LSI empowers schools and districts to transform core instruction and leadership practices, resulting in rapid gains in student learning.
HOW DOES SCHOOLS FOR RIGOR WORK?
LSI’s Schools for Rigor focuses on developing effective teachers and leaders with aligned support across all levels. Steps include:
LSI facilitates an on-site planning day to explore desired outcomes and set criteria for successful student performance. Together, we discover how to build a culture of continuous improvement that enhances student achievement.
At this critical stage, LSI performs a diagnostic walkthrough and analysis called RigorWalk. We’ll facilitate interviews and surveys with your leadership team and debrief our findings.
We’re passionate about coaching because it works. Leaders at every level—from district to school to classroom—learn how to drive implementation into practice, and help teachers master the most powerful teaching strategies and skills.
No more waiting until the end of the year to gauge improved student learning. LSI uses data cycles throughout the school year to measure progress from the original baseline measures, including four instances of the RigorWalk and 30-day evidences.
In the final step to success, rest easy knowing that you have access to the complete set of LSI’s expert consultants, resources, and technology tools, all designed to increase rigor to meet the standards, strengthen leadership practices, and provide you with robust data.
This includes experts from all walks of the K—12 spectrum, including district leaders, area superintendents, principals, and teachers, and it means quick and easy access to LSI-published books, presentations, and other assorted materials, as well as the ability to integrate and utilize web-based platforms designed to make implementation easier and monitoring a breeze.
Take a (virtual) stroll through our hall of fame. We’ve worked with districts of all shapes, sizes, and demographics. We can design a comprehensive plan or target focused needs over a shorter period–whatever you need.
- An “A” School in Danger Takes Action (Loxahatchee, FL)
- From Great to Exemplary (Boca Raton, FL)
- How Two Michigan Administrators Closed the Achievement Gap (Kingsley, MI)
- Princeton: Coaching in Action (Princeton, MN)
- Tremendous Results in a Single Year (Pahokee, FL)
- “On Our Way to An A!” (St. Petersburg, FL)
- “I'm a Better Instructional Leader Now.” (Muscogee County School District, GA)
Schools for Rigor Success Stories
The best way to understand the significant impacts and gains that LSI’s Schools for Rigor initiative provides is to listen to and observe the students, teachers, and school leaders who have lived it. These firsthand accounts from across the nation reveal what’s possible when everyone works together to seek meaningful change.
PINELLAS COUNTY, FL
PALM BEACH, FL
COLUMBUS, GA
EVANSVILLE, IN
DES MOINES, IA
LSI’s Schools for Rigor has helped us to implement attainable learning goals, scale our efforts, and better engage our students. It’s truly been a difference maker.
-Michael Aronson,
Principal, Pahokee Middle Senior High School, The School District of Palm Beach County, Florida
BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS
FASTER, BETTER EVAL
The 2017 update of Dr. Robert Marzano’s teacher evaluation model zeroes in on just 23 critical elements.
The Marzano approach to specific feedback grows professional skills and impacts student learning.
PRAISE FOR LEARNING SCIENCES
The LSI initiative was yielding evidence that could be seen immediately in the classrooms. Teachers were excited about it—there was a collective pride and synergy because they knew they were part of something very special.
– Dr. Matthew Shoemaker, Area Superintendent, The School District of Palm Beach County, Florida
We are making progress this year that I have never seen in my whole career. I’ve been in many districts and seen many programs, but I cannot believe what I’ve seen this year with this instructional model.
– Dr. Julia Espe, Superintendent, Princeton MN Area Schools
