Richard Jones & Lin Kuzmich
Senior Consultants International Center

March 2011

Duration: 5:50

Are your colleagues prepared for the transition from your existing state standards and the new standards aligned to the Common Core State Standards? Do you have a plan for supporting your teachers so they are prepared for the new standards and next generation assessments?

Ray McNulty, Executive Director

September 2006

Duration 4:33

Presented by Tim Ott, President, Successful Practices Network

Please use the link below to access the recording of the webinar and accompanying documents.

Mimi Dyer, Director , Academy of Math, Science, and Technology
Kennesaw Mountain High School
Kennesaw, Georgia

September 2008

Duration 12:02

In June 2010, members of the Instructional Leadership Team of Francis Tuttle Technology Center (Oklahoma City, OK) attended the International Center for Leadership in Education’s Model Schools (ICLE) Conference and learned about many valuable tools provided by ICLE and the Successful Practices Network (SNP). As a result and to further the goals of their Pathway to Excellence vision, the Instructional Leadership Team (ILT) made a decision to begin implementing the Rigor and Relevance Framew...Read more

Folder: Student Engagement

These surveys measure perception data about leadership, relationships, rigorous instruction, and relevant learning. Schools across the country are using this data as part of their efforts to move beyond just using state tests scores to drive their school improvement.

We Lead:32,916
We Teach:19,362
We Learn: 201,063
We Support (New December 2009) 1320

Lin Kuzmich
Senior Consultant
International Center for Leadership in Education

July 2010

Duration 5:07

Susie Peterson, Principal
Tina Wahlert, School Improvement Consultant, Green Hills AEA, Avoca, IA

January 2011

Duration: 12:42

Folder: White Papers

Studies have shown that students understand and retain knowledge best when they have applied it
in a practical, relevant setting. A teacher who relies on lecturing does not provide students with optimal
learning opportunities. Instead, students go to school to watch the teacher work. The International
Center’s Rigor/Relevance Framework is a powerful tool that has captured the imagination of teachers to
aspire to teach students to high rigor and high relevance.

All educators can use t...Read more