Look Listen Learn LEAD

<p><em>Look Listen Learn LEAD: A District-Wide Systems Approach to Teaching and Learning in PreK-12 </em>lays out the transformational journey of Hampton City Schools (HCS) an urban school division of 30 schools in southeastern Virginia. Our school district faces numerous challenges such as 62% of students receiving free and reduced-price lunch and 14% of students holding an IEP and in 2015-2016 Hampton City Schools' state accreditation rate was approximately half the statewide rate and on a downward trend. In only three years that was turned around and HCS exceeded the statewide accreditation rate a more than 100% improvement with 100% of our schools accredited without conditions. We attribute this in large part to our dedicated educators and their implementation of district-wide systems for curriculum instruction checking for student understanding climate and culture.</p><p> </p><p>The goal of this book is to break down the process of what it takes to bring about large-scale educational change that is sustainable. We describe a process for developing a strong mission and vision to undergird the work around a variety of district-wide systems. This book provides insights into how to improve climate and culture create a guaranteed and viable written curriculum establish a process for evaluating its implementation and create a balanced assessment framework to measure student success. Complete with example templates action plans and lessons learned this book is a true example of theory-into-practice to bring about sustained improvement for all learners.</p><p> </p>