In 2012, Scott Frauenheim was named Director of , and he enthusiastically led the school聽through The Fund鈥檚 in 2013.
His聽team used the SDP to rethink professional development within the school to include virtual instruction and collaboration for teachers. The professional development addressed teachers鈥 ability to use technology聽to more effectively differentiate instruction for students. It started as a small program, but soon produced much more.
鈥淭he SDP has had a major impact on me and the entire CICS West Belden community,鈥 Scott said. 鈥淢y team has adopted the design-thinking model and we put it into action for every idea we have in our building. Our first question for everything we do is this: Why are we doing this, is there a problem, and how will聽it affect students, teachers and families?鈥
Scott leveraged his experience with the SDP to propose the adoption of a whole-school blended model at CICS West Belden, and聽his team submitted a winning application聽to .
Thanks to the SDP, Scott is confident as he undertakes this work. 鈥淚 personally learned so much about transformational leadership and how to implement a school-wide initiative with a full-team approach,鈥 he said. 鈥淚 learned how to think through the design process, which has helped me focus my leadership on our school needs for overall success.鈥
Note from The Fund team: We’ll be launching applications for SDP 2016 later this month. Stay tuned for details and more success stories!聽