Central Office Transformation Overview
What do central offices do when they support equitable teaching and learning?
At DL2, we have studied and partnered with school district leaders who have made that question their central focus. Their experience shows that it takes nothing short of transformation—fundamental shifts in the premises that drive how central offices work to center, elevate, and value the knowledge, cultures, and success of historically marginalized students.
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Central office transformation is…. “not a policy or a program. It’s about rooting out racism and laying down new roots.”
Urban district superintendent
What is Central Office Transformation?
Central office transformation involves the fundamental redesign of all central office practices and systems to ensure they work together in support of excellent, equitable teaching and learning.
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