Capacity Building

Implement a comprehensive training plan that equips staff with the knowledge and skills to address students' non-academic needs.

• Key Practice 7.1.1: Non-Academic Foundational Understanding

  • Train new teachers in defining, identifying, and supporting student non-academic needs

• Key Practice 7.1.2: Professional Learning

  • Offer training and staff professional learning to enhance knowledge and skills in the central SSF levers

Investing in leadership development empowers staff to effectively navigate the complexities of non-academic challenges.

• Key Practice 7.2.1: Non-Academic Leadership

  • Provide collaborative and research-based leadership development to remain relevant and adaptable in a rapidly changing world, particularly in non-academic contexts.

• Key Practice 7.2.2: Partnerships with Non-Academic Resource Networks

  • Train leaders to establish and nurture partnerships with non-academic resource networks to expand access to services for students.

Foster ongoing opportunities for continuous learning and staff reflection on practices to directly support students’ non-academic needs.

• Key Practice 7.3.1: Job-Embedded Training

  • Design job-embedded training to foster meaningful implementation of skills and methods needed to support students in non-academics

• Key Practice 7.3.2: Actionable Feedback

  • Provide opportunities for staff to receive feedback in real-time, enabling them to refine practices as needed

• Key Practice 7.3.3: Direct Impact of Staff Learning

  • Use data to identify the direct impact of staff learning on the students

• Key Practice 7.3.4: Ongoing Support

  • Provide ongoing support, coaching, feedback, and opportunities

• Key Practice 7.3.5: Sustained Learning

  • Ensure that learning is sustained and encourage educators to reflect on their practice and set improvement goals