What You Will Learn
Lead rapid and significant school improvement with high-quality services from our experts.
You will learn how to:
- Engage school improvement teams in systems thinking
- Promote growth mindsets in your school or district
- Use data to perform ongoing needs assessment and progress monitoring
- Support evidence-based, standards-aligned instruction
- Deliver targeted coaching, mentoring, and training
- Engage parents and communities
- Keep your students at the center of improvement efforts
Four Domains of Rapid School Improvement Service Details
This service includes domain-specific support for all your schools and districts. Our work together begins by helping you identify your evolving needs. WestEd offers a research-based needs assessment that encompasses the Four Domains for Rapid School Improvement (see below) to strengthen your understanding of core challenges and their root causes – and align improvement strategies for lasting impact. We help you:
- Analyze your current condition
- Determine areas of focus
- Implement/collect evidence
- Analyze impact/determine next steps
The Four Domains
After collaborating to identify needs, we can deliver domain-specific support aligned to the essential practices listed below.
Turnaround Leadership
We help you:
- Communicate the need for urgent school improvement
- Develop and monitor short- and long-term goals
- Create a shared vision of success; catalyze and organize a coordinated effort for improvement
Talent Development
We help you:
- Recruit, develop, retain, and sustain talent
- Target professional development opportunities
- Set clear performance expectations
Instructional Transformation
We help you:
- Integrate principles of accountability, differentiated instruction, and formative assessment
- Provide evidence-based, standards-aligned instruction
- Promote success for all students, including English language learners and students with disabilities
Culture Shift
We help you:
- Build a culture focused on student learning
- Solicit and act upon stakeholder input
- Engage students and families in pursuing goals
What Makes WestEd Four Domains Services Unique
Our experts have a deep understanding of the challenges that schools face. As home to the Center on School Turnaround – creators of the Four Domains for Rapid School Improvement — WestEd brings firsthand understanding of the challenges your schools and districts face.
The depth, diversity, and legacy of our school improvement work is strengthened by extensive, research-based knowledge to help all learners — infants to adults — succeed in school and beyond.
We customize our services to meet your needs and offer a range of formats and options:
- Initial data-gathering sessions
- Stakeholder face-to-face meetings
- One-to-one coaching for school leaders
- Job-embedded professional development for teachers
- Virtual professional learning and coaching
Who Will Benefit
- School Leaders
- District Leaders
- Teachers
- Coaches
- School Stakeholders
- Students
Cost
For information on pricing, please contact Terry Hofer at 585.503.3862 or [email protected].
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