Begin With The End In Mind

Begin With The End In Mind

 

One good thing about the end of a school year is you get a chance to do it better next time.  No matter how well your students performed this year, there is room to grow.  That’s where we come in.

SCORE is a systemic change program offering staff development, curricular and support materials, and technical assistance to schools in the midst of reform.

At the heart of school reform is change. We face exciting opportunities and grave challenges. We can, and we will, bring about powerful learning for every student. But we won't do it with "business as usual." We must change. We must change the way we see students. We must change the way we see ourselves. We must change the way we think about our profession. We must change the way we practice collaboration.

Truly accelerating students involves planned change. In order to bring about this change, we need to examine expectations, school climate, and school culture on our campuses. Questions about student success and failure must be asked and answered, honestly. Planned change begins with the organizational chart.

Organizational charts deal with the responsibilities of the individuals in the orga

nization as they strive to meet the common goal and enact a set of common values. SCORE’s organizational, too, chart deals with responsibility for meeting a common goal. Shown as an inverted pyramid, it is the responsibility of administrators to lift their hands in support of teachers. It is the responsibility of teachers to lift their hands in support of parents, students, and partners. It is the responsibility of parents, students, and partners to join in the cause of powerful learning in a rich curriculum for everyone.

Do you need help meeting your goals? Attend the Summer Institute and join SCORE's "Fast Track" to success.

SCORE endorses a comprehensive, holistic approach to systemic reform based on the following assumptions:

1. 1.For students to be eligible for their chosen college or career by the time they graduate from high school, they must participate in a rigorous academic studies leading to appropriate content mastery.
2. 2.If students are to be successful in these studies, they need to learn effective study skills.
3. 3.If students are to be successfully placed in a rigorous academic core curriculum, they will need academic support outside the traditional classroom.
4. 4.If high-risk students are to be successful in this curriculum, teachers must use whole-brain, state-of-the-art, multiple modality teaching techniques.
5. 5.If students are to be successful, they must recognize those elements in their lives which keep them in the downward spiral of failure; they must be provided with the means and/or tools to remove these negative elements from their lives. These negative factors include, but are not limited to, substance abuse, alcohol abuse, grief, loss, violence, gang involvement, or poor attendance.
6. 6.High-risk students, in order to be successful academically, need support from multiple sources: family, community, peers, and educators.

If any of these elements is missing from a program, the end result will be diminished. When these elements support one another toward a common goal, the results in student achievement are dramatic.

Do you need help meeting your goals? Attend the Summer Institute and join SCORE's "Fast Track" to success.