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Developed specially for school leaders, this one-hour webinar will detail how to develop a communication strategy that cultivates a positive school culture, empowers students and teachers, and increases school and community collaboration.

Begin to develop a clear understanding of school culture and its impact on school performance and student achievement.

The focus is to show how your urban school can make an impact on student achievement and change the trajectory of student lives using the time available during the day, the resources in the book, and the Brilliance in the Building - your amazing staff! The greatness of this webinar is the review of all the resources in the book available for educators to use immediately. I created all of the reproducibles based on 25 years of extensive research and actual use in schools. Leaders and staff in urban schools cannot do this work in isolation; they must work together to accomplish their goals, so therefore the work in this book is grounded in the PLC at Work principles. Let’s go!

Learn how U.S. Grant High School changed from the “dropout factory” to an engine of hope for the students it serves, and how its success can be replicated anywhere.

In this one-hour webinar, participants will engage in discussion and reflect on the important components (who, what, when, and why) of establishing a leadership team and establishing direction for the 2021-2022 school year.

Join implementation science expert and author of Implement with IMPACT, Jenice Pizzuto, to learn about the difference between implementation and implementation science— and why, as leaders, you should know and care about the difference as you fund and lead change efforts. Participants will receive tools for immediate use in their districts.

Many articles, blogs, books, podcasts, and webinars have been written and shared for the purpose of reiterating the need to close student achievement gaps. And yet, the process and progress in closing the gaps has been out of reach.

What does the future demand of education leaders? Co-Creating the Future: A Leadership Simulation to Catalyze School Change immerses school and district leaders in engaging, hands-on activities to envision and design transformative educational systems. This webinar empowers leaders to co-create thriving, future-ready schools.

Presented by Nathan Lang-Raad, speaker, professional-learning facilitator, and author of Everyday Instructional Coaching: Seven Daily Drivers to Support Teacher Effectiveness, this one-hour webinar will offer you strategies to strengthen relationships and improve outcomes with teachers and teacher teams.

With so much focus on students’ foundational skills, we cannot afford to overlook the unconstrained components of language comprehension. In this webinar, author Molly Ness highlights the research showing the cognitive, linguistic, socioemotional - and even physiological - benefits of read alouds. Despite their solid research basis, 50-70% of teachers do not plan read alouds in advance! This webinar overviews a planning protocol for effective read alouds in Pre-K - Grade 8 in literacy blocks and content-area classrooms.