- Planning Phase-in
Implementing a Comprehensive System of Learning Supports: A Brief District Guide for Moving Forward
This set of guidance notes suggests what the district leader and team need to do in facilitating the phasing in of
development of a comprehensive system of learning supports at a school.
Guide to Enhance School Improvement Plans Related to Three Critical Facets for Improving How Schools Address Learning and Behavior Problems
A two page planning aid providing resources related to three critical questions planners should consider at all system levels to ensure schools are more effective in addressing barriers to learning and teaching and re-engaging disconnected students. The questions are:
(1) Does the plan delineate a cohesive and extensive system of student and learning supports? That is, does the plan outline a unified and comprehensive framework for addressing barriers to learning and teaching and re-engaging disconnected students in classrooms and schoolwide?
(2) Does the plan outline how to rework the operational infrastructure to guide development of a unified and comprehensive system of student and learning supports over several years?
(3) Have the capacity building implications of developing such a system been addressed (e.g., weaving together and redeploying resources, staff development)?
Establishing a Comprehensive System of Learning Supports at a School: Seven Steps for Principals and Their Staff
Schools, districts, and state departments across the country are moving in new directions to address barriers to learning and teaching and to re-engage disconnected students. They are doing this by designing and developing a comprehensive system of student and learning supports and fully integrating it into school improvement policy and practice.
Guide on how to phase-in a learning supports component
Discusses phasing-in throughout a district or in one school � includes an outline of steps, a calendar for integrating the work into school improvement planning, and a monitoring outline and set of benchmarks.
Draft of a five year plan for phasing-in a learning supports component
This example is one school's draft of a 5 year plan for developing a comprehensive, multifaceted approach to address barriers to learning (an enabling or Learning Supports component). The sketch is a bit rough, but it provides a sense of one site's thinking and could readily be adapted.
Action Planning Guide: Making it Happen
Contains an overview of key facets and steps related to action planning, worksheets, and a group guide.
Ongoing Capacity Building
Guide to resource mapping and management to address barriers to learning: An intervention for systemic change
Discusses the purposes, processes, and products of mapping resources and provide a set of self study surveys for a learning supports component.
Self-study Surveys
Notes on Capacity Building in Stages for Rebuilding Supports for Learning
Key aids for capacity building are organized with respect to three stages: Stage I: Understanding Some Basics and Tools for Enhancing Readiness and Momentum; Stage II: Initial Capacity Building; and Stage III: Development
Examples of the Focus on Intrinsic Motivation in the Six Learning Supports Arenas
Some examples of how a focus on intrinsic motivation in the six arenas promotes student and staff
feelings of competence, self-determination, and positive relationships with significant others are
highlighted
Enhancing Classroom Teachers� Capacity to Successfully Engage All Students in Learning:
It�s the Foundation of Learning Supports
Provides references and links to several Center resources that can be shared directly with teachers and for use in personnel development.
Some Resources for Principals to Learn More About and for Teaching About a Comprehensive System of Learning Supports
Provides references and links to several Center resources that can aid principals in guiding development of a Comprehensive System of Learning Supports for their school.
A Set of Key Resources Superintendents Can Draw on to Guide Development of a Comprehensive System of Learning Supports for All Schools in the District
Back to main tool kit page
|
