Name: High School Renewal: Restructuring to Improve Academic Outcomes
Start: 2013-10-23T13:30:00-0400
End: 2013-10-23T14:30:00-0400

Annual Workshop – October 22-24, 2013 (Exhibit days Oct. 22 and 23 only) Atlantic City Convention Center
Workshop 2013 will offer more than 200 learning opportunities, including returning favorites like the larger Group Sessions seminars and the more intimate Learning Labs and Action Labs, as well as new features and innovative programming. Training will include methods to help schools use their limited resources more efficiently, ways school districts can become environmentally and financially sustainable, and strategies on becoming more effective school leaders. Attendees listing includes all Attendees, Sponsors, Exhibitors and Speakers.
Vendor set up day is Monday – October 21 – 7:30 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. More Workshop information can be found at www.njsba.org/workshop

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High School Renewal: Restructuring to Improve Academic Outcomes

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Plagued by low test scores, high drop-out rates and safety issues, Paterson Public Schools embarked on its ambitious Strategic Plan 2009-2014 to transform itself into a high-performing urban district. Focused on a mission to prepare all students for success in college and career, this plan included a community-driven High School Renewal Initiative designed to increase student achievement and improve graduation rates. The district restructured its large high schools into small, autonomous “choice” schools, each aligned with a career or academic theme. Positive outcomes include improving HSPA performance by 22 percentage points in English language arts and 18 percentage points in math. Session participants will learn research and best practices for improving student outcomes in high schools, understand the change model that guided the development and implementation of the high school renewal effort and understand the obstacles and facilitators of the change effort.

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