These briefs discuss many concerns school leaders and other stakeholders confront during the CSR implementation phase. This report provides extensive lessons on the keys to a full implementation by exploring the influence of the selection process and school climate, design and team factors, school structural and site factors, and jurisdictional and institutional factors. This tool for planning and implementing CSR helps schools select an externally developed comprehensive reform model that fits school needs. This resource helps schools measure how they are reaching out to involve parents, community members and students in a meaningful manner. The measure contains strategies for involvement, and staff members indicate how often the strategies are employed.
Space is provided for schools to include their unique strategies in the assessment.
This tool helps teachers capture key features of a model as it impacts classroom practice. Investigating the impact on instruction is vital for schools to choose a model that can be successfully implemented. This brief flowchart outlines a four-phased model selection process that includes orientation to the models, defining local context and priorities, preparing for project implementation and actual implementation. Each characteristic is then addressed and illustrated with vignettes from schools. This guide is a compilation of 20 popular school reform models.