San Carlos Park Elementary Achieves Level 1 Certification in Marzano High Reliability Schools™

The School District of Lee County is pleased to announce San Carlos Park Elementary School has achieved Level 1 certification in Marzano High Reliability Schools™. Level 1 certification means San Carlos Park Elementary School has created a “Safe, Supportive, and Collaborative Culture,” which is the foundation for every level that follows. Without such a culture, student achievement will be compromised. Day-to-day school operations are addressed and evaluated in Level 1.

“High Reliability Schools are similar to the concept of High Reliability Organizations,” said San Carlos Park Elementary Principal Kristy Kutz. “We strive to be an organization that takes proactive steps to ensure success. Level one certification focuses on the essential and optimal day to day operations of the school. We are currently working on level two certification for high quality instruction in every classroom.”

The high reliability school (HRS) program was created by Marzano Resources to help transform schools into organizations that take proactive steps to ensure student success. Using a research-based five-level hierarchy, along with leading and lagging indicators, educators learn to assess, monitor, and confirm the effectiveness of their schools.

This framework, based on 50 years of educational research, defines five progressive levels of performance that a school must master to become an HRS—where all students learn the content and skills they need for success in college, careers, and beyond.

“As you move through the levels, it represents a complete transformation in how schools are run,” says CEO Robert J. Marzano.

Schools must collect data and validate their performance to climb each level of the hierarchy. Certification is determined by Marzano Resources analysts in cooperation with school data teams.

Using the HRS framework and indicators, schools can drive sustained, positive, and significant impacts on student achievement by synthesizing multiple complex initiatives into one harmonious system.