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 In a large, complex setting like a high school, many conditions and activities are simultaneously at work. Faculty development, school district initiatives, and state and federal policies are just some of the forces that help shape the climate of a school. Systems changes such as block scheduling or transfers in leadership can influence a school’s capacity to function smoothly.
The Montpelier story, an excerpted chapter from the book titled “Dynamics of Change,” explores how one public high school managed to move into an innovative structure featuring personal learning plans for all students. The author is one of several researchers who studied Montpelier’s rippling changes over a period of six years, tracing the flow of events and searching for patterns of activities that supported growing reform. Using a number of images to chart the district’s fluctuations and innovations, Gibson and his colleagues have managed to create a “moving picture” of the flow of energy inside Montpelier High School. The result is a portrait of one school’s process of growing a successful and self-propelling program. | |
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