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Career Academy Toolkit
A Think It Through, Get It Going, Make It Happen Planning Guide for Career Academies and Other Types of High School Small Learning Communities
Small learning communities is a big idea springing up in high schools all over the country. And they are turning to the Career Academy Toolkit as the definitive guide to help them succeed.
The comprehensive how-to book is jam-packed with ideas, information, and proven strategies for getting off to a great start and growing truly effective small learning community programs. Written by career academy expert Sandy Mittelsteadt and career advice expert Diane Lindsey Reeves, the Toolkit walks you through every imaginable detail with a step-by-step planning tools that help you:
- Choose the best type of program for your school
- Build a team that’s ready to break out of the status quo
- Develop an action plan to get the job done
- Link learning with the “real’ world
- Design effective classroom environments where students want to learn, teachers want to teach, and the community wants to help
- Learn from successful best practices of schools all over the country
- Accept the Ford PAS (Partnership for Advanced Studies) challenge for building a sustainable small learning community
