Choosing small
Subtitle: the essential guide to successful high school conversion
By: Jay Feldman, M. Lisette López, and Katherine G. Simon ; foreword by Michael Klonsky.
Contributors: López, M. Lisette.; Simon, Katherine G., 1962-
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: The Jossey-Bass education series
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 2006
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 203
ISBN-13: 9780787980276
Subjects: High schools -- United States; School size -- United States; School autonomy -- United States; School improvement programs -- United States
Description: "With low achievement and high drop-out rates plaguing our larger public high schools, communities across the country are creating smaller, more personalized schools that share a larger campus. Drawing on the Coalition of Essential Schools' longtime experience in school design, Choosing Small offers practical and strategic guidance for educators interested in transforming their high school. Featuring interviews with educators experienced in school conversion, the book covers all aspects of the conversion planning and implementation process such as engaging a broad array of stakeholders, working with the district, creating vision statements for the new schools, building leadership and management structures, and identifying curricular options as well as instructional needs."--BOOK JACKET
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-197) and index.
Table of contents: title: Education for the information age; title: Leading the process; title: The district : supporting change and working with autonomies; title: Stakeholder engagement; title: School vision; title: Transforming instructional practice; title: Essentials of small school leadership; title: Handling electives, AP classes, and other access issues; title: Sharing the building; title: Roll-out plans for new autonomous small schools; title: Student choice options; title: Teacher assignment and contractual issues; title: Concluding thoughts; title: Appendix A: profiled organizations; title: Appendix B: profiled schools; title: Appendix C: additional school design resources; title: Appendix D: model guidelines for small schools; title: Appendix E: plans, processes, and policies for a conversion strategy; title: Appendix F: the Harwood Institute's principles of civic engagement.