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Model Secondary Schools Project Working with schools and districts to ensure our urban students have the 21st Century schools they deserve. |
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Current and recent projects |
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Under the direction of Superintendent Brizzard and Deputy Superintendent Patterson-Grant, we are facilitating the development of a long range plan utilizing the NCEA framework for the future development of Rochester’s high schools including identification of existing challenges to student performance and metrics for future school performance targets. |
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We are working Rochester’s Deputy Superintendent of Teaching & Learning, Marilynn Patterson-Grant, in the reorganization of curriculum services for the district. Key focus areas in this effort are goal setting and planning for the new department, shifting curriculum support to a service model, establishing standards and practices for 21st Century teaching and learning, and providing assistance in the development of a Rochester Curriculum Framework, with benchmark assessments. |
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Rochester School District—High School Strategy |
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Executive coaching for Deputy Superintendent of Teaching & Learning |
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Projects |
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Resources |
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We worked with seven high schools and middle schools in the Clark County School District over two years resulting in the reorganization of each school into 9th grade academies and themed small learning communities to better address the learning needs of students. We facilitated the efforts of design teams at each school and provided coaching for school principals and SLC academic leaders, SLC development resources for teams, coordinated a region wide design resource effort, and provided training and support for the resulting professional learning communities in each school. |
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Small Learning Communities in Clark County Schools |
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We assisted the Rochester City School District in development of a grant proposal to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for funding of district high school re-design efforts resulting a five million dollar grant. During the grant we facilitated a range of grant services including development of design protocols, serving on the grant oversight committee and coordinating services. We also facilitated development of school concept proposals for seven small high schools. |
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RCSD Gates Grant development and facilitation |
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MSSP served as facilitators of a state mandated conversion of Edison into four CTE based small high schools. We worked with the overall design team to establish plans for conversion, then formed design teams at each of the high schools for the development of concept proposals and action plans and provided ongoing technical assistance and coaching as the schools developed. The schools utilized an MSSP developed six stage Appreciative Inquiry based design process. |
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Conversion of Edison Vocational and Occupational Skills Center |
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The Model Secondary Schools Project was initiated with a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in 2000 for the development of eight small high schools in eight urban school districts across the country. The goal of the project was to establish schools that could serve as school development models for local communities. This project opened eight new small high schools in partnership with public school districts in Compton California, Clark County Nevada, East St Louis Illinois, Detroit Michigan, Cleveland Ohio, Cincinnati Ohio, Rochester New York and Boston Massachusetts. Schools developed from the project include: · Global Media Arts High School in Rochester · Success Tech Academy in Cleveland · Entrepreneurship High School in Cincinnati |
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Model Secondary Schools Project—Gates Foundation grant |
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Mailing Address: Model Secondary Schools Project, LLC PO Box 1684 Bellevue, WA 98009-1684 |
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Contact Information |
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Working with Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb and Chief of Accountability Barbara Byrd-Bennett, MSSP is serving as high school turnaround partner for two Detroit high schools. At Southwestern and Pershing High Schools, MSSP facilitated development of school wide turnaround plans utilizing core beliefs and vision developed by the school ‘s design team and MSSP’s School Turnaround Framework. Southwestern has been awarded a $3 million School Improvement Grant and Pershing High School has received a $6million School Improvement Grant based on the co-developed proposal. More... |
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Detroit Public Schools—High School Turnaround Partner |
