The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. School has a wonderfully international and diverse community. One of the most interesting things about the school is that many of our teachers have been here since the school opened more than 30 years ago. It is really special that many of these master teachers have become the driving force behind the ELT initiative.
Promising Partners
This section features a community partner who is participating in the Expanded Learning Time Initiative.
The YMCA of Central Massachusetts and Worcester ELT Schools
With three schools currently implementing ELT and three others hoping of moving forward with ELT in Fall 2008, Worcester is among the trail-blazing communities leading the Expanded Learning Time Initiative in Massachusetts. The Worcester ELT schools all consider community partnerships to be an integral part of their redesign plans and are collaborating with other organizations to provide programming that was not possible with the shorter day. Currently, the Worcester Art Museum, the Massachusetts Audubon Society, Clark University and the YMCA are collaborating with the schools to enhance teaching and learning throughout the school day and year.
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Union Matters
This section highlights the work that Massachusetts 2020 is doing to engage union leaders in all communities across the state to participate in the ELT planning process.
Collaboration Vital for ELT: Teachers Unions, Superintendents, Teachers, and Principals
The successful collaboration demonstrated through the Massachusetts ELT Initiative has created an important new model of forward-thinking, problem-solving teachers unions partnering with district management to improve schools. There are 15 local teachers unions that have negotiated successful ELT agreements with their school districts and, by embracing expanded time, these unions are on the forefront of transforming schools.
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