TURN: Teacher Union Reform Network

Introducing On the Same Page 2.0

June 2, 2015

Since 2011, 7 national organizations (AASA, AFT, CCSSO, CGCS, FMCS, NEA, NSBA) along with the U.S. Department of Education have been working together to support labor-management collaboration in states and school districts throughout the country to advance student learning. Based on the belief that supporting good governance of public education in our nation’s school districts is a mutual responsibility, these organizations have jointly planned several conferences, and collaborated on creation of a document titled “On the Same Page.”

The first On the Same Page document was intended to serve as a tool to support state level agencies and district organizations in collaboratively developing a plan that sets direction and determines support for implementation of college-and-career-ready standards. Since the writing of the original document, college-and-career ready standards have been developed in a variety of content areas. The importance of working collaboratively for the good of our students and our country is of paramount importance as new standards continually emerge.

Our theory of action at the start of the collaborative partnership, as well as today as our country continues moving forward, is to continue listening to the field and responding to needs by jointly developing tools and resources in support of the work. Towards that end, a second edition of the original On the Same Page document has been collaboratively designed to support district, school, and classroom educators deeply understand and implement the intent of college-and-career ready standards.

This document, On the Same Page 2.0, is provided as a guide for educational stakeholders to work at a district, school, and/or classroom level to deeply implement higher, more rigorous standards systematically and systemically. The ideas, suggestions, and actions provided in this document are not meant to be all-inclusive. This document is provided as a guide to trigger thought, research, and conversation around effective collaborative practice for design of a teaching and learning system capable of delivering on the promise made to the children of our country.

Pilot Request

The Labor-Management Collaboration is seeking to pilot the use of this field guide at various state, district, and school levels. Identification of 5-10 sites around the nation representing diverse student and location characteristics are desired for this pilot.

Responsibilities of the pilot sites will include, but are not limited to: use of the field guide for working with and implementing standards, feedback on guide contents, sharing of processes and documents created, and willingness to share learning gained from the experience.

In return for sites participating in the pilot, the site will receive support from representatives from one or more of the labor-management collaboration organizations.

If your state, district, or school is interested in this opportunity, please review the documents below for more information:

On the Same Page 2.0 2.8.2015 Stages

Request for Pilot Sites