Explore these strategies for student success
District Leadership is Publicly Committed to Students’ Postsecondary Success
- District enacts policies and sets measurable goals to improve students’ college and career readiness, access, and outcomes.
- District publicly defines and commits to high quality college and career advising for each student, across all achievement levels.
- District assigns and empowers a senior leader with clear responsibility for these goals and commitments.
- District leadership and board regularly monitor and report on progress towards these goals and commitments.
- District leadership team integrates these goals into district priorities to build coherence in priorities, communication and support.
District Sets Strategy and Allocates Resources to Reach Postsecondary Goals
- District strategic plans and annual planning and budgeting processes detail strategies to reach goals and commitments.
- District equitably allocates financial and human resources necessary for implementation.
- Leaders use data and seek feedback from educators, students and families to identify successful approaches and unmet needs.
- Leaders codify and embed successful approaches in roles, routines, or policies so they are not dependent on individuals.
District Ensures that Schools Have Capacity to Support Students
- District supports schools in creating a college and career readiness culture, organizing school-based teams around the shared vision, and establishing school-level ownership of these strategies and goals.
- District supports schools in creating structures that increase the amount of effective advising students receive during the school day.
- District ensures school personnel have access to receiving expertise, high-quality professional learning, supports, and tools to reach goals and meet commitments.
District Collaborates with Postsecondary Institutions and Community Partners
- District aligns strategies, student supports, and goals with postsecondary institutions, community-based organizations, employers, and other key partners.
- District collaborates with partners to establish clear expectations, roles, and responsibilities.
- District partners to implement equitable access to coherent postsecondary course pathways and career-connected learning opportunities.
- District and community partners collectively monitor progress of district and school goals.
District uses Real-Time Data to Continuously Improve Postsecondary Advising and Outcomes, Empower Students and Families
- District and school leaders regularly review disaggregated data to improve students’ experiences, college and career milestones, and outcomes.
- Educators have access to and training on tools that help track and organize postsecondary data and educators use that data to inform supports and advising for students.
- District engages in improvement cycles that improve advising and lead to student outcome improvements.
- Students and families are supported to use data to explore postsecondary options and monitor progress in order to achieve college and career goals.