School Improvement Services
School Improvement Services
At SREB, we hold that all students — regardless of their gender, race, socioeconomic background, ability level or location — can graduate ready for college and careers if school leaders and teachers create meaningful learning experiences, provide personal supports and encourage students to make the effort to succeed.
How do we know? We’ve spent decades investigating what works to build and sustain lasting capacity for change in schools nationwide.
Tackling Unfinished Learning
Alabama's high schools, community colleges use SREB's Readiness Courses to help students succeed
Districts and schools nationwide
are investing some of their federal stimulus funds to
help more
students gain literacy and math skills and successfully
transition from K-12 schools to postsecondary education and
careers.
A growing number of Alabama high schools offer our Readiness courses to students who need additional support in literacy or math. Students who make a C or higher in the courses, usually as seniors, can skip remedial classes in the state’s community colleges. This approach is increasing students’ likelihood of staying in college and graduating. Learn more in this article.
For college students who need extra support, Alabama’s community colleges are also providing courses based in part on our Readiness courses, as described in this story from AL.com and The Alabama Education Lab featuring comments from SREB President Stephen Pruitt.
We Know What Works
Let us help you meet bold goals for student achievement
Imagine a district in which each middle grades student enters high school able to read and understand grade-level texts and prepared to take Algebra I. In high school, every student earns enough credits as a first-time ninth-grader to enter the 10th grade, graduates on time, and earns a credential or degree of value by age 25.
What Makes It Work?
At SREB, we’ve learned that school improvement works when change efforts are grounded in a shared vision and mission, teachers and leaders own their efforts, and ongoing support builds capacity within the school and the district to sustain positive change.
That’s why our research-based, time-tested school improvement process puts K-12 leaders, teachers and counselors in the driver’s seat and gives them the wraparound supports, ongoing professional learning and coaching, challenging curricula like our “out of the box” Advanced Career pathways, and transformative instructional strategies they need to shift their practices from good to great.
What else do we do? SREB’s leadership and instructional coaches and staff:
- Offer curriculum and instruction and career pathway reviews and site development workshops that establish the need for teachers and school leaders to identify problems of practice and develop solutions.
- Provide research and evaluation services that generate data for informed decision-making.
- Prepare new and aspiring teachers and school leaders.
- Hold annual professional learning events where K-12 educators and leaders share and celebrate what works in their classrooms and schools.
We help schools and districts set and meet bold goals for student achievement, access and equity by focusing on five key areas:
- engaging students through quality instruction
- aligning curricula with state readiness standards
- ensuring that students can explore careers and complete career pathways that align with their interests and aptitudes
- providing student supports that promote readiness
- creating and supporting cultures of continuous improvement
Learn more in these pages, and let us know how we can partner with you to build and sustain lasting change.