BARR's Eight Interconnected Strategies

BARR's eight interconnected strategies--all grounded in research about what works in education--provide a comprehensive structure through which a school can accomplish any goal it sets. BARR helps educators build safe, strong, trusting relationships with their students, and these connections pave the way for every student to engage in learning.

• Focus on the whole student

• Provide professional development for teachers, counselors and administrators

• Use BARR's I-Time Curriculum to foster a climate for learning

• Create cohorts of students

• Hold regular meetings of the cohort teacher teams

• Conduct Risk Review meetings

• Engage families in student learning

• Engage administrators

Learn more about each of the eight strategies with this one-page informational flyer.