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students raising their hands

Posted by: Stephanie Bignault

Categories: Diversity Equity and Inclusion, Research and Readings, School Quality Review

December 15, 2023

Measuring School DEI Initiatives with Equity Audits

SchoolWorks’ first-ever Advancing Equity Cohort (AEC) is nearing the end of a year-long, equity-focused improvement journey. ...read more

teachers planning

Posted by: Stephanie Bignault

Categories: Leadership Supports, Improvement Planning

August 9, 2023

Start Strong in your Strategic Planning

The Foundation of an Effective Planning Process How do you build a strong foundation for your strategic plan that ensures succe ...read more

teachers posing with arms crossed

Posted by: Stephanie Bignault

Categories: Leadership Supports

July 24, 2023

5 Reasons to Use a Recruiting Specialist

The mission to hire education leadership is a high-stakes process, as executive-level candidates that later vacate their roles ...read more

Chalkboard with Bring your thinking cap written on it

Posted by: Stephanie Bignault

Categories: Accountability Systems, Charter School Authorizers, Classroom Observation, Leadership Supports

May 2, 2023

Conducting Site Visits as Part of Ongoing Monitoring

Authorizers are pivotal storytellers for the schools they oversee. Conducting Site Visits as part of the oversight and monitoring process will help authorizers assess the leading indicators ...read more

students working together in class

Posted by: Stephanie Bignault

Categories: Accountability Systems, Diversity Equity and Inclusion, Leadership Supports, Improvement Planning

April 6, 2023

Use Benchmarking to Implement Your School’s DEI Goals

Use Benchmarking to Implement Your School’s DEI Goals April Update from the Advancing Equity Cohort On April 5, 2023, the ...read more

Sticky note color wheel

Posted by: SchoolWorks

Categories: Leadership Supports, Reflections on Our Work, Improvement Planning

February 10, 2023

Effective Input-Gathering to Inform District Planning

Entering into District Planning? Consider how your team will approach input-gathering. In general, a planning process at any level that is designed to drive outcomes should include three phases: 1) a comprehensive input-gathering phase, 2) an intensive planning phase aligned to a defined framework, and 3) and an implementation ...read more

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