High Schools That Work Information for Teachers &
Parents
CCHS has been chosen as an aspiring school for High Schools That Work.
Key Practices from HSTW Website
HSTW has identified a set of Key Practices that impact student
achievement. Following are the HSTW Key Practices that provide
direction and meaning to comprehensive school improvement and student
learning:
High expectations — Motivate more students to meet high
expectations by integrating high expectations into classroom practices and
giving students frequent feedback.
Program of study — Require each student to complete an upgraded
academic core and a concentration.
Academic studies — Teach more students the essential concepts of
the college-preparatory curriculum by encouraging them to apply academic
content and skills to real—world problems and projects.
Career/technical studies — Provide more students access to
intellectually challenging career/technical studies in high-demand fields
that emphasize the higher-level mathematics, science, literacy and
problem-solving skills needed in the workplace and in further education.
Work—based learning — Enable students and their parents to choose
from programs that integrate challenging high school studies and work-based
learning and are planned by educators, employers and students.
Teachers working together — Provide teams of teachers from
several disciplines the time and support to work together to help students
succeed in challenging academic and career/technical studies. Integrate
reading, writing and speaking as strategies for learning into all parts of
the curriculum and integrate mathematics into science and career/technical
classrooms.
Engaged — Engage students in academic and career/technical
classrooms in rigorous and challenging proficient-level assignments using
research—based instructional strategies and technology.
Guidance — Involve students and their parents in a guidance and
advisement system that develops positive relationships and ensures
completion of an accelerated program of study with an academic or
career/technical concentration. Provide each student with the same mentor
throughout high school to assist with setting goals, selecting courses,
reviewing the student's progress and suggesting appropriate interventions as
necessary.
Extra help — Provide a structured system of extra help to assist
students in completing accelerated programs of study with high-level
academic and technical content.
Culture of continuous improvement — Use student assessment and
program evaluation data to continuously improve school culture,
organization, management, curriculum and instruction to advance student
learning.
Students actively engaged — Engage students in academic and
career/technical classrooms in rigorous and challenging proficient-level
assignments using research—based instructional strategies and technology.
Guidance — Involve students and their parents in a guidance and
advisement system that develops positive relationships and ensures
completion of an accelerated program of study with an academic or
career/technical concentration. Provide each student with the same mentor
throughout high school to assist with setting goals, selecting courses,
reviewing the student's progress and suggesting appropriate interventions as
necessary.
Extra help — Provide a structured system of extra help to assist
students in completing accelerated programs of study with high-level
academic and technical content.
Culture of continuous improvement — Use student assessment and
program evaluation data to continuously improve school culture,
organization, management, curriculum and instruction to advance student
learning.