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All Together Now
How to Engage Your Stakeholders in Reimagining School

Foreword by Ken Kay



April 2017 | 224 pages | Corwin

A framework to reimagine schools for the 21st century

 

Education is evolving rapidly. To sustain change, school communities need broad support for shifts in teaching and learning that promise better outcomes for learners. This requires collaborative inquiry and hard conversations involving everyone with a stake in student success. Designed to promote and provoke conversations inside and outside schools, All Together Now will inspire educators and fellow stakeholders to embark on the challenging work ahead.

 

Readers will find a clear, four-part framework that will help them navigate the journey by understanding 

  • Why they should build common understanding about change
  • How to move from vision to reality
  • The What-ifs of troubleshooting strategies
  • The power of The Future Story to move forward with optimism

With compelling examples from schools on the leading edge of change, this practical guide will take readers from talking about the future of learning to realizing their community’s vision.

 

 

"School innovation is a subject that should concern all of us - students, educators, parents, community members. Suzie Boss has created a wonderful guide for all of us to think deeply, reflect critically, and act decisively to make schools better for all of us who need them."

Chris Lehmann, Founding Principal and Author of Building School 2.0

Science Leadership Academy

"This is a clear blueprint for real change in modern schools. A variety of frameworks including PBL, design thinking, making, student leadership, and parent empowerment are illustrated with examples from real schools and stellar advice from educators. Educators on the road to remaking their schools into better learning spaces should take this book with them on the journey."

Sylvia Martinez, co-author of Invent To Learn: Making, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom

"There have been many good books on the case for 21st century learning and schools, but only a rare handful on how to engage your stakeholders and community to bring that transformation to your own school or district. Fortunately, education writer and consultant Suzie Boss takes up that challenge and shares the stories of real-world school transformers and school transformations from around the world."

Bob Pearlman, District Consultant

21st Century School, Tucson, AZ

 
Part I: THE WHY
 
1.. Are we ready for disruption?
 
2. How will we engage the willing?
 
Part II: THE HOW
 
3. How do forward-looking school leaders take charge of change?
 
4. How will we support teachers as they become 21st century educators?
 
5. How can we amplify student voice?
 
6. How will we engage families as partners in school change?
 
7. Who else will join us?
 
Part III: THE WHAT-IF
 
8. Addressing Challenges and Building Momentum
 
Part IV: THE FUTURE STORY
 
9. How will we share our story about the future of learning?
 
10. What are your next steps?

"All Together Now should be required reading for school, district and community leaders as well as aspiring leaders in graduate school programs. Suzie Boss uses her amazing story telling and journalistic talents to highlight the communities, districts, schools and programs that are pointing the way for the future of learning. Boss uses straightforward language to lay out the challenges and potential solutions for educator and community leaders to work together toward preparing students for success in the 21st Century workplace and society. All Together Now is rich with suggested resources for those who are inspired to act. Facts, stories and resources - this book is a one stop inspirational tool for education and community leaders."

Bob Lenz, Executive Director
Buck Institute, Novato, CA
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Sample Materials & Chapters

Chapter 1


Suzanne Kay Boss

Suzie Boss is a writer and educational consultant who focuses on the power of teaching and learning to improve lives and transform communities. She is the author of 10 popular books for educators, most recently Project Based Teaching: How to Create Rigorous and Engaging Learning Experiences and Reinventing Project-Based Learning: Your Field Guide to Real-World Projects in the Digital Age, 3rd Ed. She collaborated with award-winning teacher Stephen Ritz to tell his inspiring story about classroom innovation in The Power of a Plant. A regular contributor to Edutopia, PBLWorks National Faculty emeritus, and... More About Author

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