HIGH SCHOOL RENEWAL 2004. Objectives Provide a clear understanding of the BPS context for small school reform. Provide tools for small school reform.

HIGHSCHOOL

RENEWAL

2004

Objectives

Provide a clear understanding of the BPS context for small school reform.

Provide tools for small school reform Provide an overview of BPS policy

challenges and impediments to the reform initiative.

Agenda

Introductions Questions and expectations Overview of BPS Reform Initiative Dialog for RFP process Guided Reading Facilitated table discussion Open discussion Q&A

PARTNERS

Boston Public Schools (BPS)

Boston Plan for Excellence (BPE)

Boston Private Industry Council (PIC)

Center for Collaborative Education (CCE)

Jobs For The Future (JFF)

High School Renewal Prior to 2002

School-to-Career Annenberg Challenge Pilot Schools High School Restructuring Task Force Interventions

Institutionalizing High School Renewal (2002 – Present)

Established Office of High School Renewal and appointed Special Assistant to lead change effort

Developed SLC policy Promoted workshop approach to literacy in all

schools and Collaborative Coaching & Learning Obtained School Committee approval of new small

schools in existing facilities

BPS Then (2000) 12 large comprehensive 12 large comprehensive

high schoolshigh schools– Brighton High– Burke High– Charlestown High– East Boston High– English High– Hyde Park High– Madison Park High– Snowden International

High– West Roxbury High– Dorchester High– Boston High– South Boston High

6 Pilot high schools6 Pilot high schools– Boston Arts Academy– Fenway– New Mission– Boston Evening Academy– Health Careers Academy– Greater Egleston

3 Exam Schools3 Exam Schools– Boston Latin– Boston Latin Academy– O’Bryant

Boston High Schools 2004Boston High Schools 2004 9 comprehensive high schools

– Brighton– Burke– Charlestown– East Boston– English– Hyde Park– Madison Park– Snowden– West Roxbury

2 Education Complexes– Dorchester Ed Complex

• Academy of Public Service• Economics & Business Academy• TechBoston Academy*

– South Boston Ed Complex• Excel• Monument• Odyssey

11 Pilot high schools– Boston Community Leadership Academy– New Mission High– Boston Arts Academy– Fenway High School– Another Course to College– TechBoston Academy*– Quincy Upper School– Boston Evening Academy– Boston Day Academy– Health Careers Academy– Greater Egleston

1 International high school– Boston International High School

3 Exam Schools– Boston Latin– Boston Latin Academy– O’Bryant

* Pilot school located at DEC

Lessons Learned Small school development can be an effective

strategy for improvement of large high schools. Small learning communities can result in more

personalization and improved instruction - if they are not layered onto a comprehensive school framework.

Administrators can have major impact by promoting and supporting literacy work.

Community involvement is an essential component of high school renewal.

Schools going through transformation need substantial technical assistance to build capacity.

Challenges Accelerating the process of renewal - the pace

of restructuring for some schools has been too slow!

Reducing available restructuring options to those that will make the greatest difference

Keeping momentum for change after initial restructuring - shift to more personalized approaches, encouraging stronger adult-adult, student-student, adult-student relationships, and improving academic achievement for all students

Challenges (cont.)

Identifying and developing interventions for over-age and other youth at risk of not graduating

Building community support and demand for high school renewal

Continuing the scale-up of teaching and learning for all students

Engaging more students in the reform effort Aligning central office support and resources

Recommendations

All high school small learning communities will span grades 9-12, eliminating options for separate 9th grades

Seven new high schools will be created for start-up in September 2005

A new Policy for Ungraded High Schools

Boston Public SchoolsPortfolio of High School Offerings

Pilot Schools

Small Schools

Large SchoolsWith SLCs Alternative

Schools

Exam Schools

Most Autonomous Least Autonomous

Profile of Boston High

Schools

Small Schools District High School

Exam SchoolAlternative High School

Profile of Boston Public High Schools

Small Schools

South Boston Education Complex (SBEC)

Dorchester Education

Complex (DEC)

Taft Education Complex

Wheatley Education Complex

Hyde Park High School

(3 small schools)

