Resources to Improve Student

Performance

Jim MilesSenior AssociateInternational Center for Leadership in EducationJim@LeaderEd.com

THINK of a number from 1 to 10

MULTIPLY that number by 9

If the number is a 2-digit number, ADD the digits together

Now SUBTRACT 5

DETERMINE which letter in the alphabet corresponds to the number you ended up with

(example: 1=a, 2=b, 3=c,etc.)

THINK of a country that starts with that letter

REMEMBER the last letter of the name of that country

THINK of the name of an animal that starts with that letter

REMEMBER the last letter in the name of that animal

THINK of the name of a fruit that starts with that letter

Are you thinking of a Kangaroo in Denmark

eating an Orange?

Successful Curriculum Reform

Why

Do we need

to change

schools?

What

Needs to

be done?

How

Do we improve student performance?

Creating a Culture to Support Improvement

Creating Model Schools Videos

Successful Practices Network Symposium November 3-5, 2007

Atlanta, GA Consultant Services – Awareness

Programs - Study Tours

Begin with the End in Mind

Learning Criteria Core Stretch Student Engagement Personal Skill Development

Begin with the End in Mind Student Engagement: Creating

a Culture of Student Achievement Personal Skill Development

in Grades 6-12 Consultant Services

Needs Assessment Strategic Planning

Symposium - San Diego, CA February 7-10, 2008

Use Data to Set Priorities

NESS Curriculum Matrix Lexile Quantile

Use Data to Set Priorities Achieving AYP Using State-specific

Curriculum Matrix Data Improving Performance for Special

Education Students Academic Excellence Through Career -

Technical Education Consultant Services – Customized Research for States and School Districts International Center White Papers

Use Data to Set Priorities

Consultant Services Customized

Individualized Research forStatesSchool Districts

International Center White Papers

Organizational Issues

Transition Years Small Learning Communities Scheduling Options

Organizational Issues

Creating Small Learning Communities

Reinventing 9th Grade — Academics Through Personalization

Consultant Services Technical AssistanceCoachingSupport

Instruction / Curriculum

Rigor/Relevance/Relationships Struggling Learners Technology

Instruction / Curriculum Leadership for Rigor/Relevance/

Relationships

Using the Rigor/Relevance Framework for Planning and Instruction

Instructional Strategies: How to Teach for Rigor and Relevance

Consultant ServicesTraining Professional Development

Instruction / Curriculum Using Gold Seal Lessons to Improve

Instruction Strategies for Students with

Disabilities in General Education Curriculum

Extraordinary Teachers — Differences that Make a Difference

Algebra Mastery Through Relevant Applications in Grades 6-10

Literacy Strategic Reading in the Content Areas –

Boosting Achievement Grades 7-12 Reading Strategies for Career Academies

and Career-Technical Education Strategies for Document, Technological

and Quantitative Literacy Strategic Writing Across the Curriculum -

Grades 7-12

Professional Development

Successful Practices Network Symposium

November 3-5, 2007 – Atlanta, GA Symposium

February 7-10, 2008 – San Diego, CA Consultant Services

Training Professional Development