DDS – Die Deutsche Schule: Issue School Improvement Consulting within the Framework of the “Talent Schools” Model Project

This paper focuses on a special approach to school improvement consulting which is part of a federal state-wide model project to support schools serving disadvantaged communities. In the following report, we fi rst outline the goals and structure of the model project “Talent Schools” in North Rhine-Westphalia before addressing the design of school improvement consulting within the model project. We then examine the cooperation with the school improvement consultants as perceived by the school leaders of the model schools as well as the school improvement consultants’ own understanding of their profession at the beginning of the project. Finally, we discuss the extent to which the consultants’ approach described here is compatible with the overarching goal of promoting educational equity in schools serving disadvantaged communities.

Keywords
school improvement consulting, model project, schools serving disadvantaged communities, profession, educational equity