has many resources to help with efforts to develop a Comprehensive System of Learning Supports. (Readily accessed at no cost at http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu)
And, now there is an online professional development leadership course that has just been developed through our collaboration with Scholastic, Inc.--also readily accessed at no cost-- see http://rebuildingforlearning.scholastic.com
This resource is designed as an introduction for school leaders and staff. Each session has a narated presentation, interviews with school leaders, questions for discussion.
The six sessions are:

Session 1: What is the Rebuilding for Learning Initiative and why is it needed?
Session 2: What is a comprehensive system of learning supports? Part A: Intervention Framework
Session 3: What is a comprehensive system of learning supports? Part B: Reworking the operational and organizational infrastructure; Part C: Policy implications
Session 4: Intrinsic motivation
Session 5: School transformation is about systemic change
Session 6: Designing a comprehensive system of learning supports and strategically planning its implementation.

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