Turnaround for Children Toolbox
Science and equity-driven tools
for whole-child school redesign
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NEW TOOLS SPOTLIGHT
Tiered System of Supports:
Creating Collaborative Meetings
Setting up collaborative meetings within a Tiered System of Supports provide teachers with an opportunity to work collaboratively with peers, caregivers and/or other service providers to support students. In these spaces, relevant stakeholders are sharing information, developing a better understanding of their students, and designing plans to support students’ and teachers’ needs.
Within our Collaboration Phase tools, you will find resources including guidance on developing team membership and roles, suggestions on how to prepare, design and conduct productive meetings that facilitate reflection of teacher practice and leverage student context, a sample student support plan, and more.
For example, the Tiered Supports Team Membership, Roles and Responsibilities and Tier 2 and 3 Meeting Agenda tools provide steps to take before, during and after a Tier 2 or 3 meeting to create a team and structure that works to best support students.
In addition, you will find a Caregiver Letter and Community Stakeholder Invitation Letter, which bring important perspectives and input into the process of determining the right supports for students
Check out these tools, and more, as part of our resources on Tiered Systems of Support.
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The Turnaround for Children Toolbox was designed to empower educators – teachers, school and district leaders, student support staff, and more – to drive change towards a more equitable, whole-child approach to school.
The Toolbox is grounded in the science of learning and development, which synthesizes research across diverse fields including neuroscience, psychology, developmental science, adversity science and more. Altogether, this science points us to the boundless potential of students and calls us to engage together in the work to design our schools accordingly.
The Toolbox offers educators tools to begin the process of confronting, dismantling and reimagining the systems, structures, practices and mindsets that uphold the inequities in our current education system. Instead of relying solely on top-down approaches for this change, we know it is only through our collective expertise, commitment and passion that we can transform experiences and outcomes for each and every student.
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Getting Started with Whole-Child Design
Check out the introductory Toolbox webinar below (full transcript here). Remember, there are many entry points into this work and no wrong way to start!
Ground Your Practice in Science
Dive deep into the research on how students learn and develop. In this section, you will find:
- 5 Key Concepts from the science of learning and development
- Curated videos and articles from researchers and educators
Design for the Whole Child
Explore tools to redesign your practice using a whole-child, science-grounded approach. In this section, you will find:
- Turnaround’s Whole-Child Design Blueprint, a framework for transformational change
- 13 Core Practices for Whole-Child Design
- Continuums of Practice (tools beyond traditional rubrics)
- Planning guides, self-assessments, student strategies and more
Assess and Reflect
Check out Turnaround’s assets-based approach to measurement, including:
- The Well-Being Index (Elementary and Secondary versions)
- The Whole-Child Design Inventory
- Guidance documents and scoring tools