West Roxbury High School

(4 small schools)

Ipswich Street Building

Boston International High School

District High Schools Converting to Small

Schools SY 05-06

Excel High School

Monument High School

Odyssey High School

Greater Egleston

Community High

Health Careers Academy **

New Mission High*

Academy of Public Service

Economics & Business Academy

TechBoston Academy*

Another Course to College *

Boston Community Leadership Academy*

Boston Day Academy**

Boston Evening Academy**Boston Arts

Academy*

Fenway High School *

District High Schools

Converting to SLCx SY 04-05

Converting to SLCs SY 05-06

Techncal Vocational

SLC convertion TBD

Burke High School

Charlestown High School

English High School

Brighton High School

East Boston High School

Madison Park High School

Snowden International High School

Exam High Schools

Boston Latin Academy

Boston Latin School

O'Bryant High School

Alternative High Schools

McKinley High School

Boston Adult Technical Academy

Community Academy

School A

School B

School C

School D

School A

School B

School C

* Pilot School** Horace Mann Charter

School

Profile of Boston Public High Schools

Small Schools

South Boston Education Complex (SBEC)

Dorchester Education

Complex (DEC)

Taft Education Complex

Wheatley Education Complex

Hyde Park High School

(3 small schools)

West Roxbury High School

(4 small schools)

Ipswich Street Building

Boston International High School

District High Schools Converting to Small

Schools SY 05-06

Excel High School

Monument High School

Odyssey High School

Greater Egleston

Community High

Health Careers Academy **

New Mission High*

Academy of Public Service

Economics & Business Academy

TechBoston Academy*

Another Course to College *

Boston Community Leadership Academy*

Boston Day Academy**

Boston Evening Academy**Boston Arts

Academy*

Fenway High School *

District High Schools

Converting to SLCx SY 04-05

Converting to SLCs SY 05-06

Techncal Vocational

SLC convertion TBD

Burke High School

Charlestown High School

English High School

Brighton High School

East Boston High School

Madison Park High School

Snowden International High School

Exam High Schools

Boston Latin Academy

Boston Latin School

O'Bryant High School

Alternative High Schools

McKinley High School

Boston Adult Technical Academy

Community Academy

School A

School B

School C

School D

School A

School B

School C

* Pilot School** Horace Mann Charter

School

Small Schools vs. SLCs

Small Schools

Autonomous Single Leader Budget Staff Students Real Estate (Portions

of a building) Size no larger than 400

students

Small Learning Communities

Within a comprehensive school

May have an SLC leader Staff assigned Students assigned (9-12) Budget? Real Estate Size = 275 -> 400 students

Pilot vs. Non-Pilot

Pilot 5 autonomies

– Budget – salary set by BTU– Curriculum - – Governance – board

structure– Time – hours, start time,

extended day, ect.– Staffing – write their own

job descriptions – not subject to union standards

• Joint agreement with union and management

Non-Pilot Have to follow district

policy for – Staffing - BTU– Budget– Governance– Time

Challenges

Union Contract Existing BPS Policies Facilities Faculty Community and Family Engagement

Reframing OrganizationsArtistry, Choice & Leadership

Lee G. Bolman

Terrance E Deal

Frames and Reframing

A frame is a set of ideas or assumptions you carry in your head.

Frames help you understand and negotiate a particular “territory.”

Artistic managers are able to frame and reframe experience, sorting through the tangled underbrush to find solutions

Four Types of Frames

Structure Frame Human Resource Frame Symbolic Frame Political Frame

Overview of the Four-Frame ModelStructural Human

ResourcesPolitical Symbolic

Metaphor

for an Organization

Factory or machine

Family Jungle Carnival

Temple

Theatre

Central Concepts

Rules, roles, goals, policies, technology, environment

Needs, skills, relationships

Power, conflict, competition, organizational politics

Culture, meaning, metaphor, ritual, ceremony, stories, hereos

Image of Leadership

Social architecture

Empowerment Advocacy Inspiration

Basic Leadership Challenge

Attune structure to task, technology, environment

Align organizational and human needs

Develop agenda and power base

Create faith, beauty, meaning

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