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TAKEAWAYS FROM WORK WITH PINE BLUFF SCHOOL DISTRICT

Discover key takeaways from working with Pine Bluff School District on achieving school turnaround. Learn about the fundamental disruptions needed in school practices, district mindset shifts, and sustainable core systems for long-lasting impact.

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TAKEAWAYS FROM WORK WITH PINE BLUFF SCHOOL DISTRICT

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  1. TAKEAWAYS FROM WORK WITH PINE BLUFF SCHOOL DISTRICT

  2. School Turnaround is possible

  3. School Turnaround Requires: Fundamental disruption in practices of school & district Willingness to rethink and redesign systems

  4. School Turnaround Requires: District/schools to systemically, co-create enabling conditions

  5. School Turnaround Requires: Core Systems Sustainability In order to engage stakeholders in building systems that create culture and learning that last beyond individual leaders, school leaders must: • Focus on where needs are greatest • Develop capacity of broad array of leaders and teachers to do the work • Remove adult barriers to the work to focus on problem solving • Figure out integration of systems versus isolated approach to each

  6. KEY ACTIVITIES DRIVING OUR SUPPORT • RETHINK • 1. Readiness Assessment, Implementation Plan & Consultation • Behavioral Event Interviews: Identifying High-Impact Leaders • Spring Turnaround Leadership Boot Camp • REIGNITE • Summer Executive Education: Leadership Focus • Winter Executive Education: Mid-Year Reset • REDESIGN • 6. Action Planning Support • 7. District and School Site Visits • 8. Customized Support • 9. Spring Retreats • TRANSFORM • The lessons learned and successes achieved inform strategies for expanding and sustaining success across the school system.

  7. Observations from work in Pine Bluff

  8. Positive: Baseline Systems Built

  9. Positive: Results

  10. Many committed and talented individuals working to max capacity to serve students

  11. Constructive: Dysfunctional Central Office and District-Wide Practices

  12. Root Causes

  13. Need Hope, Clear Strategy, Immersion and Results Orientation from New Superintendent Early signs are positive

  14. Need Central Office that Builds Capacity of its Staff

  15. Need District/Community Partnerships Changing Narrative, Understanding Situation on Ground and Creating Hope

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