Imagining a future of belonging and community-centered instruction through high school redesign

• In Event: AER Roundtable Session Friday 1:45 pm - Gold 3

Session Type: Roundtable Session

Abstract

Districts are facing declining enrollments, forcing them to make hard choices about how to respond. Some districts have taken this as an opportunity to rethink how they organize their learning environments to better serve student needs, both now and in the future. These redesigned schools attend to the people in and around them, creating spaces for families, staff, and the broader community to own a shared vision anchored in what students need: relationship-centered environments that prioritize a sense of belonging alongside meaningful, coherent, and community-connected instruction. In this Symposium, researchers, technical assistance providers, and teacher educators will provide examples of reimagined schools and unpack the resources, structures, and practices that supported their redesign.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Innovative School Transformation and Reform

Chair

• Isaiah Moore, University of Kentucky

Papers

• Making Magic out of a Mandate: From Consolidation to Robust Redesign - Charlotte Thompson, Learning Policy Institute

• Remodeling mindsets: leveraging instructional innovation toward systemwide change - Josette Neal-de-Stanton, Envision Learning Partners

• Educating alongside: student identity as a multiplier of challenging and community-engaged learning - Chela Myesha Delgado, University of California - Berkeley

Session Organizer

• Charlotte Thompson, Learning Policy Institute

Discussant

• Cheryl E. Jones-Walker, Learning Policy Institute