St. Clare Initiative for Leading and Learning  |  Instruction for All Learners Cohort
Comprehensive Professional Development Program to Produce and Maintain
 An Inclusive Instructional Community that Actively Meets the Needs of Diverse Learners in Catholic School Communities 


Executive Summary: The Instruction for All Learners Cohort is designed to promote masterful instructional strategies in differentiation to ensure a robust education for all students attending Catholic schools In the San Francisco Archdiocese. The Instruction for All Learners program innovates the approach to the daily schedule and core instruction in order to respond to the heightened need for individualized, responsive classroom instruction at the elementary and middle school levels. All teachers and administrators working in an Instruction for All Learners Cohort school must fully participate in all professional development and training.
 
Requirements for Instructional Staff and Administration: In order to 
Participate as a member of the Instruction for All Learners Cohort, schools
must first apply and be accepted into the three-year program. Once accepted, 
the school leadership signs a Memorandum of Understanding that 
underscores the important philosophical and instructional shifts that
are integrated into the program, and all instructional employee agreements
are adjusted to reflect the specific requirements of the Instruction for All
Learners Cohort. The Instruction for All Learners Cohort is an intensive,
 3-year professional learning program. At the completion of the program,
schools will earn the Green Badge. Specific action items with associated
timelines and progress indicators can be found on our website, 
schools.sfarchdiocese.org/stclare-leadlearn.
 
Expected Outcomes: Annual growth and performance goals will be set for 
each participating school. Goals will respond to the current landscape with the expressed purpose of driving significant student progress on an aggressive timeline. Ultimately, it is the expectation of the St. Clare Initiative for Leading and Learning that all schools in this cohort will exceed the 65^th percentile nationally in reading and math, with less than 10% of the total student population achieving in the bottom tertile, by the end of the 3-year cohort progression.