DISTRICT APPROACH

Our capacity-building approach for districts includes the following:

	Assist boards of education and superintendents work together effectively.  We assess the strengths and challenges facing boards and facilitate retreats and workshops to help boards determine their role in setting policy, overseeing finance, governing, and engaging the public in ways that reduce conflict with the executive functions of administration and management.
	Coach district leaders in the design and execution of systemic strategic plans that lead to improving student achievement.
	Help districts design a leadership development system that identifies, supports and nurtures instructional, operational and public leaders at all levels.
	Create district level professional learning communities designed to help administrators collect and analyze data for assessing student performance, improving instructional techniques, developing curriculum and aligning it with the standards.
	Organize districts for standards-based curriculum instruction and assessment, particularly in literacy and math. We identify opportunities for growth and help districts accomplish their goals through reorganization, refinement of expectations and better communication.
	Develop standards-based curriculum units of study to enhance the teaching of reading and writing.
	Create accountability systems that monitor and evaluate performance.
	Strengthen two-way communication between the school and district to inform district policy and ensure school accountability.