Northwest Regional Comprehensive Center

Cosponsored with Center on Instruction and Alaska Comprehensive Center.

First in a series of webinars especially designed to assist rural school staff with implementation of their School Improvement Grants (SIGs).

We heard from Dr. Sam Redding, an engaging speaker and co-author of Institute of Education Sciences' practice guide Turning Around Chronically Low-Performing Schools. In this one-hour webinar, Dr. Redding summarized the following recommendations for making significant changes to increase student performance in three years or less.

1. Signal the need for dramatic change through strong leadership
2. Maintain a consistent focus on improving instruction
3. Provide visible improvement early in the turnaround process (quick wins)
4. Build a committed staff

Throughout the webinar Dr. Redding discussed how rural schools are implementing these recommendations through their School Improvement Grants (SIG).

Other Webinars in the Series

Improving Adolescent Literacy in Rural Schools: A Schoolwide Approach
Featuring: Vicki LaRock and Dr. Debby Houston Miller, Center on Instruction

Implementing the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics
Featuring: Brad Findell

Recording of Webinar

Rural School Turnaround
1 hr.

Presentation (1,871 KB)
Polling and Discussion Questions (84 KB)