Our Approach
“We aim to create joyful, purposeful places of learning”
Welcome to Si Se Puede Schools: Where Learning Flourishes with Joy and Purpose
At Si Se Puede Schools, our dedication lies in crafting vibrant centers of learning that inspire joy, purpose, and success. Our commitment starts by cultivating exceptional educators to create remarkable neighborhood schools. With cutting-edge teacher and leadership development, research-based curricula, a proven instructional framework, and meticulous school administration, we build exuberant schools that equip every student for higher education and triumphant graduation.
Teaching with Research-Based Curricula
Sí Se Puede Schools implements research-based curricula in all subjects and thoroughly trains and supports our teachers in the teaching of that curricula. Teachers get three weeks of summer professional development time, where they learn the ins and outs of the curricula and get multiple days of practice delivering it. Sí Se Puede School teachers also receive 3 hours of professional development time each week to internalize upcoming lessons, analyze data, and prepare.
Using Data to Get Results
We collect important student achievement and progress data regularly from our students—student work products, literacy and math benchmark assessments, exit tickets—and we use it to personalize instruction every day in each classroom. Teachers use this data to meet their students where they are academically and push them to new heights.
Developing and Supporting Teachers
We know that our teachers are key to our students’ success. That’s why we support them with regular classroom observations and feedback meetings. Everyone in our schools is constantly asking, “What can I do to better serve my students?” We are all focused on doing anything necessary to support our students on their paths to college and beyond.
Growing Strong Leaders
Strong teachers begins with developing strong school leaders. That’s why our principals and aspiring instructional leaders are enrolled in Relay’s National Principals Academy program, and are provided with best-in-class professional development and support. School leaders meet with their coaches and managers weekly, and Sí Se Puede Schools conduct regular walk-throughs of schools to help calibrate each leader’s ability to coach and develop teachers.
Sí Se Puede Schools is a non-profit, 501c3 organization whose mission is to partner with urban public school districts to create and manage neighborhood schools that prepare all students to enter, succeed in, and graduate from college.