Symmetry Between Adults and Students

Student culture reflects staff culture. We cannot succeed unless all levels of the SFUSD system are aligned - in talk and in action. “...one part of a system cannot reach its potential if it is not working in harmony with other parts of the whole. If, for example, it is the mission of a school to teach students how to collaborate productively, then teachers and leaders must themselves be working to collaborate productively… Educational organizations cannot deepen learning without striving to be... “consistent throughout the entire system - self, classroom, school, district, and eventually the community.”

- Transforming Schools, p. 13

Student

Students are enculturated into a rich learning environment enabling attainment of the Graduate Profile skills. “Dispositions must be enculturated - that is, learned through immersion in a culture.” (p. 20, Cultures of Thinking)

Teacher

Teachers intentionally embody, name, and teach the behaviors and stances we hope to nurture in our students, specifically the Graduate Profile skills. The ways in which adults work with and learn from one another parallels the way in which they hope students will learn. (p. 375, In Search of Deeper Learning)

Classroom Community

Students experience a classroom culture that is safe and brave, rigorous and accessible, independent and interdependent. Students invest in the culture of the classroom, hold themselves and their peers accountable to classroom norms, and pursue individual and collective goals with the support of the community.

Site Leader

Site leaders and central office intentionally embody the behaviors and stances we hope to nurture in our students, specifically the Graduate Profile skills. Site leaders and central office create ongoing opportunities for adults in the system to experience the learning we want for students. Site leaders and central office strive to match intent to impact, seeking continuous feedback from those closest to the student experience to refine and revise approaches and supports.

Central Office

Site leaders and central office intentionally embody the behaviors and stances we hope to nurture in our students, specifically the Graduate Profile skills. Site leaders and central office create ongoing opportunities for adults in the system to experience the learning we want for students. Site leaders and central office strive to match intent to impact, seeking continuous feedback from those closest to the student experience to refine and revise approaches and supports.