New Leaders for New Schools (NLNS) is an organization that attracts, prepares, and supports outstanding leaders for public schools in several major U.S. cities.  RBT consults on overall program design, instructs New Leaders Fellows on observation and supervision of teachers, and supports the Fellows with on-site feedback and coaching.

Current NLNS leaders work in 330+ schools in Chicago, New York City, Washington DC, and other major U.S. cities, impacting 165,000 students daily.  Their performance reflects the research-based practices of RBT.    Full story.....

Systematic Change and Higher Student Achievement

“Systematic Change Leading to Higher Student Achievement”
RBT joined with Montgomery County, Maryland, to develop and implement a professional growth system to train and support the administrators and teachers in the research-based components of successful teaching.  RBT designed the process, initiated the training, and eventually trained internal staff development specialists to train everyone in the 192 schools. Today, RBT continues to supervise and support the internal trainers.
A 2004 program evaluation included the following gains in student achievement:

• Grade 2 students went from the 68th  percentile in mathematics computation in 2001 to the 83rd percentile in 2003.
• Grade 3 students at one elementary school scored 13% proficiency in reading and 5% in mathematics on the Maryland Assessment exam in 2000.  In 2004 the scores reached 75% in reading and 67% in mathematics.     Full story.....
  

After the Jeremiah E. Burke High School in Dorchester, Massachusetts, lost its accreditation in 1995, four RBT consultants worked with its new leadership team for six years to help them regain and sustain it. RBT trained the administrators in “Observing and Analyzing Teaching” and the teachers in “Studying Skillful Teaching.” RBT also worked with students, parents, teachers, and administrators to build an open and supportive school environment that continually strived to meet the needs of the students.

New accreditation was granted in 1998 and by 2001 100% of the graduating seniors were accepted to a two or four year college..    Full Story .....

RBT implemented a systematic staff development program for the Department of Defense Dependent Schools, which served 76,000 students in 13 countries. The program provided ongoing professional development for teachers and training for administrators as knowledgeable classroom observers.  It also included components to strengthen collegiality among school staff. RBT trained, certified, and supervised a cadre of 35 Skillful Teacher in-house trainers and maintained the currency and preparation of replacement trainers for the next four years. 

During the 1990’s the DoDDS schools had the smallest achievement gap for children of color of any large school district in the U.S.       Full story.....

RBT developed a teacher evaluation system focused on a common core of knowledge about successful teaching for the Fairfax County Public Schools, a district with 120,000 students.  RBT trained all the administrators in how to observe and analyze teaching, document teacher performance, implement the new system, and establish reliability with one another. Then RBT certified and supervised a cadre of 10 FCPS in-house trainers to carry on the work and maintained the currency and preparation of replacement trainers for the next decade.

In the first year of implementation, 162 teachers were dismissed or resigned compared to single digits the previous year.