Solutions for School Districts

The best school districts develop and retain quality teachers. This has a positive impact not only on student success but also school culture. To achieve this, districts must first establish a culture of continuous of growth and a clear vision for teaching and learning. RISE solutions makes district success possible by incorporating practical, research-based methods to create sustainable success that permeates throughout the school district.

Overcoming Present and Past Concerns

Teacher Shortage

Teacher shortage has become a widespread concern and is particularly prevalent in math, science, and special education. Despite the increased visibility, teacher shortage is not a new concern for education. Alternative pathways provide a limited solution while increasing the variance in teacher quality.

Student Achievement

U.S school are facing serious performance challenges. More recently, the educational climate has gotten even darker with the emergence of the coronavirus in 2020. The impact of the coronavirus has push academic achievement even further out of reach for many students.

Ineffective Teacher Development

Although teacher shortage and student achievement take the forefront, the BIGGEST concern facing the U.S. education system is our inability to develop effect teachers. Ineffective teacher development is a chronic problem in our education system; one that continually impacts teacher growth and subsequently student success as well. Given the correlation between teacher quality and student achievement, it is critical that professional learning improves every teacher’s effectiveness in a manner that supports learning for all students regardless of their backgrounds or socioeconomic status.

The “WHAT” and “HOW” of Teacher Development

To transform professional development, it is critical to the understand the root cause of ineffective professional learning. Although the struggle to improve teacher practice can be attributed to many factors, a significant reason professional development has failed to impact classroom practice is the lack of attention to both, the process and content of professional development. What teacher focus on, and how they learn impact teacher quality and the success of professional development.

RISE focuses on what matters most, and how teachers learn best.

The Content

The Process

Cross-Cutting Concepts

School reform does not occur overnight and will not be solved by a “silver-bullet” solution, but rather a collection of research-based methods. RISE incorporates research several methods to optimize intervention and professional learning.