School Journeys
In response to requests for samples of programs and documents which schools have created to address the Standards of Accreditation, CPSS now offers an annual Showcase of Model School Programs and more professional development related to the Standards and topics of secondary school redesign.
CPSS knows that teachers and administrators also wish to see sample documents. This section of the website provides stories told through a school's documents of successful efforts in creating a local assessment system based on a mission statement; a set of academic, civic, and social expectations; rubrics developed by teachers to be used school-wide with all students; and a document the school uses to communicate individual student progress to students and their families.
Hopedale Junior-Senior High School, located in Hopedale, Massachusetts and serving 523 students in grades 7-12, was evaluated in 2003. In the five year period since that time, Principal Dennis Breen and his faculty have created documents which teachers use to assess the achievement of the academic expectations in its mission with every student. CPSS thanks Hopedale Junior-Senior High School for its willingness to share its work with member schools:
- Hopedale's Mission and Expectations
- Hopedale's Descriptors for its Academic Expectations
- Hopedale's Rubrics
- Hopedale's Report for Communicating Achievement of Academic Expectations to Students and Parents