The Center’s initiatives are multi-district collaborative solutions crafted in collaboration with the leaders of two or more school districts—or state educational leaders—who wish to tackle one or more human capital or discipline-specific challenges. Because no two districts or schools are alike, CSL draws from its broad and deep array of team members, partners, subject matter experts, and tools to build custom solutions tailored to each specific community’s needs. These solutions span CSL’s work from performance-driven human capital management to the professional learning and engagement of dynamic learning communities.

Our current custom projects in Arkansas, Michigan, Oklahoma, and Tennessee include:

CSL ACHIEVE Initiative

A collaboration between CSL and five rural public school districts across the Mississippi Delta to increase student learning and graduation rates by improving educator effectiveness.

CSL Literacy Initiative

The CSL Literacy Initiative is a custom multi-district solution crafted in collaboration with school districts in the rural Mississippi Delta region to: equip teachers with the knowledge and skills needed to effectively deploy the science of reading in the classroom and foster parental and community engagement; facilitate improvement in library collections; and get books into the homes of highest-need PK-8 students and families to increase literacy skills and reading levels.

CSL LIFT Initiative

The Leaders Investing in Future Teachers Initiative. CSL is partnering with public school districts in Michigan to strengthen student learning by recruiting and supporting the professional growth of a diverse educator workforce.

CSL Initiative for Leveraging Innovation

The Initiative for Leveraging Innovation a partnership between CSL, Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools, and the KIPP Charter Network Consortium to provide certification and advanced degree pathways for teachers and leaders to serve in underserved communities.

CSL Initiative for School Transformation

The CSL Initiative for School Transformation is a multi-district consortium across three states that is designed to foster student achievement by increasing teacher and leader effectiveness in high-poverty, low-performing schools. The initiative provides: high impact professional learning opportunities; performance-based compensation aligned with teacher effectiveness and student achievement; and a human management capital framework to promote staff recruitment and retention.