Building Implementation Guides

Download grade-band implementation guides by domain.

Each guide helps building teams translate the framework into practical grade-band action. The guides identify what students should experience, what adults should do, what the building should implement, what evidence should be reviewed, and what the team should produce.

Choose the domain and grade bands that match the building's starting point.

Buildings do not need to complete every guide at once. Start with the domain connected to the district launch focus or the building's most important student preparation need, then use the relevant grade-band sections to plan practical implementation.

Building role: adapt the framework into daily student experience, consistent adult practice, local evidence review, and clear support requests when district conditions are needed.

1
Life Beyond High School Vision and Student Success
Making the vision visible in one school

Helps the school translate the life beyond high school vision into grade-band experiences, adult practices, evidence routines, and planning responses.

2
Student Pathways and Future Direction
Strengthening student direction and advising routines

Guides the school in strengthening future direction, advising, pathway exploration, planning routines, and grade-band student experiences.

3
Authentic and Applied Learning
Improving the relevance and transfer of student work

Helps school teams strengthen meaningful tasks, projects, student ownership, applied learning, and review of authentic learning evidence.

4
Student Belonging and Support for Success
Improving connection, support, and persistence

Supports building implementation of belonging, adult connection, proactive support, family communication, and evidence review routines.

5
Access, Opportunity, and Equity
Checking who is receiving important experiences

Helps the school identify and improve access to important experiences, supports, pathways, and opportunities across student groups.

6
Adult Capacity and Consistent Practice
Building shared routines across staff and teams

Guides the school in building adult capacity, shared understanding, consistent routines, professional learning, and implementation evidence.

7
Leadership, Evidence, and Continuous Improvement
Creating a short follow-through cycle

Helps building leaders assign ownership, review evidence, use improvement routines, and protect implementation from fading over time.