SRI Education surveyed school or program leaders at six Cohort 1 schools and two Cohort 2 schools (excluding University), and design leads at four Cohort 3 schools in spring 2020 to learn more about their experiences with the technical assistance provided by Springpoint. All of them responded to the survey, for a response rate of 100%. Most schools had only one design lead/program leader, but two Cohort 1 schools (Map Academy and Chelsea Opportunity Academy) had two co-leaders, so the results below include a total of eight Cohort 1 respondents, two Cohort 2 respondents, and four Cohort 3 respondents.

The means for Cohort 1 respondents are represented by the red bars, the means for Cohort 2 respondents are represented by the blue bars, and the means for Cohort 3 respondents are represented by the green bars. When items were asked of both Cohort 1 and Cohort 2 design leads/program leaders, those means are represented by the purple bars. The black lines indicate the minimum and maximum responses for each item with more than three respondents. Some items were asked only of Cohort 1, Cohort 2, or Cohort 3 design leads/program leaders based on changes in the focus of Springpoint’s TA and different priorities during the design and implementation years.

Design process

Stakeholder engagement

Student-centered school design

Value of design artifacts

Design leads ranked how valuable each of the following design artifacts were to the design of their new school. Larger numbers indicate that an artifact was more valuable and smaller numbers indicate that an artifact was less valuable.

Items asked of Cohort 2 only.

Items asked of Cohort 3 only.

Leadership development

Rigorous and relevant instruction

Structure of Springpoint supports

Transformative Learning Experiences

The following items refer to Springpoint’s Transformative Learning Experience (TLE) unit(s) that were taught in 2019/20. These items were asked of teachers who taught either a portion of or a full TLE unit in 2019/20, unless noted otherwise.

School/program lead experience

Items asked of school/program leads only.

Staff readiness

Staff collaboration

Student engagement

Academic rigor

Relevance

Culminating student work

Items asked of all teachers who taught at least one full TLE unit this year.