Trajectory-changing schools ensure all efforts fit together
Learn how to build a unified program for every student, with clear, aligned priorities for leaders, teachers, and caregivers.
Download the Action Guide: Coherence
When students know what to expect and how to succeed, they do.
Emerson Elementary School students are happy and engaged during a math lesson.
Creating coherence in the classroom, in school, and at home
As a result, students’ experiences are logical, unified, and geared toward grade-level content. Every part of their day fits together like interlocking puzzle pieces.
Disconnected efforts lead to disconnected priorities
Rather than launching one-off initiatives, school leaders must start an ongoing improvement cycle that leads to sustained change.
Aleksandra West-Taylor, Assistant Principal, and Christina Valenciano, Learning Acceleration Specialist, discuss the day's lesson.
Learning Acceleration Specialist Christina Valenciano high fives a student for a job well done.
Explore the four-part improvement cycle
Learn from trajectory-changing schools by focusing on synchronous change, starting with assessing the current experience of coherence.
A springboard, not a checklist
Making big changes takes time. Using this Guide, as an educator, you should choose what's relevant to your school community and adapt as needed.
Veronica Busby of Emerson Elementary School uses free moments before school start to work.
