This document discusses the concept of an Internal Lead Partner, a type of Lead Partner. Lead Partners are non‐profit organizations or units of central offices on contract with the central office or states to manage small clusters of 3‐5 schools. Internal Lead Partners are divisions of the district central office that must fulfill the same responsibilities as external Lead Partners. The decision to use an Internal Lead Partner versus an external Lead Partner will depend on the specific characteristics of the district, supply of external Lead Partners, and desired outcomes of using a Lead Partner…There are few existing Internal Lead Partners to draw lessons from: Chicago has the most well‐developed Internal Lead Partner office (in addition to the district’s use of a variety of external Lead Partners) and illustrates numerous promising practices. Cleveland, Louisiana and Miami‐Dade each have carve‐out zones that share some of the characteristics of an Internal Lead Partner, and provide a few promising practices as well as a handful of lessons learned. (Mass Insight Education, 2009)
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