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 | Today’s schools are complex systems with complex problems. Addressing those problems often requires significant change efforts. One strategy of dealing with these changes is to form partnerships with organizations or consultants who can help get the change process started and help build sufficient local capacity to continue its momentum. This Noteworthy focuses on one such solution — Success in Sight, McREL’s comprehensive, research-based school reform program. | | Authors | Ceri Dean, Mike Galvin, & Danette Parsley | | Target Audience | Administrators and Policy Makers | | Ways to Use this Product | As a resource to create the knowledge, tools, and strategies needed to transform low-performing schools into high-performing learning communities. |  Key Ideas | This issue of Noteworthy explains the Success in Sight approach by telling the story of a school involved in the process, presented from the perspective of the school and the change agent. To help readers understand the Success in Sight approach, we explain the roots of the approach, as well as the theory of change and theory of action embedded in it. Next, we present the six stages of Success in Sight, describing how the stages unfold and detailing select tools used in each stage. Finally, this issue of Noteworthy concludes with a discussion of the implications for states, districts, and schools; poses questions that schools can consider to determine if they are ready to successfully engage in school improvement; and offers suggestions for actions to increase their readiness. |  How to Get this Product | Download the PDF file. | | APA Citation | Mid-continent Regional Educational Laboratory (Ed.). (2005). Noteworthy Perspectives: Success in Sight. Aurora, CO: Author. |
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