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PartnersSI
Launches Leadership Development Initiative
PartnersSI, with the
support of visionary foundations The Walter and Elise Haas Fund,
the E. Richard Jones Family Foundation, and The W. Clement & Jessie
V. Stone Foundation, is launching a comprehensive leadership development
initiative to develop high-impact and results-oriented leaders.
Said Lin Ishihara, Senior Program Officer at The W. Clement &
Jessie V. Stone Foundation: "Great schools require effective leaders.
We believe Partners in School Innovation's leadership development
work will result in more high impact leaders with the skills,
competencies and fortitude to improve schools and increase student
achievement. Our grant to PartnersSI is an investment in a rigorous,
strategic and smart approach that is benefiting Bay Area schools
and yielding valuable lessons for the field."
PartnersSI Awarded $750,000 to Launch English
Language Development Initiative
PartnersSI, with the generous support of the S.H. Cowell Foundation
and the Morgan Family Foundation, is launching a three-year initiative
to dramatically accelerate the learning of English Learners in
PartnersSI schools and build the field's knowledge of effective
English Language Development teaching practices and school improvement
systems that foster high quality instruction for English Learners.
We will be partnering with ELD expert Susana Dutro and her organization,
EL Achieve, to combine high quality, research-based professional
development with PartnersSI's in-depth school improvement services.
We are proud to partner with Susana and with two visionary foundations
to address one of the greatest needs in schools across California.
PartnersSI
Launches Leadership Development Initiative in SFUSD
Partners in School
Innovation, in partnership with San Francisco Unified, the San
Francisco School Alliance and UC Berkeley's Principal Leadership
Institute, will begin a three-year initiative to develop San Francisco's
current and future school leaders to lead their schools to high
achievement and close the achievement gap. This partnership has
enabled PartnersSI to 1) expand our intensive, site-based school
partnerships from 2 to 6 elementary schools in SFUSD, 2) expand
our Leadership Networks to include the low-performing middle schools
along with the low-performing elementary schools in SFUSD, and
3) work in close partnership with the leaders of San Francisco
Unified, the SF School Alliance and UC Berkeley to create a strategic,
coherent leadership development pathway for aspiring leaders in
the district. This work enables PartnersSI to both make a measurable
impact on a significant number of schools in San Francisco and
to provide a platform to work strategically with our colleagues
at the district to impact the systems that will support and sustain
the improvements that we make at the schools
PartnersSI
Expands School Improvement Fellowship Program
PartnersSI announces
the expansion of our School Improvement Fellowship program, a
two-year fellowship connecting individuals with outstanding teaching
and leadership skills and a commitment to education reform and
equity, with direct experience supporting teacher professional
development in low-income public elementary schools. The program
is primarily comprised of site-based work and focuses on improving
teacher practice as the most important lever for transforming
chronically low-performing schools into equitable learning environments
for all students. School Improvement Fellows (SIFs) support teachers
to accelerate the learning of low-performing students and close
the achievement gap by using data and other evidence to improve
instruction. Additionally, SIFs guide teachers through a continuous
process of peer collaboration and reflection, in order to better
identify and address different students' learning needs. Because
SIFs are former teachers themselves, they are already familiar
with the many challenges facing teachers in under-resourced schools
and thus have the credibility and experience to support them through
their professional development.
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PartnersSI Selected to Train
Instructional Leaders in SFUSD
PartnersSI launched a series of trainings for 30 teacher-leaders
from San Francisco Unified School District's (SFUSD) lowest performing
elementary schools. SFUSD looked to PartnersSI to build the capability
of their key instructional leaders to guide their colleagues through
a data-based continuous improvement process. Participants have
been very enthusiastic about the quality of trainings so far.
"I leave every development session focused, with a clarity of
purpose and an enthusiasm to keep going forward," said one participant.
Workshops occur twice monthly and provide participants with the
skills, tools and support to make an immediate and ongoing impact
back at their sites.
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PartnersSI to Help Design the Gardner Professional Development School
PartnersSI is teaming with San Jose Unified School District (SJUSD) and other key
educational leaders to develop an exemplary Professional Development School
(PDS) out of the ashes of a tragic fire that took place at Gardner Elementary
School. Mary Ann Rockovich, Director of Professional Development and Special Projects
for SJUSD, says that they wanted PartnersSI at the table because, "We want the PDS to be a
place where teachers are constantly seeking and finding ways to enable children
to learn more. PartnersSI has the expertise to help develop that kind of learning
environment for teachers." The Professional Development School is scheduled to open in
September 2005.
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