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Book Study: Change Leadership: A Practical Guide to Transforming Our Schools

• Go to our book study
• Find the book
• Go to Change Leadership Group website

What is our VISION for reform at BHS?

• What do we want to do now?
• In 5 years?
• In 10 years?
• What do we need to make that happen?
• What systematic changes will we have to make?

Research

• 21st Century Skills, Education, & Competitiveness: A Resource and Policy Guide (Partnership for 21st Century Skills 2008) 

          Offers research for why we need to reform; Defines what 21st Century Skills need to be taught in schools;

          outlines reform ideas to transform k12 schools.

Resources & Ideas

• Arkansas Charter School Resources Center
• School 2.0

          Lays out a vision of what school 2.0 should look like and offers leadership resources for change.

• Pottsville High School: 

          Jim Yeager is the Instructional Technologist, leading Pottsville in technology integration. They're doing some wonderful project-based learning at Pottsville.

          Check out their website. The school's web page is the hub for all the activities and integration they do.

Existing Charter Schools

• Center for Education Refore: National Charter School Online Directory--Arkansas Charter Schools
  • Academic Center of Excellence (ACE) Cabot
  • eStem Charter School: Math & Science (Little Rock)
  • Hass Hall Academy: College Prep Charter (Farmington)

  • MHHS: three academies--career focus area--in one school (Mountain Home)

    • Explanation of Academy concept and rationale

  • Lisa Academy: Math & Science (Little Rock)

Charter School in Arkansas (Restrictions & Guidelines)

Meeting Minutes

•  21clcMeetingMinutes_12.4.doc