Folder: Adult Education

This REL Northwest study, Student-Reported Overt and Relational Aggression and Victimization in Grades 3–8, examined aggression, victimization, and approval of aggression among elementary and middle grades students in two Oregon counties. Data for the study were collected in 2005 through surveys; participation was voluntary. Students reported on beliefs about aggression, how frequently they were the victims or the perpetrators of either overt aggression (verbal and physically aggressive beh...Read more

Over the past five years, La Serna High School (La Serna) has developed and implemented a series of systematic intervention and prevention programs. The student mentor programs have demonstrated measurable gains in several targeted areas, including increases in graduation rates, California Standards Test (CST) achievement and school connection and involvement. There have also been gains in a-g eligibility, a requirement that ensures that students can participate fully in the first-year progr...Read more

Lin Kuzmich, Senior Consultant
Successful Practices Network and ICLE

May 2012

Duration: 5:11 Minutes

Folder: Adult Education

This Policy Brief focuses on the nature and effectiveness of these plans. The authors first provide generic descriptions of three types of plans, followed by a synthesis of research results on their effectiveness. A set of guidelines for effective practice is then provided to help states and districts embarking on these forms of performance pay. The authors conclude with a look ahead at recent developments in performance pay plans and other deviations from the traditional teacher salary sche...Read more

Presented By: Sherry St. Clair
Successful Practices Network Coach
International Center for Leadership in Education Senior Consultant

Folder: Leadership

"The School Principal as Leader: Guiding Schools to Better Teaching and Learning," is the latest installment in the foundation's Perspectives series. This report distills lessons from school leadership projects and research in twenty-four states and many districts. According to the report, the key practices in effective school leadership are shaping a vision of academic success for all students; creating a climate hospitable to education; cultivating leadership in others; improving instructio...Read more

Year: 2011

Union High School (Union) is a comprehensive grade 9-12 school located in a rural area approximately 10 miles south of Waterloo, Iowa. The school’s approximately 400 students range in socioeconomic levels and come from a predominately agricultural community. The education program follows a trimester, six-period schedule that offers core and elective courses in academic, vocational, fine arts, and performing arts programs. High expectations and high standards help motivate students by aggres...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

November 2010

Duration 2:14

Year: 2011

Woodside High School (Woodside), home of the Wildcats, has been serving the communities of the San Francisco mid-peninsula since its opening in 1958. The 34-acre campus lies just east of the Santa Cruz Mountains and is one of five campuses in the Sequoia Union High School District (SUHSD).

Woodside has approximately 1,800 students who come from the surrounding communities of Redwood City, Woodside, Portola Valley, Menlo Park, San Carlos, and East Palo Alto. The school community reflects th...Read more