From Zero to 49: Understanding Scaling in Secondary Schools in a Large Urban District

• In Event: Structural, Systemic, and Environmental Supports for Learning

Abstract

This paper explores six years of scaling of an academic and social emotional reform in Broward County high schools. The reform--Personalization for Academic and Social Emotional Learning (PASL)--is a systemic reform intended to mobilize educators towards norms and practices that foster the adult-student relationship and institutionalize personalization. Drawing from interviews and focus groups, we explore the approaches taken by school leaders to implement and scale PASL at their schools and in the district. We are particularly interested in what accounts for the variation between schools. We pay particular interest to the characteristics of implementation and scaling at each school, the role of school and teacher leaders, and the role of school context and resources in shaping decisions.

Authors

• Stacey A. Rutledge, Florida State University

• Marisa A. Cannata, Vanderbilt University

• Elizabeth Gilliam, Florida State University

• Brittany Rose Closson-Pitts, Florida State University