New Innovative Online Tool Highlights Real-World Examples and Strategies for Helping All Students Succeed

The College Board Advocacy & Policy Center (College Board) and National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) have collaborated to develop a free online toolkit for principals and school leaders to help raise student achievement and promote college and career readiness, with a focus on underserved students. Leading Success™: Dynamic Solutions for Every School, Each Student, the most extensive and innovative online learning tool of its kind,  integrates current research, planning strategies and implementation tools with video interviews and examples of school improvement strategies.

The best practice videos highlight how schools with diverse populations have diligently and creatively overcome obstacles to become high-achieving schools.The videos for the modules were filmed in extraordinary schools (MetLife Foundation-NASSP Breakthrough Schools and College Board Schools) across the country that have implemented successful strategies for helping their students succeed. In conjunction with the videos, activity and discussion guides were developed to help school leaders conduct meaningful and collaborative conversations with school staff on the primary topics central to student and school success.

The schools profiled in Leading Success were selected for their successful creation of positive, student-centered school cultures that value equity, collaboration and personalized learning. Serving large numbers of students often living in poverty, they have dramatically improved student achievement. The schools featured in the module themes are examples of best practices.

The five module topics are:      

•  Developing Leadership Skills for Change
•  Using Data to Assess and Inform School Change
•  Creating a College-Going Culture
•  Building an Inclusive School Culture
•  Student Voices in the Hallways