The Four Domains: WestEd Services for Focusing and Supporting Rapid School Improvement

What You Will Learn

Lead rapid and significant school improvement with high-quality services from our experts.

You will learn how to:

• Engage school improvement teams in systems thinking
• Promote growth mindsets in your school or district
• Use data to perform ongoing needs assessment and progress monitoring
• Support evidence-based, standards-aligned instruction
• Deliver targeted coaching, mentoring, and training
• Engage parents and communities
• Keep your students at the center of improvement efforts

Four Domains of Rapid School Improvement Service Details

This service includes domain-specific support for all your schools and districts. Our work together begins by helping you identify your evolving needs. WestEd offers a research-based needs assessment that encompasses the Four Domains for Rapid School Improvement (see below) to strengthen your understanding of core challenges and their root causes – and align improvement strategies for lasting impact. We help you:

• Analyze your current condition
• Determine areas of focus
• Implement/collect evidence
• Analyze impact/determine next steps

The Four Domains

After collaborating to identify needs, we can deliver domain-specific support aligned to the essential practices listed below.

Turnaround Leadership

We help you:

• Communicate the need for urgent school improvement
• Develop and monitor short- and long-term goals
• Create a shared vision of success; catalyze and organize a coordinated effort for improvement

Talent Development

We help you:

• Recruit, develop, retain, and sustain talent
• Target professional development opportunities
• Set clear performance expectations

Instructional Transformation

We help you:

• Integrate principles of accountability, differentiated instruction, and formative assessment
• Provide evidence-based, standards-aligned instruction
• Promote success for all students, including English language learners and students with disabilities

Culture Shift

We help you:

• Build a culture focused on student learning
• Solicit and act upon stakeholder input
• Engage students and families in pursuing goals

What Makes WestEd Four Domains Services Unique

Our experts have a deep understanding of the challenges that schools face. As home to the Center on School Turnaround – creators of the Four Domains for Rapid School Improvement — WestEd brings firsthand understanding of the challenges your schools and districts face.

The depth, diversity, and legacy of our school improvement work is strengthened by extensive, research-based knowledge to help all learners — infants to adults — succeed in school and beyond.

We customize our services to meet your needs and offer a range of formats and options:

• Initial data-gathering sessions
• Stakeholder face-to-face meetings
• One-to-one coaching for school leaders
• Job-embedded professional development for teachers
• Virtual professional learning and coaching

Who Will Benefit

• School Leaders
• District Leaders
• Teachers
• Coaches
• School Stakeholders
• Students

Cost

For information on pricing, please contact Terry Hofer at 585.503.3862 or thofer@WestEd.org.