The Citi Schools That Work Institute is designed to develop strategies to improve learning and increase student achievement. In partnership with Citi Foundation, MSDE's Division of Career Technology and Adult Learning is helping Maryland educators improve teaching and learning by engaging schools in strategizing and implementing school reform efforts. The Institute consists of workshops conducted by successful practitioners and includes team action planning, which is followed by onsite, school coaching. Eighteen school systems and seventy-seven high schools and middle schools have participated in the Institute and have received guidance on how to implement full-scale reform efforts that require changes in school policies, programs and procedures as well as changes in beliefs, assumptions, expectations and habits that constitute the norm. The Institute focuses on four components that serve as the basis in a school's reform efforts: Career Technology Education Pathway Program Development, Data-based Decision Making, Career Counseling and Advisement System Implementation, and Shared or Distributive Leadership through Professional Learning Communities. Ultimately, students receive the support they need to prepare for success in school and as they move forward into postsecondary education and careers.