St. Louis Public Schools

“The Collaborative for teaching and learning provided effective methods that facilitate school reform. Through our involvement with CTL our administrators and teachers report higher levels of cooperative planning, implementation and team support. Overall there's the feeling of excitement as teachers and school administrators see the real benefits of change in their schools, classrooms and students."

– Joyce Eaton
Professional Development Coordinator
St. Louis Public Schools

From 1999 to 2003, CTL worked with several inner city St. Louis public middle and elementary schools on the implementation of Different Ways of Knowing (DWoK), one of the comprehensive school reform initiatives CTL delivers to educators over a minimum of three years. CTL  coaches used our Standards-Based Planning Model, and worked intensively with St. Louis teachers to incorporate the state mandated Show Me Standards into their annual curricular planning and professional growth plans, and to align the standards to the DWoK model.

Standards-based instructional practice is a hot button issue in today's world of school reform, and the development of a standards-based culture in schools is being driven by an increasing call for accountability. Virtually every state in the nation has designed content-specific standards for what children must know and be able to show they know. Local standards are likewise being designed in accordance to state and national standards. CTL specializes in helping teachers understand and develop a standards-based teaching and learning culture.