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TIMELINE
School board to decide on phasing, scope, and breadth of possible campus renewal
2018–19 (Things to look forward to)
Early learning center completes phase one renovation of preschool
Strategic anchors are adopted (cultures of excellence, extraordinary care, possibilities)
2011–12 SAS adopts professional learning communities (PLCs) as a professional development and student advocacy framework New superintendent recruited to lead SAS into the future
Elementary and middle school recommendations are endorsed by the school board
2014–15
2015–16 Athletics and activities begin R&D Elementary and middle school enter capacity building phase High school counseling department conducts a full review and redesign leading to revisions for both college and personal academic counseling SAS begins facility design principles planning process
High school team recommendations are endorsed by the school board (Advanced Topics, AP Cap) SAS is awarded a model PLC school status
2012–13 Superintendent leads visioning process, reaffirms mission statement through yearlong community engagement SAS hosts a 21st century learning summit to adopt desired student learning outcomes (DSLOs) The school board long-term strategy subcommittee focuses on supporting strategic direction development, R&D efforts, and long-term campus renewal High school begins R&D research phase
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SAS PLCs are implemented campus-wide WASC accreditation focuses on the newly adopted desired student learning outcomes Subject area and program renewal reviews complement R&D work Early childhood, elementary, and middle schools begin R&D research phase High school enters development phase
2013–14 2 0 1 8
Author
From Leading to Succeeding
Douglas Reeves
The Six Secrets of Change
Michael Fullan
The SPEED of TRUST: The One Thing That Stephen M.R. Covey Changes Everything The Advantage: Why Organizational Patrick M. Lencioni Health Trumps Everything Else In Business
High school enters capacity phase SAS strategic plan is created, melding R&D initiatives with recommendations from accreditation and program renewals
Change Leadership
High school enters implementation phase
Implementation of split college counseling model to support college admission needs, and personal and academic needs of students Superintendent holds dessert evenings to share status of school vision with community including possible facilities masterplan project Pathfinder spaces are remodeled to enhance learning structures in fifth grade, sixth grade B and C-sides, middle school world language, and high school humanities
2017–18
Leadership summit is held to address capacity of staff to execute plan
Pathfinder spaces are remodeled to enhance new learning structures in kindergarten, sixth grade A-side, kindergarten Chinese immersion, and the high school Center of Innovation
SAS enters a facilities master planning process to design learning spaces that enable collaborative, personalized learning
Elementary and middle school enter implementation phase
Early learning center completes phase two renovation of prekindergarten SAS awards request for proposal to international architecture firm to begin a visioning process for a possible facilities master plan
SAS begins management of many community sports and athletics, previously part of SACAC SAS enters a facilities master planning process to design learning spaces that enable collaborative, personalized learning
2016–17
Leading Change
John P. Kotter
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don’t
Jim Collins
Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent
Sydney Finkelstein
Now, Discover Your Strengths
Marcus Buckingham and Donald O. Clifton
Disrupting Class, Expanded Edition: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns
Clayton Christensen and Michael B. Horn
The World Is Flat 3.0: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century
Thomas L. Friedman
Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Simon Sinek Everyone to Take Action
Educational Reform
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The Global Achievement Gap
Dr. Tony Wagner
A Whole New Mind
Daniel Pink
Visible Learning
John Hattie
Learning by Doing: A Handbook for Professional Learning Communities at Work
DuFour et al.
Personalized Learning
Author
Experience & Education
John Dewey
Creating Innovators
Tony Wagner
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
Carol S. Dweck
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