Blog Equipping Strong Leaders Building the capacity of educators, administrators, and policymakers to navigate implementation All CategoriesAll Tags OST Programming in Queen Anne’s County Public Schools: An Innovative Model for Sustainability Queen Anne’s County Public Schools (QACPS) is a mid-sized rural district on the eastern…Read moreArrow Right Icon Rethinking School During Challenging Times: A Reflection on Lessons Learned Supporting high-quality Expanded Learning Time (ELT) has been a key priority of FourPoint Education Partners (FourPoint) from our inception. Over the past two years, FourPoint has partnered with the Texas Education Agency (TEA), the Texas Impact Network (TIN), Education Resource Strategies (ERS), The Learning Agenda (TLA) and several Design and Implementation (DI) Partners, to help districts plan strategically to redesign for an ‘Additional Days School Year’ (ADSY) through summer learning as well as full-year redesign models. The support we have provided gives us a unique perspective and experience to support additional communities, in Texas and around the country, as education leaders identify, plan, and implement approaches to incorporating ELT into their work to close the persistent equity gaps that have been widened by the pandemic. Read moreArrow Right IconVideo Icon Equity-Driven Principal Supervision: Taking Stock of Re-Entry and Planning for Recovery – A 3L Virtual Meeting Listen in on a discussion among principal supervisors navigating equity, leadership, and logistics during the…Watch videoArrow Right Icon A Transformational Tale: Waukegan Public Schools While so much has changed over the past few months, one steady thread for districts…Read moreArrow Right IconTag IconEquityVideo Icon Leading for Equity Webinar In this November 2019 webinar, Dr. Tiffany Anderson, superintendent of Topeka (KS) Public Schools and…Watch videoArrow Right IconTag IconLeadership Development Leaders Leading Leaders: Take a self-assessment on the role of principal supervisors in your district How does your school district use the principal supervisor role to develop instructional leaders and improve…Read moreArrow Right IconTag IconDistrict and State System Improvement Sharpening the Tools of Improvement We’ve watched enough Grey’s Anatomy and Chicago Hope to know what happens when a patient arrives…Read moreArrow Right IconTag IconChange Management, Education Reform Redesigning Schools For a Changing Future: A New Resource Each day brings new stories of a changing economy that has left workers behind. Today’s graduates…Read moreArrow Right Icon The Second Lever of Success for Superintendents Scott Joftus returns to SEEN Magazine with a new article about The Second Lever of Success…Read more at Seen MagazineExternal Link IconTag IconDistrict and State System Improvement, Instructional Leadership Thank You, Superintendent Evans A big congratulations and thank you to Omaha superintendent and Cross & Joftus client Mark Evans,…Read moreArrow Right Icon
OST Programming in Queen Anne’s County Public Schools: An Innovative Model for Sustainability Queen Anne’s County Public Schools (QACPS) is a mid-sized rural district on the eastern…Read moreArrow Right Icon
Rethinking School During Challenging Times: A Reflection on Lessons Learned Supporting high-quality Expanded Learning Time (ELT) has been a key priority of FourPoint Education Partners (FourPoint) from our inception. Over the past two years, FourPoint has partnered with the Texas Education Agency (TEA), the Texas Impact Network (TIN), Education Resource Strategies (ERS), The Learning Agenda (TLA) and several Design and Implementation (DI) Partners, to help districts plan strategically to redesign for an ‘Additional Days School Year’ (ADSY) through summer learning as well as full-year redesign models. The support we have provided gives us a unique perspective and experience to support additional communities, in Texas and around the country, as education leaders identify, plan, and implement approaches to incorporating ELT into their work to close the persistent equity gaps that have been widened by the pandemic. Read moreArrow Right Icon
Video Icon Equity-Driven Principal Supervision: Taking Stock of Re-Entry and Planning for Recovery – A 3L Virtual Meeting Listen in on a discussion among principal supervisors navigating equity, leadership, and logistics during the…Watch videoArrow Right Icon
A Transformational Tale: Waukegan Public Schools While so much has changed over the past few months, one steady thread for districts…Read moreArrow Right Icon
Tag IconEquityVideo Icon Leading for Equity Webinar In this November 2019 webinar, Dr. Tiffany Anderson, superintendent of Topeka (KS) Public Schools and…Watch videoArrow Right Icon
Tag IconLeadership Development Leaders Leading Leaders: Take a self-assessment on the role of principal supervisors in your district How does your school district use the principal supervisor role to develop instructional leaders and improve…Read moreArrow Right Icon
Tag IconDistrict and State System Improvement Sharpening the Tools of Improvement We’ve watched enough Grey’s Anatomy and Chicago Hope to know what happens when a patient arrives…Read moreArrow Right Icon
Tag IconChange Management, Education Reform Redesigning Schools For a Changing Future: A New Resource Each day brings new stories of a changing economy that has left workers behind. Today’s graduates…Read moreArrow Right Icon
The Second Lever of Success for Superintendents Scott Joftus returns to SEEN Magazine with a new article about The Second Lever of Success…Read more at Seen MagazineExternal Link Icon
Tag IconDistrict and State System Improvement, Instructional Leadership Thank You, Superintendent Evans A big congratulations and thank you to Omaha superintendent and Cross & Joftus client Mark Evans,…Read moreArrow Right Icon
