Reading Response 2

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The 3 components I saw most were restructuring the school, providing comprehensive support for all students, and creating new professional roles.

Restructuring the School- You can see this everywhere in BPHS from the size of the school to the community outreach (and in-reach I suppose) to the scheduling. The smaller school as I said in my last post just seems like common sense. It helps kids get the attention they need and builds a strong community. The community outreach is not well utilized in public schools and I think by including that as part of your plan you allow more people to be stakeholders in the education system. Lastly by making a flexible schedule you allow students more opportunities to be independent thinkers and learners.

Providing comprehensive support for All Students- First giving each student a teacher to connect with helps. Also, by providing authentic assessment we can support students in their learnings.

Creating New Professional Roles- I think one of the thing that BPHS does best is include so many people in the educational system. They include the community members, the teachers and most importantly the students.

2-The two that I think they are trying for the hardest are

1.Developing Powerful Teaching and Learning;
2. Establishing a Comprehensive Accountability and Assessment System;
The principal at my CP1 seemed to try to be changing the way that classes were being taught by getting teachers to collaborate. He gave them set aside time to do this and instructions on how to.

The big push at my CP1 was assessment. They wanted to make sure you were testing the students on what you were teaching them. It wasn’t so much about different kinds of assessment but more on assessing fairly.

1- I think over a long period of time it is hard to keep a climate like that up.