Redesigning High School: Preparing Educators and Ensuring Essential Supports
Hosted by LPI’s Center for School and System Redesign
Co-sponsored by UCLA Center for Community Schooling and the John W. Gardner Center for Youth
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Most schools are not designed to educate today’s students to face the challenges of our time. Too many young people still experience the factory-style model of learning prevalent in U.S. high schools, which emphasizes uniformity, efficiency, and rote learning. There are schools that have been successfully redesigned to prepare students for a global workforce, and they offer a powerful blueprint for creating learning environments that are more humane, enriching, and productive than our current models.
Effective teaching requires a deep understanding of how students learn and develop and the ability to connect with each student. Speakers discussed how redesigned high schools invest in preparing and supporting their teachers by providing opportunities for them to create a coherent set of practices and develop expertise. Creating regular time for embedded collaboration and professional learning is essential, but it can be challenging to create. Speakers shared how this can be accomplished as well as how to build connections between teacher preparation programs to support the learning of students and preservice educators simultaneously.
Speakers
- Kristen Ferris, Partner, Education Resources Strategies
- Sarah Fine, Assistant Professor of Education Studies, University of California, San Diego
- Maria E. Hyler, Director, Washington, DC Office and Senior Researcher, Learning Policy Institute
- Jal Mehta, Professor of Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education
- Carolyne Quintana, Strategic Education Leader and Consultant
