San Francisco Coalition of Essential Small Schools

The Mission of SF-CESS is to interrupt and transform current and systemic educational inequities to ensure all students have access to personalized, equitable and high performing schools that believe and demonstrate each student can, should and will succeed. We achieve our mission by providing coaching, technical assistance and professional development to a network of school communities that share core values in high-leverage areas of: Powerful and Effective Teaching and Learning Explicit, Shared and Leveraged Instructional Leadership Thoughtful School Design and Professional Development Caring Community Connections for additional Student Support It is our Vision that schools will function as sustainable learning communities in which every child is known well and whose practices, based in inquiry, are explicitly focused on equity and achievement. more… SF-CESS will share best practices for creating the conditions necessary for schools to be equitable and high performing. SF-CESS intends to make a significant contribution to achievement and the lives of children in the San Francisco-Bay Area, as well as throughout the nation.