Seven Strategies for District Transformation

Education Resource Strategies, September 2010

This Getting Started guide is part of a series of publications designed to support your efforts to improve resource use in your district. Use this overview for a quick introduction to seven resource misalignments in school systems—and seven strategies to transform your system.

Download Seven Strategies for District Transformation (PDF)

Moving beyond this guide, you can also:

• Use Resource Check–an online self-assessment–to determine whether your district’s current core reform strategies are transformational and to pinpoint areas where reallocating resources can have the biggest impact. You’ll answer questions about your district’s resource policies and practices and use the answers to evaluate and strengthen performance.
• Learn much more about the most pressing resource allocation strategies in these four guides:
  o School Funding Systems: Equity, Transparency, Flexibility
  o Turnaround Schools: District Strategies for Success and Sustainability
  o School Design: Leveraging Talent, Time, and Money
  o The Teaching Job: Structuring for Quality