Over these last two days, a group of North Haven administration and staff members kicked-off a two-year collaboration with the BARR Center. According to their website:
Great teaching begins with understanding each and every student as a learner – and as a person. The BARR Model allows staff to better understand and build on students’ strengths, proactively address the non-academic reasons why a student may be falling behind in school, and identify what resources they need and steps they can take to thrive.
BARR, or Building Assets and Reducing Risks, includes eight interlocking strategies to improve both academic and non-academic outcomes for students.
This collaboration will include weekly coaching calls and a variety of additional in-person and virtual support. Over the course of the next two years, we will work to perfect this model for implementation across the entire K-12 spectrum.
North Haven Community School was offered this partnership free of charge after a competitive application process, which would normally cost districts over $100K. We are very excited and grateful to begin this work.