1. Center for Urban School Leadership University of California, Berkeley  Graduate School of Education  © 2009 Keeping the Vision: Ensuring the Special Features of Pathways W. Norton Grubb U.C. Berkeley and Principal Leadership Institute Drawn from W. Norton Grubb, “Sunup to Sundown and Beyond: Leadership Challenges in High Schools and in Multiple Pathways”. Related to Quality Criteria 1.1, Purpose, and 1.2, Design

2. Center for Urban School Leadership University of California, Berkeley  Graduate School of Education  © 2009 Problem: What’s the vision of the high school?  Shopping mall high school?  College for all? Solution: Theme-based pathway Elements of the vision: Using a theme for coherence  Integrating content across classes  Advantages of small size: Knowing students better  Multiple goals: learning for college and careers  Reaching outside the self-contained high school: work-based learning and postsecondary connections The Role of Leaders in Keeping a Vision

3. Center for Urban School Leadership University of California, Berkeley  Graduate School of Education  © 2009 Testimonials “ This is a whole paradigm shift ”. “ We ’ re at the revolutionary edge of high school reform. ” “ It ’ s a mission, not a job. ” Pathways as one of the few significant reforms of the comprehensive high school.

4. Center for Urban School Leadership University of California, Berkeley  Graduate School of Education  © 2009 Defending the vision against its enemies The comprehensive high school and “football” Parents and students unfamiliar with pathways District offices accustomed to “business as usual” Charges of tracking Issues of costs and district budgeteers

5. Center for Urban School Leadership University of California, Berkeley  Graduate School of Education  © 2009 Ensuring the special features of pathways Creating time for pathway teachers to collaborate Guidance and counseling Work-based learning and internships Connections to postsecondary institutions Communicating the vision:  Teacher recruitment and selection  Communication to parents and students  Student recruitment  Educating the district