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Rethinking Roles, Structures & Practices in the Face of Shortages

School Design in Uncertain Times: Rethinking Roles, Structures & Practices in the Face of Shortages

Hosted by Transcend, Lavada Berger & Sarah Akhtar
 
 
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Staffing shortages across the country are forcing school communities to grapple with educating young people with fewer adults in the building. This Community of Practice will work together to devise plans for how their school districts, charter management organizations, and schools might proactively make shifts to their practices and structures to nimbly respond to shifting dynamics and effectively support learners. 

This group will convene individuals and teams within schools and school systems who are leading their efforts to respond to the teacher shortage three times with ongoing discussion between sessions. We will anchor our time together in a few key questions, including: 

  • Session I: What if they don’t come?  How might we leverage the educators on staff and resources we do have to  provide a quality learning environment?

  • Session II: What if we shifted the paradigm? How might we shift our practices and structures so that being an educator in our school systems is more sustainable and attractive?

  • Session III: So what path forward are we landing on (for now)? How might we share with and learn from each other?

*Note: Each 75 minute session will build on the last, but teams can join at any point in the journey. Attendance at all three sessions is encouraged but not required.

Participants will leave with strategies they can implement in the short term or longer term, exposure to school models that are implementing the strategies in different ways, and a concrete plan for their school community.

These sessions will be facilitated by Lavada Berger and Sarah Akhtar from Transcend. There will be a Slack channel for communication between sessions and optional office hours.