School Results

Since 2007, New York City has published progress reports, which included surveys, quality reviews and student progress.

• Five out of six International High Schools receiving grades were rated A.
• All five of these schools were rated well developed in quality reviews.
• Three of the top twenty schools in New York City were International High Schools
• The top performing NYC public school in 2008-9 was Brooklyn International High School.

Teacher Recruitment and Retention

Research has yielded a wealth of understanding about the impact that teacher ability has on student growth. From inducting teachers who can “hit the ground running,” to retaining experienced teachers who effectively educate students through a governance model and school structure that couples high levels of responsibility for student outcomes with wide-ranging autonomy on how to get students to those goals, Internationals has developed an outstanding model for teacher recruitment and retention.

• In Fall of 2008, we instituted an alternative teacher certification and Master’s Degree program based upon an urban teacher residency model, producing highly qualified ELL teachers in partnership with Long Island University’s School of Education and New York City Department of Education.
• Our outstanding team of teachers comes from a variety of backgrounds, including the Peace Corps and those interested in immigrant reform and integration, as well as many directly from within the immigrant community.
• Over 90% of our teachers were retained in school year 07-08.

Leadership Development

Generative leadership development provides schools with continuity and stability and sustains them through leadership transitions through the continued development of leaders who are steeped in the culture, norms and practices of the Internationals Approach. This ensures the uninterrupted success of students as schools continually deepen and expand their implementation of our proven educational model.

• All International High School principals were developed through our internal structures and principal internships.
• Four principals were founding teachers in an International High School.
• All but one assistant principal was developed through internal supports.
• One assistant principal is a graduate of our first student alumni cohort
• Seven of eleven principals are immigrants or children of immigrants.
• In total, 33 leaders of schools both in New York City and throughout the country (including Montana, Washington State, California, and Illinois) developed as leaders through their experience as faculty members of International High Schools.

Almost all NYC intermediaries have hired a former Internationals faculty member to lead one or more of their schools – many principals of newly created small schools throughout New York City were drawn from the ranks of International High School faculty.

Internationals Network schools are an engine for leadership development that extends beyond our own schools and impacts school reform more broadly.