An organizational structure and process ensuring
    continuous involvement by school administrators
    and teachers in planning strategies to achieve the
    key practices.

A school principal with strong, effective leadership
    who supports, encourages, and actively
    participates with the faculty in implementing the
    key practices.

A system superintendent and school board
    members who support administrators and teachers
    in carrying out the key practices.  This commitment
    includes financial support for instructional
    materials, time for teachers to meet and plan
    together, and six to eight days per year of staff
    development on using the key practices to improve
    student learning.

Leadership from the superintendent and school
    board to involve employers and postsecondary
    institutions in the design and implementation of a
    school-based and work-based program to prepare
    students for employment and postsecondary
    education.

A commitment from the school board to support
    the school in replacing the general track with a
    more demanding academic core and either an
    academic or career/technical concentration.