Yesterday, we hosted a visiting team from a district that is in the process of reorganizing itself. Now the reasons for this are not great, as the district is in state receivership and has to do this in order to be allowed to continue to function. However, the people we met with yesterday have the opportunity to totally re-imagine what secondary education will look like in their city. They have three schools to work with: a high school, a technical high school, and an alternative high school. The redesign includes all three.
What would you do if you had the chance to redesign a district with that many schools? What would the end design look like? How different would you make the whole thing than business as usual?
Oh, you also have access to a community college and a four year college as well as local business and industry.
So scary yet so exciting at the same time.
What would you do if you had the chance to redesign a district with that many schools? What would the end design look like? How different would you make the whole thing than business as usual?
Oh, you also have access to a community college and a four year college as well as local business and industry.
So scary yet so exciting at the same time.
I would definitely look at flexible hours.
ReplyDeleteI would look at a more individualized curriculum and schedule for each student.
I would definitely look at both three year plans and five year plans for certain students.
I would design pathways for students to investigate career paths in several areas and be able to pursue them past high school into community college, four year college and masters programs.