System Leader Learning Lab
A proven, practical roadmap for leading successful and sustainable change.
SL3 pairs our field-tested Implementation Roadmap with hands-on leadership development for Social Studies Leads in districts, charter organizations, and county offices of education.
You leave with a clear plan for adopting and implementing high-quality social studies, sharper skills as the person leading that work, and a peer network of leaders doing the same.
No matter your starting point
SL3 is structured around our Adoption + Implementation Roadmap, helping you transform your leadership to improve outcomes for students and support for teachers. Leaders enter SL3 at any point along the Roadmap.
1
Elevate Awareness
Build district-wide awareness of the gap and name the hurdles standing in the way.
2
Determine Your Process
Decide who's involved and how your system will actually make the decision.
3
Evaluate Materials
Review curricular options against clear, shared criteria for quality.
4
Select Curriculum
Choose your curriculum and the supplemental materials around it.
5
Implement with Support
Roll out with the professional learning and coaching that make it stick..
6
Evaluate Impact
Measure what's actually changing for teachers and students, and refine.
“SL3 has taken the best of the best adult practices and put them all together to address significant challenges in the social studies content area. We leave with tools, ideas and a broad network of diverse professionals to take on the challenges ahead.”
Every SL3 session builds leadership skills alongside your system's strategy, backed by coaching to help you put it into practice. SL3 draws leaders working to lead change across their whole school system, building the confidence to lead through resistance, not just around it, with a coach and a peer network in their corner the whole way.
Growth for your system. Growth for you.
Change Management
Move through resistance, not just around it.
Influence
Say the hard thing clearly.
Relationship-Building
Build the coalition a vision needs to survive past you.
Resourcing & Sustainability
Make the case for time, budget, and staff.
Vision Setting
Decide where you're headed, instead of reacting.
“Hearing from other leaders has been really valuable, and the leadership coaching through Rayne has been invaluable. I really appreciate every aspect of SL3.”
Social studies leads from districts, county offices, and charter networks, in 16 states and counting.
SL3 leaders come from small to large districts, charter networks, and county offices of education across the country — people doing this exact work, in systems like yours.
Peer network access continues after the program through SL3 alumni convenings.
Cost should not be a barrier to applying.
PROGRAM TUITION
+
$5,000
75%
Receive full or partial scholarship support
Tuition helps us sustain and grow the program.
Full and partial scholarships are available, and we encourage every leader to apply regardless of ability to pay. Upon acceptance, we work with you to ensure cost is not a barrier.
Lead the change your students and teachers need.
Applications for the next SL3 cohort open in the Fall. Full and partial scholarships are available.
Because strengthening social studies strengthens democracy.