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When you are finished changing, you are finished. Benjamin Franklin

KEEP ON REACHING. Education is active - we learn by doing. Carlos Rivera Class 2005. When you are finished changing, you are finished. Benjamin Franklin. Change is an adventure. History Autonomy. HISTORY.

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When you are finished changing, you are finished. Benjamin Franklin

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  1. KEEP ON REACHING Education is active - we learn by doing. Carlos Rivera Class 2005 When you are finished changing, you are finished. Benjamin Franklin

  2. Change is an adventure • History • Autonomy

  3. HISTORY • Spring 2000 to 2001: Boston High School (BHS) declared one of the lowest performing schools. • November 2001: Superintendent recommends closing Boston High. • June 5, 2002: School Committee approves conversion of BHS to a pilot school. • September 2002: BCLA is born. • SY 02- 03: Transitional year; 22 new staff joined BCLA. • Sept 2004: BLCA moves to Brighton.

  4. Our school has autonomy over: • Curriculum • Schedule • Governance structure • Budget • Staffing

  5. Priorities • Vision driven and shared values • BCLA Core values • BCLA Habits of Leaders • Small and Nurturing: • Student support • Teacher to student ration is 1:20 • Advisory • High Expectations for ALL students • Assessment by exhibition • Promotion by portfolio defense • Collaborative culture and shared leadership • Structure • Professional Development

  6. SUCCESSES • Student achievement • MCAS (moved from 40% to 85% passing) • AP Offerings (0 offerings to 5 AP courses) • College acceptance (From 67% to 95%) (from2 year college to Ivy League) • Suspension • Down from 200 suspensions/yr to 50/yr • Attendance rate • From 83% to 94%

  7. Shared Leadership • Governing Board Work Agreement Budget approval Fundraising Evaluation of Headmaster • Leadership Team Promotion and Graduation Requirements Daily Schedule Professional Development • Student Voice Students Working All Together (SWAT) Step Team Engineering Club Winter School (Juniors & Seniors)

  8. Why conversion to pilot school? • For Staff: • Teach in a school that shares your values • Union protections and benefits • Small class size in a small school • Genuine and self-crafted professional development • Participatory decision-making and leadership opportunities For Students: • Choose a school that respects your priorities • Publicly financed and accessible • Racially and ethnically diverse student body • Rigorous college preparatory curriculum • Participatory decision-making and leadership opportunities • Advisory/Guidance • Strong student support

  9. Challenges For Teachers: • How to deliver a rigorous curriculum to ALL students? • How to increase productivity and accountability? • How to guide diverse learners to success with authentic assessments? • How to clarify roles and communication within school governance? • How to crystallize and embed Leadership/HOL across the curriculum? • How to raise funds to maintain the same level of services? For Students: • How to succeed with a rigorous curriculum? • How to benefit from an increasing number of AP classes? • How to learn from authentic assessment protocols? • How to demonstrate leadership? • How to effectively participate in school governance?

  10. Leadership in action

  11. DOES SCHOOL REFORM MEAN: • Gradual change for the better? • To reinvent and transform?

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