Eight enabling factors support relationship-centered school transformation in comprehensive high school settings¶
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q2 i? Case study interviews identified eight factors that enabled relationship-centered change: establishing relationship-building structures, building trusting relationships among change drivers, creating professional development opportunities, fostering empathy-building and deep listening, elevating youth voice, finding coherence with preexisting initiatives, cultivating administrator and educator champions, and allocating fiscal resources. → Hernández 2023
Evidence¶
Hernández 2023¶
Hernández, L. H., & Rivero, E. (2023). Striving for relationship-centered schools: Insights from a community-based transformation campaign. Learning Policy Institute. https://doi.org/10.54300/621.856
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Qualitative case study based on interviews with CFJ organizers, district and school leaders, practitioners, and current and former youth organizers in two settings (Long Beach Unified and McLane High School). The report's findings section states that "Structures for relationship-building among youth and school adults created consistent opportunities for students to be known, seen, and connected to a caring adult."
"Structures for relationship-building among youth and school adults created consistent opportunities for students to be known, seen, and connected to a caring adult."
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Eight enabling factors support relationship-centered school transformation in comprehensive high school settings |
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Eight enabling factors support relationship-centered school transformation in comprehensive high school settings |
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