Three RI High Schools Chosen for Regional Conference

Three RI High Schools Chosen for Regional Conference

Three local high schools – Mt. Hope, Shea, and Smithfield – have been invited to represent Rhode Island at the regional High School Redesign in Action conference to discuss effective strategies for improving education.

Held on April 7 and 8 in Nashua, New Hampshire, the conference is sponsored by the New England Secondary School Consortium (NESSC) in collaboration with the departments of education in Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. The schools were selected on the basis of significant progress in raising graduation rates, college-enrollment numbers, and other indicators of educational achievement.

“I am very pleased that some of our high schools in Rhode Island can provide examples of what’s working well,” said Deborah Gist, Commissioner of Primary and Secondary Education. “We all are honored to showcase our best practices alongside the work of other great high-school educators in New England.”

Delegations from the schools – comprised of principals, other faculty members, and students – will deliver presentations at the conference.

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Mt. Hope High School in Bristol Warren will deliver “Extended Learning for Every Student,” covering the school’s student support programs like Mt. Hope’s Extended Day, Youth Experiencing Success, PLUS and BOOST.

Shea Senior High School of Pawtucket will add a presentation entitled “Our Global Best Practices: How We Personalized High Standards,” outlining the school’s digital learning plans, standards-based report cards, and school-wide rubrics as developed using Global Best Practices, the NESSC’s self-assessment tool.

Representatives from Smithfield Senior High School in Smithfield will present “Transformational Leadership: Our Journey Toward Excellence,” discussing their use of student-performance data to decrease discipline referrals, improve student achievement, and increase faculty collaboration.

“The programs [these schools] are creating and pioneering reflect what we know works for today’s students,” said David Ruff, executive director of the Great Schools Partnership, NESSC’s coordinating organization. “And their unwavering commitment to their students, teachers, and larger community is nothing short of inspiring.”

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