NESSC School Redesign in Action

High school redesign is neither a bottom-up nor a top-down process. Schools are communities, and the seeds of transformation require consensus and a working partnership across the stakeholder perspective, including students, teachers, and leaders. In this session participants will learn about the journey of seven high schools across the state of Rhode Island as they developed school redesign pilots using a cross-cutting design team approach. From suburban to urban, these schools empowered teachers and students to become agents of change by giving them decision making power to establish the learning environments and supportive technology that best fit their community needs.

In this interactive session, participants will have the opportunity to engage in the design thinking process, hone in on problems of practice at their own school, and walk away with successful strategies schools have used to bring Personalization and Student-Centered Learning to the forefront of teaching and learning.