This Playbook is designed primarily for secondary schools and their community organizations, higher education peers, and workforce partners. Our hope is that the Playbook serves as a practical and applicable resource for most types of school settings, including those that serve students from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds.

The Playbook is the result of engaging students and educators in the process of design thinking while aiming for greater equity through co-creation. The Playbook seeks to honor and value the voices of the students, families, community members, and school-based educators who collaborated with us in implementing elements of the OTCS with their communities.

The Playbook reflects collaborations with stakeholders across languages (English and Spanish), ethnic and racial identities, gender identity, age, and educational backgrounds (i.e., college- and non-college-educated caregivers). Furthermore, the Playbook highlights how students were able to articulate their perspectives and co-direct collective activities in co-designing the unique pathways for their school’s new learning environments.

The Playbook can be used as a guide for customized support and coaching of the OTCS Framework while adjusting for the realities of each landscape. You can co-design the paths that work best for your community as the Playbook offers tools and resources that help build the skills and capacities of students, educators, parents, and partners to enact the OTCS Framework.

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