Schools & Districts Resources

• Career Academy Support Network
  A network that supports the growth of small learning communities and career academies. CASN collects and publishes data on how SLC's and career academies are performing.
• National Academy Foundation
  An organization sustaining a national network of over 500 career academies organized as small learning communities.
• California Partnership Academies
  Over 300 career-themed high school academies in California that focus on integrating academic and career education by establishing business partnerships with the community.

Planning & Evaluation

• Distributive Leadership in District Reform: A Model for Taking Linked Learning to Scale (PDF, 137 KB)
  This four-page brief by the School Redesign Network at Stanford University provides information on this shared leadership approach, which can help provide sustainable change in schools and districts.
• Guide to Building a Broad-Based Coalition: Supporting the Development and Sustainability of a System of Pathways (PDF, 105 KB)
  This step-by-step Guide will help communities conceptualize and form a Broad-Based Coalition that will mature over time and ultimately assume primary responsibility for sustaining a system of high quality pathways.
• Planning Guide for Career Academies (PDF, 518 KB)
  A comprehensive guide for successfully starting a career academy.
• Academy Planning Guide
  National Academy Foundation’s detailed guide for developing an academy.
• Self Assessment Guide (PDF, 208 KB)
  A checklist and scoring summary to indicate how well a Small Learning Community or Career Academy performs within nationally defined criteria for implementation.
• Linked Learning Pathways Assessment Rubric (PDF, 224 KB)
  Developed by ConnectEd, this rubric describes varying levels of development for a pathway. Schools and districts can use this tool as a guide for developing improvement plans.
• Steps To Building and Maintaining a Large Business Partner Base For a Career Academy
  A resource for developing and maintaining business partners.
• Alliance for Education Academy (PDF, 413 KB)
  A resource for developing a small learning community, from the planning stage to evaluation and assessment.
• Establishing Partnerships Academy Steering Committee
  A resource for developing an academy steering committee.
• Aiming High
  A guide developed by the California Department of Education as a resource for high school reform.
• Breaking Ranks (PDF, 147 KB)
  A guide for high school principals to improve student performance and personalize education for each student.
• Career Tech Education (PDF, 9.81 MB)
  California’s framework for career technical education.