Services
Educational Leadership
Ysleta Independent School District is First Revolution's longest continuous client. We trained the full district in cognitive rigor, instructional rounds, and continue to train all new administrators in Talk Sense. YISD is now the highest-performing major urban district in Texas.
Cognitive Rigor & Deeper Learning
In classrooms across the country, students are routinely under-challenged because they are rarely asked to do more than recall, summarize, or repeat basic procedures. Using a combination of instructional rounds and specific protocols for identifying and boosting cognitive rigor in classrooms, we help schools and districts build critical and creative thinkers. The result is greater engagement, higher test scores, and deeper learning.
Talk Sense
These methods were taught to aspiring school superintendents for over 25 years at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and have helped thousands of school and district leaders dramatically improve the quality of their communication and decision making. We've trained leaders in districts throughout the country including Chicago Public Schools, Los Angeles Unified, San Francisco Unified, Minneapolis Public Schools, and many others. This is perfectly suited for superintendents and cabinet-level leaders, principals and assistant principals, instructional coaches, and district staff.
School Climate & Safety
We have extensive experience helping schools with serious climate and safety issues transform their cultures. As a middle and high school principal, Dr. Cediel led a team that reduced campus fights by 75% and in-school suspensions by 80%. He is also a national expert in reducing community-based violence and is an instructor and steering committee member for the University of Chicago's Community Violence Intervention Leadership Academy.