International Center for Leadership in Education

Gold Seal Lessons Series

NEW ! - Gold Seal Lessons for the Arts K-12

The arts provide an opportunity for students who learn best by doing to apply what they are learning in other subjects. This compilation of 126 lessons integrates the arts with knowledge and skills in English language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies. The lessons, written by teachers, are group by grade spans (K-5, 6-8, 9-12) and cover visual arts, music, theatre, and dance. All of the lessons are also on a CD, which is searchable by arts area, academic subjects, and grade level.

This kit is available in the online store for $195. View kit excerpt

Gold Seal Lessons for Integrating Academics in CTE and Career Academies

Many students learn best by applying academic concepts to real-world tasks. The 128 career-related lessons in this kit incorporate essential skills in English, math, and/or science. Included are lessons in the following Career Pathways: Agriculture/Natural Resources, Automotive/Transportation, Building Trades/Construction, Business/Finance, Culinary Arts, Engineering/Design, Family & Consumer Sciences, Graphic Communications, Health Occupations, Hospitality/Tourism, Marketing, and Public Service. Also provided:

a CD containing all the lessons, which is searchable by Career Cluster
lessons in career preparation for all fields

This kit includes a CD and is available in the online store for $195. View kit excerpt

Using Gold Seal Lessons to Improve Instruction

This one-of-a-kind collection of 360 lessons in English language arts, math, and science provides lessons for grades K-4, 5-8, and 9-12 that:

match the high-priority topics tested on states’ assessments and to the skills needed by all students for future success
contain a task, scoring guide, and explicit links to standards and essential skills, as well as to the Rigor/Relevance Framework™ for each lesson
serves both to guide instruction and as a basis for developing lesson plans, student activities, and performance assessments

This kit is available in the online store for $295.

Gold Seal Lessons for Rigor and Relevance - K-8 and
Gold Seal Lessons for Rigor and Relevance - 9-12

Each of these kits contains all-new, level-specific lessons designed by classroom practitioners for Quadrant D learning on the Rigor/Relevance Framework. Each kit (sold separately) offers 120 unique lessons in print and on CD:

30 each in English, math, science, and social studies
based on core academic standards and crosswalked to the National Essential Skills Study (NESS)
suggested strategies to engage and support English language learners (ELL) in the mainstream classroom
performance tasks and scoring guides to share with students

The CD is organized by subject and by essentials skills to aid in matching lessons to state standards. These kits are available in the online store for $195 each or $290 for both.

K-8 Excerpt HS Excerpt

Subjects can also be purchased separately - see below

Gold Seal Lessons Subject-Specific Packets for Grades K-8 and 9-12

The lessons in the resource kits Gold Seal Lessons for Rigor and Relevance can be purchased in separate packets by subject and grade level. English, mathematics, science, and social studies packets are available for Grades K-8 and Grades 9-12. There are 30 lessons in each packet.

based on core academic standards and crosswalked to the National Essential Skills Study (NESS)
suggested strategies to engage and support English language learners (ELL) in the mainstream classroom
performance tasks and scoring guides to share with students

These packets are available in the online store for $50 each.

How to Design Gold Seal Lessons

This 180-page staff development manual will help teachers create rigorous and relevant Gold Seal Lessons that focus on the skills and knowledge assessed by high-stakes tests and considered most useful to graduates. Teachers will greatly benefit from:

data on the English, math, social studies and science Essential Skills
materials for professional development programs
sample Gold Seal Lessons
scoring guide template

This handbook includes a CD and is available in the online store for $99.