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 School
reforms come and go.
Most don’t work because they only tackle part of the school
environment — curriculum, or teacher training, or character
education.
Schools are complex systems, not just assemblages of components.
Making real change — the kind that pays off in real improvement
in learning — requires a comprehensive, far-reaching approach.
The SAME Pathway SM
ULLC™ takes a coordinated approach that covers the three essential
components of a school:
The essential foundation is: effective leadership.
ULLC™ helps principals become leaders who manage change and
create professional communities in which teachers fully participate
in making schools successful.
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How
is the Urban Learning and Leadership Center different
from the
array of programs and consultants that promise to help schools?
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It brings together in one place the services schools need to be
successful.
• It targets all the aspects of a school — from curriculum
to culture, leadership to scheduling — that must be addressed
if achievement is to improve.
• Its experts can point the way to proven practices that
work in city schools, based on sound principles and solid research.
They can help you adopt the “evidence-based practices”
required by No Child Left Behind.
What
will the solution look like?
Like your school. ULLC™ won’t force an off-the-shelf
solution onto your school’s unique needs and personality.
ULLC™ experts will:
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Help you “diagnose” what’s working in your school,
what’s not, and where change is needed.
• Help you develop a plan to address those needs that is
tailored to your school’s situation and goals.
• Supply guidance and training as you work through the challenging
task of implementing your plan and getting on the road to success.
• On-site consulting
• Training for principals, teachers, and district personnel
• Technical assistance that doesn’t end when your
hard work begins. ULLC™ experts are available by phone, e-mail,
letter, or in person to help as questions and problems arise.
• Membership in a supportive network of educators who are
tackling the same issues you are.
• Schools that want to become places where students flourish,
academically, socially, and in all the ways that prepare them
to be productive workers and citizens.
• Districts that want to develop the supports and leaders
that will turn schools around.
• States developing the standards, curriculum, teacher training
and leadership programs that will equip their urban schools to
succeed.
• The people behind these organizations: principals, teachers,
superintendents, administrators, and school boards members.
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