Small School Resources:

• Some Schedule Options for Small Schools
• School Redesign Network
• Small Schools Project

• Proposal Template
• Proposal FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
• Proposal Resource Rubric
• Examples of How a Teacher Might See Fewer Students Over Time
• Results from Staff Small School Strategies Rubric Activity
• Jan 2 Small School Ideas Brainstorming Results
• Portrait of a Crater Graduate Summary
• High School Grad Requirements
• A Foot in Two Worlds Article (Highlighted)
• Student Survey Responses (Crater Freshmen & Sophomores)
• Proposal Models

• Crater High Small Schools Project Timeline
• Reshaping of Medford high schools in ‘critical place’ (Mail Tribune)
• Meeting set for small schools (Mail Tribune)
• Smaller-is-better idea grabs 3 more schools (Oregonian)
• Crater High grant allows smaller-school plan (Mail Tribune)
• Eugene teachers vote to forge ahead with small schools (GazetteTimes)
• Crater seeks small-school grant funds (Mail Tribune)
• Medford Studies Small-School Success Stories (Mail Tribune)
• Governors commit to making high school tougher (Oregonian)
• Local small-school idea still in favor (Mail Tribune)
• Eugene shows reservations about smaller ‘academies’ (Mail Tribune)
• Medford students want to know small-school details (Mail Tribune)

• A Foot in Two Worlds: The Second Report on Comprehensive High School Conversions (a global look at the changes taking place in the 72 small schools created from 17 comprehensive high schools in Washington State)
• Big Buildings, Small Schools: Using a Small Schools Strategy for High School Reform (Jobs for the Future Publication)
• Introductory segment from High Schools On A Human Scale
• Article: Rethinking Curricular Choice
• A New Core Curriculum For All (Publication of The Education Trust)
• Dollars & Sense 2: Lessons From Good, Cost-effective Small Schools

• ODE Teacher Leadership Links
• Teacher Leaders Network

• Full Version (pdf)
• Condensed Version (pdf)

• Introduction to the Oregon Small Schools Initiative
• Progress summary of Gates funded schools in Washington
• Key Points: Redividing a Large Comprehensive High School
• Staff Presentation: Are Students College or Work Ready?

Change Is Hard (Time: 10:16 minutes)

• Linda Darling-Hammond offers suggestions on strategies for managing change. John Ferrandino and Jill Burnes comment on the critical role of the principal in the redesign process. In the final excerpts, Deborah Meier reflects on the role of leaders and their relationship with district offices in developing and sustaining good small schools.

Stakeholder Engagement and Ownership (Time: 12:50 minutes)

• In this series of clips, Jill Burnes discusses the engagement of stakeholders in the Enumclaw High School redesign process. She describes the engagement of staff members, the creative ways they found time to plan, and the structures they used to facilitate change. In addition, she discusses the structures, challenges, and successes of engaging the community in the redesign process. In the final clip, Deborah Meier reflects on the challenge of fostering teacher ownership in a system that historically has not valued such ownership.

Creating a Leadership Design Team (Time: 2:50 minutes)

• In these segments, Jill Burnes discusses the initial stages of Enumclaw High School’s redesign process. She describes the creation of its leadership design team as well as the process it used to determine its guiding principles for redesign. Your leadership team may find it useful to view these clips as you begin to consider how to best organize and approach the resources in this Study Kit.