Standards-aligned classroom initiative
Introducing the Standards-Aligned Classroom Initiative the success story that's transforming teachers and students throughout Illinois.
No mater how many years you have been teaching, the Standards-Aligned Classroom Initiative (SAC) can fundamentally change your entire classroom experience. When you enroll in the SAC program, you will be joining one of the fastest-growing and highest-performing movements in education today.
At this very moment, thousands of teachers in Illinois are embracing SAC methodologies, and are experiencing its unique ability to:
- Instill educators with a great sense of confidence in the classroom
- Accelerate student achievement and motivation
- Create a more powerful overall learning experience for everyone involved
Even the most seasoned professional educators are employing SAC's innovative strategies, tools, and insights to create their own SAC success story within their schools.
A better approach to assessment.
Admittedly, it is not easy for teachers to immediately become acclimated to involving students in the assessment process. It is also a new experience for teachers when they employ these results to give students feedback and then adjust classroom instruction. However, in classrooms where these methods are practiced, students invariably become more engaged in learning, thereby improving their performance and building their confidence.
SAC has proven successful in raising student achievement.
| "With SAC, teachers have become more effective, and ISATs have gone up. It really took our curriculum to the next level." - Neil Sappington, Superintendent, Galesburg Unit School District #205 |
Every year, literally hundreds of new programs flood the market proclaiming revolutionary new teaching methods. They guarantee a quick fix that can transform you into a better teacher with more successful students. Sadly, every year, many of these quick fixes fail.
SAC, however, is anything but a quick fix. SAC offers a rigorously tested, research-based teaching program featuring proven strategies for aligning classroom instruction and assessment to the Illinois Learning Standards.
The program's inherent strength lies in its ability to involve both teachers and students in the standards process by empowering them to create high-quality classroom assessments together. Research has shown that when teachers partner with students to develop clean learning targets, they follow up with classroom lessons structured to achieve these targets, students are more engaged and do better overall.
SAC earns high marks from principals and teachers.
Make no mistake, Participating in the SAC Initiative requires hard work, dedication, and a real commitment of time. But these efforts are repaid in rewards that will last the rest of your career.