Quadrant D Gold Seal Lesson Service
Lesson Submission Guidelines
Overview of Gold Seal Lessons
The Successful Practices Network is pleased to have you participate in its Quadrant D Gold Seal Lesson service.
The Network is committed to incorporating rigor and relevance into classroom instruction. This strong focus is built on the understanding that when a rigorous curriculum is tied to real-world application, students are more motivated to learn and therefore develop a deeper understanding of the content, which leads to greater retention of the information over time.
Gold Seal Lessons are a tool for integrating rigor and relevance into daily instruction. Each lesson is designed to teach to specific standards/benchmarks/objectives and centered around a highly motivating theme, activity, or project. Lessons are typically multidisciplinary and deal with real-world situations or problems. Additionally, Gold Seal Lessons should challenge students to learn and perform in a variety of different ways. They may be asked to research, write, compute, model, demonstrate, build, survey, or report in a variety of academic, technical, work, or community environments.
Overview of Gold Seal Lesson Service
The goal of this service is to provide participating schools with a bank of Gold Seal Lessons that are solidly placed in Quadrant D of the Rigor/Relevance Framework® (high rigor/high relevance). Schools may submit 5-10 high-quality lessons that they believe support a rigorous and relevant curriculum. The staff at the Successful Practices Network will edit these lessons as needed to ensure that they are Quadrant D lessons. All lessons will be keyed to the International Center’s Curriculum Survey of Essential Skills.
Please see the following pages for a sample lesson submission and a blank template for your use. All lessons should be sent to Ashley Terwilliger, Member Services Coordinator. Ashley can be reached at . Electronic versions of the lessons are preferred.
Please note, by submitting a lesson to the Network for editing and inclusion in the database of Gold Seal Lessons the author grants consent that the lesson may be used by the Successful Practices Network. As such, the Successful Practices Network may distribute, repurpose, sell or reproduce lessons to fit the needs of the organization at present or in the future.