Staff newcomer schools with skilled, purposeful, visionary leaders who build teams and innovate¶
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Description¶
The report's second promising practice holds that effective newcomer schools depend on leaders who are instrumental to realizing the vision of student success. "The five bright spots have skilled and purposeful leaders" who share characteristics: they are visionary, visible and available, consistently supportive, build teams, routinely communicate about schoolwide issues, and innovate. Leadership was centered at the district level for programs-within-a-school and with principals at standalone schools; all leaders have deep expertise in curriculum and instruction for English Learners.
Design Implications¶
Context¶
Requirements¶
- Deep expertise in curriculum and instruction for English Learners
- shared instruction and professional learning responsibilities across teams
Constraints¶
- Leadership structure differed by school type: district-level directors of English Learners led the programs-within-a-school, while principals and leadership teams led standalone schools
Target Learners¶
- K-12 newcomer students in immigrant-, refugee-, and asylee-serving schools
Learning Goals¶
- English proficiency
- grade-level content mastery
- successful transition to traditional schools or college
Claims¶
Related Designs¶
- Three-type taxonomy of newcomer schools: programs-within-a-school, transitional, and comprehensive
- Newcomer schools as self-contained learning environments for recently-arrived immigrant English Learners
Examples¶
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Key Sources¶
- MAEC, Inc. (2019). Creating New Futures for Newcomers: Lessons from Five Schools that Serve K-12 Immigrants, Refugees, and Asylees. Bethesda, MD.
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Staff newcomer schools with skilled, purposeful, visionary leaders who build teams and innovate |
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The report's second promising practice holds that effective newcomer schools depend on leaders who are instrumental to realizing the vision of student success. |
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