Principal Leadership - March 2015 - (Page 54)
From Good to
GREAT
Recalculating the route to career
readiness through a pathways lens
Gale Harild and Lyn Sharratt
T
here are concrete actions we can take
as school leaders when viewing student
achievement through a lens of career
readiness. Career readiness can be defined
as possession of the skills, knowledge,
and abilities to engage in the community
and global world, establish meaningful
relationships, and pursue interests and passions
regardless of one's postsecondary destination. But
there must be an investment in time and training to
ensure that skilled teachers can effectively leverage
a robust and relevant curriculum to empower each
student in his or her own learning. We must ensure
that our teachers have a clear understanding of
what it takes for each student to become a literate,
21st-century graduate; that they have upshifted
their own perception of multiple pathways; and that
they are keenly aware of the opportunities each
postsecondary opportunity provides.
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There are five guiding principles when applying a
pathway career readiness lens:
1. An inclusive, equitable learning community
2. A robust, relevant K-12 curriculum
3. A broad base of community partners
4. Skilled teachers
5. Innovation leadership
At both system and school levels, this requires a
structured, collaboratively planned approach with
a broad base of community partners supported by a
comprehensive communication plan. This work must
be intentional. Teachers, students, and community
partners must actively step into each other's worlds,
early and often; the additional pathway data that
they gather is then interwoven with previously
massed data to inform instructional and program
planning. Perception data is continuously monitored
to improve the program. To personalize learning,
students' voices and choices are captured as well.
Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Principal Leadership - March 2015
From the Editor
B ulletin Board
Cases in Point
Healthy Schools, Healthy Students
Military Partnerships: Paving the Way to Success
Designing Futures
Teach to Win
Keep it Simple
Communication: The Unspoken Key to School
Discussion Guide: Communication: The Unspoken Key to School Culture
Coherence and Collaboration: Fundamentals for Common Core Success
Layers of Leaders
Widening the Road
Oregon Students Have PEP!
From Good to Great
Instructional Leader
Breaking Ranks in Practice
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