Guide for Schools

Source: 
Boston Plan for Excellence
Description: 

This guide walks school-based staff through the features of the Composite Learning Index, samples questions to ask of the data, and Excel tips to get the most from the data.

Subtitle: 
An Introduction to Data-Driven Inquiry
Source: 
Boston Plan for Excellence
Description: 

Provides an overview of the data-driven inquiry cycle and how it can be used to focus existing resources on getting more students to be successful.

Subtitle: 
Blueprint for Boston's Reform Work 2007-Present
School year: 
SY2007-2008
Source: 
Boston Public Schools
Description: 

An update to the Six Essentials that have guided the district's work since 1997, adding a new Essential for operations.

Subtitle: 
Strategies to Keep the Work Going
School year: 
SY2003-2004
Source: 
Boston Plan for Excellence
Description: 

This guide for school leaders included recommendations for integrating the district's school-based professional development model, Collaborative Coaching and Learning (CCL), into all school work and for implementing it effectively despite challenges.

Subtitle: 
A Guide for School Leaders
School year: 
SY2003-2004
Source: 
Boston Plan for Excellence
Description: 

Start-of-school-year guide for principals-headmasters about to implement Collaborative Coaching and Learning (CCL) for the first time or starting their second year with the district's school-based professional development model.

Subtitle: 
Learning in a Lab Site
School year: 
SY2003-2004
Source: 
Boston Plan for Excellence
Description: 

Details about implementing -- and learning from -- the "lab-site" components of Collaborative Coachingand Learning (CCL): pre-conference, demonstration/observation, debrief.

Subtitle: 
Crafting a Course of Study
School year: 
SY2003-2004
Source: 
Boston Plan for Excellence
Description: 

Step-by-step guide to identifying a course of study for the inquiry component of Collaborative Coaching and Learning (CCL), the district's school-based professional development model.

Subtitle: 
Advice from Principals, Teachers, and Coaches Who've Done It
School year: 
SY2002-2003
Source: 
Boston Plan for Excellence
Description: 

Comments and suggestions from principals and teachers who piloted Collaborative Coaching and Learning (CCL) in school year 2001-2002.

Subtitle: 
Blueprint for Boston's School Reform Work 1997-2003
School year: 
SY1996-1997
Source: 
Boston Public Schools
Description: 

Six activities designed to guide schools' work to improve instruction and performance, piloted by BPE with 21st Century Schools and approved by the Boston School Committee for all schools in November 1997.