Feinstein High School 544 Elmwood Avenue

Redesign and rebirth In the spring of 2001, Superintendent Diana Lam announced that Feinstein High School would be closed and reopened as a new model high school. In the spring of 2001, Superintendent Diana Lam announced that Feinstein High School would be closed and reopened as a new model high school. A team of teachers and administrators worked through the spring to create a new design for the school. A team of teachers and administrators worked through the spring to create a new design for the school. A new staff was hired. They worked through the summer to prepare the opening of the "new" Feinstein in September. A new staff was hired. They worked through the summer to prepare the opening of the "new" Feinstein in September.

School Administration Principal: Nancy Owen Ms. Owen comes to Feinstein from the Charles Fortes Magnet Academy. She has been recognized locally and nationally for her leadership in creating at Fortes a community dedicated to powerful and engaging learning. Fortes has also been a leader in adoping laptop computers for the classroom. Dean of Teaching and Learning: K.C. Perry

Guiding Principles Unity of Purpose Our school has a unified philosophy of teaching and learning. Each member of our staff has made a commitment to these principles.

Guiding Principles Empowerment and Responsibility At Feinstein, students and teachers are responsible for achieving a clear set of standards. We are empowered to make decisions that affect our efforts.

Guiding Principles Building on Strengths One of Donetta Gomes' strengths is photography. She took many of the pictures in this presentation. We see potential in each other, our students, families and community. We search out strengths and build on the individual.

Principles of Learning  Organizing for Effort  Clear Expectations  Academic Rigor in a Thinking Curriculum  Accountable Talk  Fair and Credible Evaluations  Learning as Apprenticeship

School Governance

School One and School Two School One Working toward standards Working toward standards Developing independent learning skills Developing independent learning skills Ends with a Certificate of Initial Mastery Ends with a Certificate of Initial Mastery School Two Increasing level of achievement on standards Increasing level of achievement on standards Building on strengths Building on strengths Independent learning opportunities Independent learning opportunities Internships College classes Distance Learning Advanced placement Ends with full diploma Ends with full diploma

School One Standards National Center for Education and the Economy—New Standards National Center for Education and the Economy—New Standards English English Mathematics Mathematics Science Science Applied Learning Applied Learning National Council for the Social Studies Standards National Council for the Social Studies Standards Rhode Island Health Standards Rhode Island Health Standards

Keeping Track of All This Stuff The success of our assessment system is dependent on the development of an information technology infrastructure to store, process and analyze student work and progress toward standards.

Information Infrastructure Project We have begun a project to develop a new student information system in collaboration with the Northwestern University and the University of Chicago, funded by the MacArthur Foundation. Our current prototypes have been built using Zope, a free web application platform.