Gold Seal Lessons are tasks or activities designed to teach to specific academic standards, performance indicators, objectives, or benchmarks. Each Gold Seal Lesson is centered around a highly motivating theme, activity, or project. The lessons are multidisciplinary and deal with real-world situations. This workshop is designed to help teachers and administrators create Quadrant D Gold Seal Lessons that are both academically rigorous and real-world relevant. The workshop will help educators develop lessons that focus on the skills and knowledge assessed by high-stakes tests and considered most useful to graduates.

Objectives

• Understand what makes a lesson academically rigorous and real-world relevant
• Learn how to create Quadrant D Gold Seal Lessons from start to finish
• Focus on the skills and knowledge assessed on high-stakes tests and considered most useful to graduates

Related Resources

Resource Kits

• Gold Seal Lessons for Rigor and Relevance - K-8
• Gold Seal Lessons for Rigor and Relevance - 9-12
• How to Design Gold Seal Lessons Handbook
• Using the Rigor/Relevance Framework for Planning and Instruction
• Rigor and Relevance Handbook

Technical Support

• Successful Practices Network